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By Phillip Williams Upshur County Commissioners Court on Monday unanimously voted to keep its contractual right to retain legal counsel to collect delinquent taxes for the county’s schools, thus essentially rejecting a proposal to let three school districts choose a different law firm than the county now uses. Tyler attorney Patrick Woods appeared before the

AUSTIN – Texas’ production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) achieved new record highs for the month of September after achieving record highs just one month earlier in August, according to the Texas Oil & Gas Association’s (TXOGA) monthly energy economic analysis prepared by TXOGA Chief Economist Dean Foreman, Ph.D. Further, as

After earning top marks at regional trials, the Gladewater Mirror’s three favorite bands were all state-bound this week, descending on Waco’s Baylor University for the final task of their competition season in UIL’s 2023 State Military Marching Band Championships. All three groups were scheduled for mid-morning performances Tuesday and, depending on the results, another shot

Locals have two more opportunities to sign up a child for the White Oak Fire Department’s annual Angel Tree. White Oak VFD will be on hand at the Lewis Reavis Fire Station No. 1 (301 S. White Oak Road) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, and Thursday, Oct. 26, to add names

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar recently announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.1 billion in local sales tax allocations for October, 4.5 percent more than in October 2022. These allocations are based on sales made in August by businesses that report tax monthly. Gladewater, which is riding a 22-month positive

By Phillip Williams Carlton Lamar Grant was automatically sentenced to life imprisonment without parole last Thursday when a 115th District Court jury in Gilmer took fewer than 25 minutes to convict him of the 2018 capital murder of a Longview woman. Grant, 42, of the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, is one of two persons charged with

By Phillip Williams The Upshur County Grand Jury recently returned 18 indictments, 11 of them sealed, and no-billed one case, said District Attorney Billy Byrd. Defendants, charges and bond information in the open indictments, returned Oct. 5 in Gilmer, were as follows, Byrd’s office reported last Thursday: Johnathan William Charles Darden, 35, of Longview, possession

By Phillip Williams Although the East Texas Yamboree carnival, with its array of dutifully discombobulating attractions, was blocks away from Gilmer’s Jeff Traylor Stadium Friday night, the resurgent Gilmer Buckeyes saw to it that the North Lamar Panthers still got taken for a repugnant ride. Runner Will Henderson hummed for three TDs, fellow runner Dhrvay