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After a strong start, the roofers working on Weldon Auditorium soon hit a snag, and Gladewater ISD’s engineering consultants are at work on a solution. The aging and deteriorating decking of the building’s roof adds another complication to the storm damage repair project. GISD trustees got an update on the work last week not long

Robert Early can cross ‘The Polar Plunge’ off his bucket list. In fact, that particular Antarctic activity gets its own new category: “Most fun to never have again.” It’s a new core memory for the White Oak High School alum turned explorer alongside 35 other Texas A&M student-researchers and faculty members recently returned from the

The Texas Department of Transportation has weighed in on Gladewater’s line break on Hwy. 271 and put the repair project on hold for two weeks. City crews were at work on the messed up water main Wednesday and today with plans to finish the repair by Friday – according to the directive from the state

After enduring the recent freeze without a flood of problems, Gladewater’s Public Works Department is knee-deep in leaks today. Anybody who can hold a wrench is out in the field this afternoon, attending to multiple, simultaneous problems with the city’s water infrastructure. “Seems like there’s a heck of a lot of them right now,” Gladewater

All Gladewater ISD campuses are closed for the rest of the week due to widespread illness throughout the district. GISD Superintendent Dr. Sedric Clark confirmed the school shutdown for Thursday and Friday as students, faculty and staff members fight the flu and other issues. “We have been well below our normal attendance rate overall this

The Upshur County Sheriff’s Office is investigating “a significant indoor marijuana growing operation” which was discovered Saturday afternnoon during a rural house fire call in the West Mountain community area, said authorities. Nobody was found at the scene in the 200 block of Sorrell Road, and no arrests had been made as of Monday morning,

  January is officially School Board Recognition Month in the state of Texas! Gov. Abbott issued a proclamation stating, “Ensuring an excellent education is the work of many, and local school boards collaborate with teachers, parents, and stakeholders to promote state and national standards in ways that reflect the community’s values.” January is School Board

The City of Gladewater is pushing forward with plans for $2.8 million in water system improvement projects after city council members approved some key paperwork steps last week. With Jan. 18’s unanimous approval of their second resolution of 2024, the council signed off on the “publication of notice of intention to issue combination tax and