Gilmer News

Gilmer businessman Steve Stewart was honored Thursday night as the 2011 Outstanding Citizen of the Year at the annual Gilmer Area Membership Banquet.

The Upshur County Grand Jury on Wednesday indicted a 19-year-old Gilmer man on manslaugher charges arising from a Dec.

A newly-empaneled Upshur County Grand Jury returned 30 indictments, 11 of them sealed, and no-billed one case Jan.

The Upshur County Grand Jury has no-billed a potential charge of criminally negligent homicide against a Gilmer teenager in connection with a 2011 auto accident that resulted in a Big Sandy boy dying on his third birthday - which coincided with Mother's Day.

The Austin College theatre program will present a benefit performance reading of Eve Ensler's play, The Vagina Monologues, on February 15 at 7:30 p.m. as the cornerstone of campus participation in the 2012 V-Day Campaign, a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.

Doc's Hot Links in Gilmer doesn't make an ordinary sausage. East Texas hot links are a breed apart from other Texas-made sausages.

A hot hearty meal with minimal effort is just a few hours away with this delicious barbeque chicken recipe.

The Gilmer City Council, at its regular meeting Tuesday evening, approved a budget amendment for the Gilmer Police Department to purchase uniform duty guns and accessories.

LeTourneau University students were recognized for outstanding academic accomplishments by being named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2011 semester.

Fire early Thursday burned the south Gilmer home of the Billy Jack Beasley family to the ground, destroying all the family's possessions, said the Gilmer Volunteer Fire Department Department records showed the blaze at 620 Polk St.

A visiting judge on Monday set a March trial date here for a prison inmate charged with the aggravated robbery of an elderly woman in her north Gilmer home.

The biennial UIL reclassification and realignment for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years will be released Thursday, Feb.

BY PHILLIP WILLIAMS Special Correspondent GILMER -- A visiting judge from Tyler today set a March trial date for a prison inmate charged with the aggravated robbery of an elderly woman in her north Gilmer home.

Kathy Davidson Hoover, city secretary for the City of Gilmer, graduated from the Texas Municipal Clerks Certification Program on Jan.

Nominations are being taken for Outstanding Citizen, Unsung Hero and Humanitarian for the 2012 Chamber Banquet set for Feb.

Five felony guilty pleas and two motions to revoke probation were heard in 115th District Court in Gilmer between Jan.17 and 27, with Judge Lauren Parish presiding.

Democratic Club of Upshur County Chairman Dan Miles Jr. told his group here Monday night that the Upshur County government needs to reinstate the Veterans Service Office which is scheduled to close next Monday.

The Republican Women of Upshur County will be hosting a Poll Watchers Seminar February 11 at the Church of Christ Annex, 612 Buffalo St., Gilmer.

Upshur-Gregg County farmers and ranchers: If you produce an agricultural commodity in Upshur-Gregg County and would like to express your thoughts about the proposal to consolidate the Upshur-Gregg FSA county office.

Meet Piper the Puppy. Brown, white and cuddly, he's undeniably cute. This stuffed pooch has an important job: to comfort children going through upheaval and trauma.