News

July, 2022

• 21 July

  Lamar County COVID Center Moving To New Location

  Beginning Monday, July 25, the Lamar County COVID Center will be relocated to 400 West Sherman Street in Paris. The phone number for the COVID Center will remain the same (903) 715-0422. You must call to schedule an appointment for COVID TESTING. Walk-ins are welcome for COVID Vaccinations.
• 21 July

  Paris Police Report For Thursday (Jul 21)

  William Eli McEntyre Wednesday morning at 11:10, officers responded to a suspicious person call in the 2200-block of Cleveland Street. While en route, dispatch advised a white male wearing all black was seen kicking in a front door and entering a residence. Police took 20-year-old homeless William Eli McEntyre into …
• 21 July

  CanHelp Registration Underway

  Registration for the  2022 Hopkins County Back to School Fair is underway. For six years, our annual back-to-school fair has been a one-stop destination to prepare students and entire families for the start of school. The number of people  served each year continues to grow and they anticipate providing for …
• 21 July

  Two Indicted Deaths of 53 Immigrants

  Two men have been indicted over the deaths of 53 undocumented migrants last month in San Antonio.  50 adults and three children died in extreme heat June 27th. They were stuffed in an unairconditioned tractor trailer…another ten adults and one child survived. Forty-six-year -old Homero Zamorano of Pasadena and 28 …
• 21 July

  Civil Rights Groups Blast Title 42

  Civil rights groups are blasting a plan to extend a Trump-era border health rule, which the government uses to deport most illegal immigrants. Title-42 was implemented during the pandemic to prevent the spread of COVID at the border. Nicole Morgan with the Texas-based immigrant rights group “Raices” says that Ukrainian …
• 21 July

  Texas Campaign Finance Reports Filed

  Beto O’Rourke Campaign finance reports in Texas are putting the spotlight on special interest cash. Some blast Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke for getting nearly 60 percent of his contributions from outside the state. Rice University political analyst Mark Jones says that George Soros is one of those big donors. …
• 21 July

  Texas Tuition Promise Fund Deadline Coming Up

  Texas families have through Jul 31 to enroll their newborns at 2021-22 prices in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund®, the state’s prepaid college tuition program. With the Texas Tuition Promise Fund, participants can purchase tuition units and lock in the costs of undergraduate resident tuition and schoolwide required fees at …
• 21 July

  Uvalde School Superintendent Wants Police Chief Fired

  Pete Arredondo Uvalde School Superintendent Hal Harrell has recommended that the district fire Police Chief Pete Arredondo. The school board will consider the move at a special meeting on Saturday. Arredondo is one of several police commanders on the scene who met with fierce criticism in a 77-page report released …
• 21 July

  Hopkins County Jail Booking

  Shalik Dayron Reed Hopkins County arrested 23-year-old Shalik Dayron Reed on a warrant charging him with violating the probation he was on for Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact. He has no bond, and he’s in the Hopkins County Jail.
• 21 July

  Titus County Jail Bookings

  Andres Ruben Ayala Titus County arrested 28-year-old Andres Ruben Ayala of Mt. Pleasant on a warrant for Burglary of a Habitation. There is no bond, and he remains in the Titus County Jail. Nicole Dwyer Deputies arrested 27-year-old Nicole Dwyer of Ohio for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Tampering …