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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Quick actions save man’s life

By James Draper When elderly man fell from his step into his front yard in the high heat of an early August afternoon, the Union Grove resident fought for more than an hour to get back on his

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Water level concerns prompts city to ask for conservation

Even with the weekend’s weather, the water level at Lake Gladewater is well below average, putting the community well within a Stage One Water Conservation situation. “According to the city’s

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County tax rate goes down

By Phillip Williams Upshur County Commissioners Court on Friday lowered the county’s property tax rate after approving the county budget for 2023-24, although dropping the rate won’t prevent most

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Cori Arevalo appointed to fill vacant GISD Place 5 seat

The dais is now full at Gladewater ISD – on Monday, the district’s board of trustees chose Cori Arevalo to fill their vacancy in Place 5. In addition to a number of other agenda items and board

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GISD Super: ‘What are the keys to our current and future success?’

“What are the keys to our current and future success?” There are a lot of factors that come into play for Gladewater ISD, Dr. Sedric Clark told local business leaders Sept. 12 during Gladewater

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Buckeyes, Wildcats combine for 144 points in Gilmer win

By Phillip Williams In what was presumably the highest-scoring game in Gilmer school history, the Gilmer Buckeyes hoisted a Homecoming Hurrah as they plundered a team from a new Prosper ISD high

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