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CitySquare Paris is accepting applicants for the fall 2022 AmeriCorps internship opportunities beginning September 6-December 22. Due to the non-profit’s growth in services to the community, they will select five interns for these paid positions. Anyone over 17 may apply with special consideration given to those pursuing degrees in social …

Victor Orlando McCulloch Paris Police stopped a vehicle in the 100-block of NE 25th Thursday morning at 12:28. Officers knew the driver Victor Orlando McCulloch, 29, of Paris, had outstanding felony warrants. McCulloch stopped his vehicle and ran from the officers before being apprehended. They arrested McCulloch on the manufacture …

A detailed report on the Uvalde school shooting lays the blame on the incident commander and the rank-and-file officers who responded. State Senator Roland Gutierrez says this proved what they had known all along. The report shows a Uvalde police officer who had the gunman in sight before the shooter …

The COVID testing positivity rate is climbing to a five-month high. Dr. Jason Bowling with the University of Texas Health System says the virus is mutating, and there are two dominant strains, both resistant to antibodies from previous infections. Even though the positivity rate is spiking, hospitalizations and deaths remain …

State Troopers are setting up highway checkpoints to prevent another deadly smuggling attempt like the one that ended with more than 53 people dead. It has the support of truckers. John Esparza is with the Texas Trucking Association. He says drivers are used to inspections, so it will not be …

The Paris Downtown Food Pantry expects to resume operations at their 124 W. Cherry St. location the week of July 25. The contractor for the new concrete parking lot still has some work to do but has assured pantry officials it will be complete with striping in place in time …

The group, “Oklahomans for Sensible Marijuana Laws,” wants to legalize adult use of marijuana in the state entirely. They submitted more than 164,000 signatures to the Office of the Secretary of State, far more than the roughly 95,000 they need to qualify for the measure to be on the ballot …

One of the largest abortion providers in Texas is planning to move its operations to New Mexico. Austin-based Whole Woman’s Health wants to establish a new clinic in a New Mexico city near the state line to provide first and second-trimester abortions.

TWC News Release — Wednesday, July 6, 2022 WorkInTexas.com Available For Jobseekers And Employers AUSTIN – The state’s primary work search website, WorkInTexas.com, is back online following a nationwide outage impacting many states’ job search websites. Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) contracts with Geographic Solutions, Inc (GSI) to host WorkInTexas.com and two …