Town Updates

The latest features, automated feeds, and improvements to your GvilleTX app.

May 2026

New Source

Texas Do Not Hire registry — for educators flagged by TEA

We now mirror the Texas Education Agency's Do Not Hire registry — educators ruled ineligible for hire or under investigation. Search the full statewide list by name. When a name on the registry matches a local jail booking or sex-offender entry, we surface a cross-link badge on the profile.

Feature

Daily digest, push notifications, streaks, and app-store apps

Pick a time and we'll send you the day's events, mugshots, gov docs, garage sales, weather, and gas prices in one email or push. Visit daily and earn a flame badge for your streak.

  • Daily digest at the time you choose, in your inbox or as a phone push
  • Friday afternoon weekly recap
  • Visit streaks with a 🔥 badge in the header
  • Verify your phone to receive SMS digests
  • Install GvilleTX from your home screen — Android Play Store + iOS coming via App Store

April 2026

Improvement

Full business profiles — hours, photos, menus, contact

Every business in the directory now has a proper page: hours of operation, photos, offerings (menus / services / products), multiple contact methods, and customer-suggested edits.

Notifications

SMS digests via verified phone

Verify your phone number and we'll text you your daily digest. Six-digit code, ten-minute window. Your number stays private.

January 2026

Feature

Profiles, follow your neighbors, follow topics

Build a profile, follow other locals, and follow topics like Public Safety, Schools, or Government to filter your feed to what you care about.

New Source

Mugshots, jail bookings, and the sex-offender registry

Cooke County jail roster updates every 30 minutes with AI-summarized charges. Texas DPS sex-offender registry is checked twice a day plus a full Sunday refresh — with a map view of your neighborhood.

New Source

City + County agendas, minutes, and ordinances — with AI summaries

Every council agenda, meeting minutes, ordinance, and notice from City of Gainesville and Cooke County is fetched automatically. Each gets a 2-minute readable AI summary instead of a 50-page PDF.

New Source

Every local event — city, parks, chamber, library, AgriLife

We aggregate events from five sources, dedupe duplicates, and normalize 40+ messy categories into 12 clean ones. Browse, filter, RSVP.

New Source

450+ Gainesville businesses

We pulled in the full Chamber of Commerce directory plus our manual additions. Search by category, see hours, get the phone number.