What’s Happening

Spud Supper served The Gladewater Honeybears will host a Spud Supper from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, in the Gladewater High School Cafeteria. Purchase tickets from Honeybears in advance or at the door that night – at $10 for adults and $6 for children under 10, tickets include a baked potato (with

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Thanks for Giddying Up and Giving

“You are Gladewater. You showed up. You showed out. You showed your heart.” It was a packed house at Tempest Club Saturday night for the fourth annual fundraiser from Education Foundation Gladewater. Acting as emcee, foundation president Katie Ellis exhorted, encouraged and extolled the crowd’s generosity throughout the evening at Tempest Golf Club. Ultimately, the

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Gladewater still under burn ban

By James Draper Gladewater’s burn ban has not been lifted, folks. Not only hasn’t there been enough significant rainfall to improve drought conditions, in fact the situation’s become more severe. That’s not just Gladewater, of course. The Keetch-Byram Drought Index shows the entire area remains at risk for wildfires, regardless of whether or not burn

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Volleyball Round-up

      By Tyler Sutton The 2023 high school volleyball season continued this week for both the Gladewater Lady Bears and White Oak LadyNecks. The LadyBears went 0-2 this week dropping a couple of district games. First falling 3-0 to Hughes Springs on Tuesday, September 26th. Then they fell 3-0 to crosstown rival White

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City to waive $35,000 lease fee for ballpark vendor

With projects underway at the Gladewater Youth Baseball & Softball Complex, council members on Sept. 21 opted to waive the annual lease fee for the facility. The city’s elected officials went into closed session to meet with their ballpark lessee during the council’s regular September session last week. They returned and approved two actions related

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Lions fall to Indians, 61-7; host Harleton

The Frankston Indians rolled to a 61-7 win Friday over the Union Grove Lions. The Indians started scoring early when running back Kaymon Davis scored after breaking a tackle. But Union Grove roared back and took the lead 7-6 . But that was the only scoring the Lions could mount as Frankston went on to

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Councilman Anderson honored with street naming

A stretch of Roden Lane will soon have some new street signs: Anderson Lane. Gladewater City Council members unanimously rechristened a portion of the roadway Sept. 21 in honor of community leader and Mayor Pro Tem Elijah “Sonny” Anderson. “A good, faithful resident and hard worker for the city,” council member Rocky Hawkins said. “His

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Giddy Up and Give this Saturday

Gladewater Education Foundation is back in the saddle again, inviting the GISD community to Giddy Up & Give this weekend. It’s already started, in fact: the annual silent auction launched Tuesday and continues through Saturday night. Whether attending in person or participating online, register for the auction at gladewater.Muradbid.com. They’re shooting for a fourth year

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