Gilmer News

If you haven't shopped at Gilmer's premiere thrift store the Clothes Closet you have missed a real treat.

Antique toys feature prominently at the home of Nicole and David Erb, 1708 Greenway in Gilmer.

A vehicle repo company repo'ed more than expected when they picked up a truck in Gilmer Saturday night, May 4. According to Gilmer police, they received a call from parents that a truck they had borrowed from a friend had been repossessed as they prepared to go out for dinner.

A Gilmer man has been sentenced Monday in Wood County to life in prison for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child.

Gilmer High School honored their top students in the junior and senior classes Monday with the annual Academic Awards Banquet where the top 10 percent of each class is recognized.

The City of Gilmer will hold an election today, May 11. Location of the election day polling place is Gilmer High School, 850 Buffalo St.

If you can't make it to the game, listen live at the above link provided by KBUS FM in Paris.

Hostesses Merle Cross, Marynell Henry and Mary Ann Patterson greeted members of the Twentieth Century Club as they entered Barron's Cafe in Longview for the club's annual spring luncheon.

The Upshur County Library's Storytime will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. and at 4:15 p.m. This week attendees may hear With All My Heart by Brian Rock and Because Your Mommy Loves You by Andrew Clements.

The Gilmer Dulcimer Players and More will meet this Saturday, May 11, at the First Baptist Church Annex on the southeast corner of Buffalo and Trinity.

A state appeals court in Texarkana on Friday upheld the murder conviction of Glenn Wade Myers Jr., who received a 60-year prison term in Gilmer last year for the 2011 shooting of his sister near Big Sandy.

GILMER, TX - An East Texas family says they are grateful it's all over, after their truck was towed away with their baby inside it.

The District 16-3A champion Gilmer Buckeyes will face the Paris Wildcats later this week in the area round of the UIL 3A baseball playoffs.

A Gilmer man was sentenced to life in prison by a Wood County judge on Monday for sexual assault and indecency charges.

BY PHILLIP WILLIAMS Special Correspondent GILMER -- A state appeals court has upheld the murder conviction and 60-year prison sentence assessed a Big Sandy man in Upshur County last year in connection with the 2011 shooting of his sister.

A 39-year-old Gilmer man was killed when the pickup he was driving collided with a tractor-trailer on Texas Highway 155 near Gilmer early Friday night, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The Upshur County Grand Jury on Thursday indicted a Gilmer man on one count of murder and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the Feb.

At 18-years-old, Tiffany Sparks married her high school sweetheart in Gilmer, Texas.

Upshur County Fire Marshal/Emergency Management Coordinator Paul Steelman resigned effective May 6 to become a deputy state fire marshal effective that day.

Four SFA bands: The University Band, The Symphonic Band, The Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble Bands all performed a free concert for on-lookers and music lovers.