Upshur County News

BY PHILLIP WILLIAMS Special Correspondent GILMER -- Sparks flew Monday as the Upshur County Commissioners Court rescinded its 6-year-old decision to discontinue approving its meetings' minutes.

Stephen F. Austin State University hosted a contest featuring 17 military-style marching bands from seven Texas UIL Music Regions on Oct.

District Judge Lauren Parish sentenced 15 people Nov. 10-13 in Upshur County's 115th District Court.

A search for a missing 2-year-old girl near Gladewater ended happily Wednesday. Kayden Sue Rushing was discovered missing that morning by her mother, Betty Lou Croley, about 10:12 a.m. from her home on Willow Oak Road in southern Upshur County.

Tin Roof Tango, a unique musical group based in Dallas, will present a program here at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

Preparations for a oePickina for the Pantrya continue with more than 40 items for the silent auction to bid on during the Bluegrass Benefit Concert Saturday, Nov.

Upshur County District Judge Lauren Parish sentenced 10 people this week in 115th District Court.

One of the most dangerous places to be in Upshur County on Friday, Oct. 30, was at the intersection of Hwy.

Firefighters are battling a house fire in Upshur County. The fire started about 9:15 p.m. at 4185 Farm-to-Market Road 1002, just south of Farm-to-Market Road 49.

An Upshur County Grand Jury this week indicted a Gilmer man on a charge of possessing with intent to deliver cocaine in a drug-free zone.

Fire investigators require unique training. The investigators, such as fire marshals for cities and counties, are considered firefighters and police officers, and they frequently need continuing education in both fields, said Mark Moore, criminal investigator with the Upshur County Sheriff's Office and president of the East Texas Arson ...

An Upshur County commissioner announced Tuesday that he won't seek re-election in 2010.

The Gilmer City Council, at its meeting Tuesday evening, voted to extend school-zone hours on parts of Buffalo St.

As two storm systems moved through this area Thursday, Upshur County escaped with only a tornado watch and heavy rainfall.

Most East Texas countries name their county roads with numbers or the names of people.

Some seven candidates in next March's Republican primary - including a challenger to incumbent County Clerk Peggy LaGrone - and State Rep.

Thursday morning, 22-year-old Jessica Prescott of the Starville/Winona area found herself stuck on River Road with water flooding her vehicle, a 2007 Jeep.

Upshur County Judge Lauren Parish handed sentences to 13 people this week in 115th District Court.

When Amy Randall's vehicle hyrdroplaned and flipped off of an Upshur County bridge, it wasn't a call to 911 that saved her life.

A 36-year-old Gilmer man was sentenced Wednesday to 15 months in a state jail after being convicted in 115th District Court of felony Driving While Intoxicated with a Child Passenger.