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Video: Highlights – Chapel Hill Bulldogs @ Gilmer Buckeyes – Aug 25, 2023
Texas Weekly Gas Price Update
August 21, 2023 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 4.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.45/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 22.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 5.2 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The…
Read MoreJIM ‘PAPPY’ MOORE: East Texas Storytelling
By Jim “Pappy” Moore Twenty years ago I began writing about many tall tales and intriguing stories I had heard or originated in my life. As the new century and millennium emerged, as the era of limited reading took hold, I felt a need to make certain the East Texas tradition of storytelling survived. Thus…
Read MoreVideo: Coach Alan Metzel @ Gilmer Rotary Club – Aug 15, 2023
GILMER CLOSURE ALERT
GILMER CLOSURE ALERT: On Tuesday, Aug. 15th, the railroad crossing on SH 154 will be closed from 6am – 8pm while Union Pacific performs maintenance work. #KnowBeforeYouGo pic.twitter.com/NcJcGIGcHa — TxDOT Atlanta (@TxDOTAtlanta) August 14, 2023
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
August 14, 2023 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 4.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.41/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 25.9 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand unchanged compared to a year ago. The national average price…
Read MoreJIM ‘PAPPY’ MOORE: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
By Jim “Pappy” Moore I was having a conversation recently with longtime friends about the weeks of scorching weather we are having where each day exceeds 100 degrees. It’s hot out there in East Texas. Yes, it is hot out there, but I am the optimist. I recall the summer of 2011. Twelve years ago…
Read MoreVideo: Gladewater Bears @ Gilmer Buckeyes Scrimmage – Aug 11, 2023
William Greene The Gladewater Bears and Gilmer Buckeyes scrimmage at Jeff Traylor Stadium in Gilmer on Friday night, Aug. 11, 2023. #gilmerbuckeyes #txhsfb #kaizen
Read MoreVideo: Custom Commodities Transport execs Jordan Shipp and Corey Ellis @ Gilmer Rotary Club – Aug 8, 2023
David Lee Stevenson knew from his childhood that he was a Truck Driver. Playing with his boyhood toy model trucks, he would imagine himself behind the wheel of his own tractor, riding the lanes on the open road, making deliveries, and meeting new people. His dream was realized while working at his family’s feed store…
Read MoreState Wildfire Preparedness Level raised to Level 4 as high fire danger is forecast this week
August 8, 2023 COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M Forest Service has raised the State Wildfire Preparedness Level to Level 4 due to the recent increase in wildfire activity across the state and the growing potential for wildfires to become more severe, making them harder to control. “The decision to move to a Preparedness Level 4…
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