Gilmer News

Upshur County Sheriff's Deputies busted two methamphetamine labs last week. At about 6:30 a.m. last Wednesday, deputies Chad Lanier, K-9 officer David Thompson and his K-9 partner Chiva, Deputy David Cruce, Deputy Cedric Story and Sgt.

Politically charged tea parties are scheduled for two area towns. Local residents plan to meet at 11 a.m. Saturday for a July 4th tea party, according to the Gregg County Republican Party.

The importance of screening for prostate cancer for men over 40 was emphasized to Gilmer Rotarians at their meeting Tuesday.

Mark Vogl of Gilmer was named Confederate of the Year for 2009 for the Texas Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans at the recent Texas Division Reunion in Waco.

Miss Lindsey Renee Donaho, daughter of Joe and Shawyne Donaho, will be crowned as Yamboree Queen in October.

BY PHILLIP WILLIAMS Special Correspondent GILMER -- A 38-year-old Gilmer man died late Wednesday night in a local hospital from injuries received in a two-vehicle accident, which injured his 3-year-old son earlier that evening, authorities said.

Some unusual incidents have kept Gilmer police busy recently. On Thursday, June 18, they investigated a burglary of a habitation in Pine Acres in which a mana s shirt and three items of lingerie were taken.

Ita s such a fitting way to celebrate Flag Day, or the Fourth of July. And what better way to top off a weekend of gathering with friends having a barbecue cookout than a grand bonfire display.

BY PHILLIP WILLIAMS Special Correspondent GILMER -- An investigation into Upshur County Judge Dean Fowler's ties with a now-imprisoned former Gilmer attorney has cleared the judge of any criminal wrongdoing, District Attorney Billy Byrd said.

The Gilmer Main Street program will present three classic films free to the public on the downtown square this summer, announced Main Street Director Bridget Fowler.

Charlie a oeChucka Perez was severely injured in a freak accident June 7. He fell about seven foot from a window on a mobile home, according to his sister-in-law Shelly Gallegos.

Pct. 1 Comm. James Crittenden said that Upshur County Clerk Peggy LaGrone used the a oeNa word in describing her plans to get rid of an employee in the Clerka s Office after her election in 2006.

A committee of five directors of Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative Corp. has awarded $42,000 as part of the 2009 URECC scholarship program.

The annual Summer Youth Program, sponsored by the Gilmer Area Chamber of Commerce and the Upshur County Community Fund, will begin Monday, June 15, and run for six weeks, through Friday, July 24.

The Upshur County Sheriffa s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating an alleged assault on a convert to Islam in the county.

A former Gilmer High School teacher was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for sexual assault of a child after violating a prior probation sentence.

Gilmer police won't use excessive force during nonviolent civil rights demonstrations.

A Gilmer man was arrested May 30 in Marion County and charged with indecency with a child by sexual contact.

The police department on Wednesday celebrated its first ever female officer by giving her pink handcuffs and a pink pen.

The Upshur County Grand Jury returned 18 indictments, two of them sealed, when it met Tuesday.