Upshur County News

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.

In 1989, the Legislature authorized a new half-cent sales tax to fund economic growth in small- to medium-size towns.

BY PHILLIP WILLIAMS Special Correspondent GILMER -- The Upshur County Commissioners Court will meet in special session Monday to consider taking action on a federal racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a current county worker.

Upshur County schools on Monday received a share of $200,000 from an investment acquired more than a century ago, County Judge Dean Fowler said.

On Saturday, November 14, the Ministerial Alliance of Upshur County will sponsor the Upshur County Shares Food Bank "Pickin' for the Pantry" Bluegrass Concert.

Some of Upshur ISD funds are generated through land the county owns out in west Texas and Gilmer Elementary's new art program is one of many programs benefiting from this.

The Upshur County Commmissioners Court approved distribution of $200,000 in Available School Funds to the nine school districts located all or partly in the county.

Crowns, marching bands, games, rides and the smell of sweet potato pie in the air It's Yamboree time in Gilmer.

Widespread power outages and downed trees were reported as a severe storm tore through Upshur County Friday morning.