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Holiday Open House among full weekend Gladewater’s Holiday Open house (and the Jolly Old Elf’s 2023 debut) is set for 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 11. The evening is co-hosted by Gladewater Chamber of Commerce, Gladewater Economic Development Corporation and the City of Gladewater in conjunction with downtown’s retailers, restaurateurs and other

According to Upshur County sheriff’s officials, on November 4, at approximately 11:42 pm, Upshur County Deputies, along with Gilmer Police Officers and Texas State Troopers responded to a report of a shooting at at a home in the 2800 block of U.S. Highway 271 South, near Bluebird Road. Upon arrival Deputies found two persons deceased,

By Tyler Sutton On a beautiful Friday night that was also senior night for a number of Gladewater Bears playing their final game at Jack V. Murphy stadium as they hosted their rivals right up the road, the White Oak Roughnecks The Bears finish the regular season at 3-7 and 3-2 in district play. They

By Phillip Williams GILMER–Gilmer Buckeyes starting quarterback Cadon Tennison, who only played part-time, heaved a trio of touchdowns while teammate receiver-runner Brendan Webb trolled to triplet TDs as Gilmer petrified the Pittsburg Pirates, 64-6, Friday night in the District 7-4A Division 2 teams’ regular season finale. Gilmer (7-3, 4-1 in district dustups) now plops into

After numerous edits, occasional strikethroughs and some hard pauses over the years, Gladewater’s outdoor burning rules are getting another overhaul, a new draft that hews closely to state law. The short version: if approved by the city’s elected officials in coming weeks, except for cooking and similar small ‘recreation’ fires the only permitted burns inside

Daylight Savings starts Sunday, November 4th. This weekend is also a good time to take these steps to make sure your household is prepared for emergencies. On average: • 7 people die every day from a home fire. • 36 people suffer injuries as a result of home fires every day. • Over $7 billion

Gregg County is updating its Hazard Mitigation Action Plan, and the agencies driving the effort were prepared to welcome 300-plus attendees for a public meeting Monday night. No one showed. The project partners powered on, however, offering a half-hour overview of their progress so far. For one, such meetings are essential in this kind of

The East Texas Aero Modelers will host their annual Fun Fly this Saturday, benefiting Toys for Tots. The club has been hosting the fly-in for more than 20 years, and the members will descend on their home flying site at 2033 Cherokee St. in Longview at 9 a.m. Nov. 4 to fly until it’s too