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Texas Weekly Gas Price Update
September 29, 2025 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 4.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.66/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 12.3 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 2.4 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Getting the Band Back Together
By Jim Moore This past weekend my niece Courtney got married to a young man named Lloyd. It was a very nice wedding in East Texas. Everything was simply perfect. The wedding was held at my dearly departed mother’s church – the one she had attended for over thirty years at the time of her…
Read MoreBrenham 49, Gilmer 7
By Elwyn Henderson The Gilmer Buckeyes returned to a familiar site for playoff games over the years Friday night as they visited the friendly confines of Longview’s Lobo Stadium for a big game against the 5A DII Brenham Cubs. Although Lobo Stadium has been very friendly to the Buckeyes over the years with many memorable…
Read MoreA growing East Texas city is exploring a new transportation method: light rail
By Jess Huff, The Texas Tribune Sept. 23, 2025 “A growing East Texas city is exploring a new transportation method: light rail” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Subscribe to The Y’all…
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Texas Weekly Gas Price Update
September 22, 2025 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 6.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.70/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are unchanged versus a month ago and stand 2.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: The Old Timer Sayings
By Jim “Pappy” Moore Mike Capps and I talk about some of the sayings we learned from Old Timers and we lament that it seems those will die out with us. They don’t seem to catch on any more. We say them around our own sons, but they have not caught on with Millennials.…
Read MoreLindale 35, Gilmer 23
By Elwyn Henderson The 1-2 Gilmer Buckeyes returned to Jeff Traylor Stadium in Gilmer Friday night for the school’s annual Homecoming game where they entertained the Lindale Eagles. The Buckeyes were hoping to show their fans that last Friday’s blowout loss to Kilgore was just a freak thing and that they had corrected a lot…
Read MoreSeptember is National Firefighter Month
September is National Firefighter Month. In honor of that; on September 12th, the Gilmer ISD CUTX SMART Branch made a stop at the Gilmer Fire Station to fill up their refrigerator and show our appreciation for all their hard work and protection.
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