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Historic Upshur Museum seeking vintage toys for February Toy Exhibit
Do you have a vintage toy you would like to share with the public? Bring it to the museum for our February Toy Exhibit. Text Gwen at 903 790-1005 to schedule a drop off.
Read MoreDave Campbell’s Texas Football: 2026 UIL Realignment Special Live from Birdville
UIL 2026-2028 Reclassification and Realignment – Gilmer is now in football District 8-4A Division II with Carthage, Center, Spring Hill, Pleasant Grove and Pittsburg
Alignment information will also be posted at 9AM on social media across our Facebook, X , and Instagram pages. **New alignments will be posted here on Monday, February 2nd at 9:00am** Read more: New Alignments
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
February 2, 2026 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 1.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.42/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 5.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 24.4 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Respect Your Exes
By Jim “Pappy” Moore Today I’m writing about something that troubles me. I do not believe it is ever appropriate to speak badly of your exes. I know that some like to do that, but to me it seems wrong. If you fell in love with them, if you thought enough of them to marry…
Read MoreThis newspaper publisher is challenging her fellow Republicans to do better for rural Texas
By Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune January 29, 2026 Editor’s note: This story contains explicit language. LUBBOCK — Thirty years ago, Suzanne Bellsnyder was a budding young Republican working in Austin, far from her home in the Texas Panhandle. She was on a mission to push Republicans — the likes of John Cornyn and…
Read MoreTexas winter storm updates: Sunday brings extreme cold and local power outages
By Texas Tribune Staff, Colleen DeGuzman, Ayden Runnels, Alex Nguyen, Berenice Garcia and Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune January 24, 2026 While wintry precipitation exits Texas, freezing temperatures will continue Monday over much of the state. The severe weather has triggered hundreds of flight cancellations in Texas and many school districts are closed Monday. While…
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Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
January 26, 2026 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 4.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.40/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 5.1 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 26.5 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…
Read MoreSWEPCO: Strong, Aligned Restoration Effort Underway Across All Districts
Winter Storm Fern – A National Storm Event with Widespread Impacts What You Need to Know Winter Storm Fern is a nationwide weather event, affecting nearly 250 million people from Mexico to Canada. Across the U.S., more than one million Americans are without power, underscoring the severity of this storm and the regional challenges utilities are…
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