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By James Draper The first draft of the City of Gladewater’s proposed $7.7 million budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 initially cuts about 10 cents off the tax rate – with a broad increase in

By Phillip Williams Upshur County Commissioners Court recently approved changing to a different firm to print and mail property tax statements for the county’s taxing entities. Commissioners

By Phillip Williams The advisor to Upshur County Commissioners Court on the forthcoming major restoration of the 86-year-old county courthouse in Gilmer said last week that courthouse offices

A 73-year-old man died Wednesday after he was reportedly crushed to death when the tractor he was driving apparently fell off a retaining wall on the eastern side of Lake Devernia. According to

There are more than 400 veterans’ graves in Gladewater cemeteries – come Dec. 16, each will be honored with a memorial marker during Wreaths Across America. It’s a simultaneous ceremony held

As Gladewater firefighters focused on rescue and damage control the night of the mid-June storm that wrecked the community and surrounding area, the emergency responders were blocked in both

There’s an ongoing disparity between White Oak ISD’s local property valuations and the tallies by the state’s appraisers. Estimates put the gap at more than 10 percent year-to-year, and it’s on

By James Draper With more than two dozen transfer applications in-hand and more incoming, White Oak ISD Superintendent Dr. William Paul was quick to remind trustees the district’s transfer policy