Gusher Days gets ready to blow downtown

East Texas Gusher Days returns this weekend with its 39th annual two-day event downtown. Scores of food and merchandise vendors will be filling the streets of Gladewater’s shopping district, and

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Gay/Hendricks water main mystery sparks round-the-clock repairs

“It doesn’t make any sense.” That’s been the common refrain at the intersection of Gay and Hendricks since late Tuesday afternoon after an as-yet-unexplained loss of water

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Snake Alert: What To Do If Your Pet Is Bitten

Spring has sprung, but flowers may not be the only things popping up in your yard; this also is the season when snakes come out of hibernation. There are almost 3,000 different species of snakes

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Capital Highlights

Agencies blasted over wildfire oversight State agencies and regulators were heavily criticized at a Texas legislative hearing for failing to communicate during the deadly Panhandle wildfires, the

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GEDCO executive director resigns

Gladewater Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Michelle Palmer is moving on to her next posting, accepting a larger, similar opportunity in the Gulf Coast community of Port

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Prodigal pumps return to water plant

Barring any unforeseen complications, the city’s water plant personnel were poised to put Gladewater’s principle pumps back in position Tuesday. The repair of the essential water system equipment

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Sports Round-up

(Union Grove Lions are the 21AA District Track Champions) The baseball and softball seasons continue to chug along for our local teams this week as everyone was in action for multiple games.

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Jury Duty canceled for April 15

The Gregg County District Courts have been able to clear their dockets of all trials for the week of April 15th. Therefore, the District Clerk’s Office is cancelling jury duty for the week.

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Man gets 30 years in murder case

A judge in Gilmer sentenced Jeffrey David Swanner to 30 years in prison for murder last week after the defendant pleaded guilty on the third anniversary of the crime, said Upshur County District

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Infrastructure, collaboration become key topics at 2024 candidates forum

With two contested races on the Gladewater City Council ballot, Gladewater Mirror Publisher Jim Bardwell was glad to see a healthy turnout for the paper’s candidates forum Thursday evening.

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What’s Happening

County library hosts storytime Two books will be read to small children Thursday (April 11) at both of the Upshur County Library’s “Storytime” sessions in Gilmer. “The Girl Who Wouldn’t Brush Her

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