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“Change Starts With Me.” That’s the theme organizers are bringing to this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities in Gladewater, centered on the Red Rock community. With no parade planned for 2024, this year’s observance kicks-off at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 15, at the Red Rock Community Center at 2629 South Rodeo. The ‘MLK

ATHENS – New Year’s Day arrived last week and with it came the kickoff of the 38th Toyota ShareLunker season. Anglers from across Texas and the nation will cast their lines in anticipation of landing a Legacy Lunker largemouth bass (13-plus pounds) in Texas’ world-class fisheries. The Toyota ShareLunker program has played an integral part

For 45 years, Linda Allaire was the voice of calm on the other end of the line. She was there for callers enduring the worst moments of their lives. She was there for police officers and firefighters, sending them where help was needed. She trained successive generations of colleagues. As the City of White Oak

For the longest time, it seemed whenever James Beavers walked out on his back porch he’d hear some kind of noise from the supposedly vacant forestland across the way. When he finally investigated, he came upon Harold Wells in the midst of the thicket. Hefting a gas-powered leafblower, he was painstakingly clearing the forest floor.

Gladewater’s Sasquatch is getting even bigger. With a bit of help from Gladewater Economic Development Corporation, local salvage grocer and auctioneer Martin Pessink aims to add an additional 1800 square-foot building at The Sasquatch’s Trading Post at 701 W. Upshur Ave. Gladewater City Council members signed off on GEDCO’s ‘Project Big Man Expand’ following a

JANUARY Gladewater began 2023 celebrating its 150th anniversary. The sesquicentennial celebration lasted all year with various annual events and celebrations tweaked to include the city’s long history which began in the summer of 1873 as the Texas Pacific Railroad began the push westward from Longview. To meet the water needs of the trains, a stop

AUSTIN— As the year ends, so does Texas State Parks’ Centennial Celebration, but the fun doesn’t stop when the clock strikes midnight. Kick off your resolution to explore the outdoors in 2024 with a First Day Hike at a state park, which will host ranger-guided and self-guided walks, bike rides, paddling trips and polar plunges

Earlier this month, the Texas Water Development Board approved financial assistance of almost $2.8 million for the City of Gladewater for planning, design and construction a local water system improvements. On Thursday, Gladewater City Council members unanimously-approved the selection of three firms to move the project forward. Seeking proposals, “We only received one for bond