Red Rock hosts MLK brunch Monday

“Change Starts With Me.” That’s the theme organizers are bringing to this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities in Gladewater, centered on the Red Rock community. With no

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ShareLunker embarks on 38th season

ATHENS – New Year’s Day arrived last week and with it came the kickoff of the 38th Toyota ShareLunker season. Anglers from across Texas and the nation will cast their lines in anticipation of

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White Oak dispatcher signs off

For 45 years, Linda Allaire was the voice of calm on the other end of the line. She was there for callers enduring the worst moments of their lives. She was there for police officers and

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Gay-Hagan Cemetery | ‘Each rock is a person’

For the longest time, it seemed whenever James Beavers walked out on his back porch he’d hear some kind of noise from the supposedly vacant forestland across the way. When he finally

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GEDCO assisting in Sasquatch’s Trading Post’s expansion

Gladewater’s Sasquatch is getting even bigger. With a bit of help from Gladewater Economic Development Corporation, local salvage grocer and auctioneer Martin Pessink aims to add an additional

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2023 | Year in Review

JANUARY Gladewater began 2023 celebrating its 150th anniversary. The sesquicentennial celebration lasted all year with various annual events and celebrations tweaked to include the city’s long

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Soar Into 2024 With a First Day Hike

AUSTIN— As the year ends, so does Texas State Parks’ Centennial Celebration, but the fun doesn’t stop when the clock strikes midnight. Kick off your resolution to explore the outdoors in 2024

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Gladewater council moves forward on $2.8M water project

Earlier this month, the Texas Water Development Board approved financial assistance of almost $2.8 million for the City of Gladewater for planning, design and construction a local water system

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City begins cleaning up wood debris

Gladewater Public Works personnel put the city’s new wood chipper to the test last week alongside Mayor Scott Owens. It took about a year and approximately $45,000 to manifest (with East Texas

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New downtown Christmas tree coming in 2024

Gladewater’s towering downtown tannenbaum has seen its last Christmas. Don’t fret: The plan’s to have a new community Christmas tree in-hand well ahead of the 2024 holiday season, and Gladewater

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‘This is going to be a game-changer for East Texas’

In a few years, an East Texan will be able to hop on passenger rail here and go West to DFW and beyond to the coast, East to Meridian, Mississippi, and beyond to Atlanta, Georgia. It’s been a

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