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Video: Steve Dean @ Gilmer Rotary Club – Apr 19, 2022
Rotarian Steve Dean presents a program on Gail Halvorsen (aka the Berlin Candy Bomber) at a meeting of the Gilmer Rotary Club at the Gilmer Civic Center. Introducing him is Phil Fowler. More background information on the Candy Bomber: https://www.hersheyland.com/stories/the-berlin-candy-bomber.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sweet-story-berlin-candy-bomber-180965156/
Read MoreTexas has spent billions of dollars on border security. But what taxpayers got in return is a mystery.
By Lomi Kriel and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, The Marshall Project April 18, 2022 “Texas has spent billions of dollars on border security. But what taxpayers got in return is a mystery.” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans —…
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
(April 18, 2022) – Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 0.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.69/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 23.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.10/g higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Angel by the Lake
By Jim “Pappy” Moore As I sat in the lakeside hair salon chair getting my ears lowered, I noticed a stack of CDs on the counter and asked the attractive young woman cutting my hair about them. “They’re copies of a gospel CD I made recently,” she said. Angelia made a CD singing a variety…
Read MoreAbbott ends inspections that clogged commercial traffic at U.S.-Mexico border for more than a week
By James Barragán, Mitchell Ferman and Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune April 15, 2022 “Abbott ends inspections that clogged commercial traffic at U.S.-Mexico border for more than a week” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics,…
Read MoreAustin Bank, Gilmer donates $3,000.00 to Northeast Texas Habitat for Humanity for Disaster Recovery
April 13, 2022 – Longview, TX. —Austin Bank in Gilmer, TX has pledged $3,000.00 to Northeast Texas Habitat for Humanity for disaster recovery for residents in Upshur County after the tornadoes that hit the area on March 21, 2022. “As a community bank, Austin Bank is committed to meeting the needs of the communities we…
Read MoreAAA Texas: Statewide Gas Price Drops Seven Cents from Last Week; Down 31 Cents from Record Price Set Last Month
The statewide gas price average in Texas is $3.70 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is seven cents less than on this day last week and is $1.13 more per gallon compared to this day last year. It is also 31 cents less than…
Read MoreVideo: Ground Breaking – Highland Forest Subdivision – Apr 5, 2022
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY – Wood County Fatal
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Number of Vehicles in Crash: 1 Number of Injured: 0 Number killed: 1 Date & Time: 4/10/2022 2:58 AM County: Wood Location: FM 2088, approximately eleven miles east of Quitman, TX. Posted Speed Limit: 60 mph Vehicle 1: 2004 Chevrolet Impala Driver 1: Deceased Elke M. Wieland Sanchez, female, 47 YOA of…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Turtles & Alligator Gar – It’s Springtime at the Lake
By Jim “Pappy” Moore The cycle of life. Springtime at the lake sees the cycle of life in abundance. The alligator gar are spawning by my bulkhead, the large female depositing her eggs as a flurry of males swarm around her to deposit their seed. On the surface by some reeds, they are oblivious…
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