Gladewater library preps party for Potter July 31

Lee-Bardwell Public Library’s ready to celebrate ‘The Boy Who Lived’ once again with Harry Potter Day set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, July 31. Granted, the young

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Freshwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of July 17, 2025

Alan Henry FAIR. Water clear; 81 degrees; 1.00 feet below pool. Crappie are fair in 25-35 feet of water over trees with jigs and minnows. Report by The Bait Shop, Post, Texas. Amistad GOOD. Water

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Union Grove trustees weigh superintendent’s resignation

Union Grove ISD trustees will deliberate Superintendent Kelly Moore’s resignation in a special meeting Tuesday evening. It’s the school board’s second meeting this month and

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‘IT MAKES SENSE’ | Sen. Hughes sees long-term water supply solution in SB7

By JAMES DRAPER  |   Bring up ‘water supply’ in the wrong corner of Texas, and a person might get wrung out and hung out to dry. It’s a tense issue where there are deficits and

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Texas Drawn Hunt Program Opens Applications for 2025 – 26 Season

  AUSTIN – Hunters now have new opportunities and scenery to experience this fall through Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) drawn hunt permits program. Through this program,

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Gladewater city council ponders rights-of-way, airport strategy

The City of Gladewater’s taking a page out of White Oak’s book – almost literally. Council members here are set to vote July 17 on an ordinance setting regulations for local

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Boil water notice in effect in White Oak after another right-of-way incident

In addition to White Oak’s community-wide water outage and boil water notice, a portion of North White Oak Road will have to be removed and replaced after a dig breached a 12-inch water

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17-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR VANDALIZING UNION GROVE IDGH SCHOOL

On July 8, 2025, George Osbron Merrill, III, W/M, DOB: 05/29/2007, pleaded guilty to Criminal Mischief, F3. Defendant Merrill received a prison term of 10 years in the Institutional Division of

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CONSUMER ALERT: Attorney General Ken Paxton is Warning Texans to be Aware of Scammers Amid the Catastrophic Flooding in Texas

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a consumer alert to protect Texans against bad actors looking to take advantage of the devastating flooding in Texas by perpetrating scams “There are

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White Oak primes new ordinance to curtail errors on easements

[Above: CenterPoint Energy personnel assist a work crew that hit a gas line Tuesday, July 1, in the public right-of-way at First Assembly of God Church in White Oak.] A rash of response calls to

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Dual investigations underway at Union Grove ISD following alleged ‘invasive recording’ by student

Upshur County Sheriff’s Office has two ongoing investigations at Union Grove ISD after a student was accused of “Invasive Visual Recording” following an outcry in mid-June.

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