Paris News

The United Way of Lamar County’s Lunch and Learn with the Alzheimer’s Association that had been scheduled for Friday, Nov 4 has been postponed until further notice. Previous The United Way of Lamar County has partnered with the Alzheimer’s Association to bring another free lunch and learn on Friday, Nov …

The North Lamar, Paris, and Sulphur Springs High School bands have qualified at the UIL State Band Tournament in San Antonio at the Alamodome. All three schools will perform next Wednesday, Nov 9. North Lamar will play at 9:00 am, and Paris will perform at 2:00 pm. Sulphur Springs will …

The Powerball jackpot in Monday night’s drawing will be an estimated $1 billion because there were no winners in Saturday night’s game. The winning numbers Saturday night were: 19, 31, 40, 46, and 57, and the red power ball was 23. Six tickets won a $1 million prize by matching …

Last Friday, the Northeast Texas Beef Improvement Organization (NETBIO) held its October cattle sale at the Sulphur Springs Livestock auction market, selling 3,391 head of pre-conditioned calves and yearlings. David Fowler, Sulphur Springs Livestock Commission co-owner and NETBIO board member, said, “It was a very good sale. The market was …

By Margaret Ruff, PJC Music lovers are invited to a free Fall Chorale Concert at 6:00 pm Tuesday, Nov 1, in the DeShong Chapel at Paris Junior College. The “Hopes and Dreams” concert theme offers music pieces that deal literally or figuratively with the concept. The chorale will perform American …

S-TS 60%, H-69, Tonight, 10%, L-57, NE>SW 5-10 mph Record H-88-1942 / L 23-1952 / Avg. 73-47 /.18” 2021 Rainfall 46.60”/ 2022 Rainfall 29.48” Aug 6.67” /Sep 1.71”/ Oct 5.28” / 6:30 am 2.91” SR 7:36 am/ SS 6:31 pm NWS oberservations – Mt Pleasant

Rock’ n’ roll icon Jerry Lee Lewis has died. The “Great Balls of Fire” singer’s team released a statement Friday. They stated, “Lewis, perhaps the last true, great icon of the birth of rock ‘n’ roll, whose marriage of blues, gospel, country, honky-tonk and raw, pounding stage performances threatened a …

  Someone stole a motor vehicle in the 1600-block of N. Main Thursday morning at 8:37. The victim reported that a white 2003 Ford F-350 pulling a gooseneck trailer loaded with a dirt racing car had been stolen from that location sometime overnight. Later in the day, police notified Paris …

The Trick-or-Treat forecast is here! Expect mostly clear skies and light southerly winds around five mph or less. Temperatures will start the evening in the 60s and 70s but will dip into the 50s for most by 10:00 pm.

After a four-day trial, a Grayson County jury has convicted 55-year-old Darwood Kellett of Irving of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Possession of Methamphetamine. Investigators say he was high on meth when he ran off US 75 and struck 23-year-old Leslie Karen Mercado. Mercado was standing in the …