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Photo 2 cutline: Ginger (Molly Law) and Mary Ann (Grace Marie Hignight) perform a lullaby before retiring in “Gilligan’s Island: The Musical.” On the Duane Allen Stage in the Ray E. Karrer Theater at Paris Junior College this week, seven castaways shipwrecked on a remote Pacific island will build huts …

PIZZA DAY ON CAMPUS “Free Pizza” is a big hit on the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center campus. Director of Student Life Kenneth Webb, along with Campus Director Rob Stanley, hand out plates of pizza and a drink during a break before noon Thursday.

College fair 1: MPHS sophomore Jackson Stone visits with the representative from The University of Texas at Austin College fair 2: MPHS junior McKayla Houchin and her mother Kristi visit with the rep from Texas State University   College fair 3: MPHS junior Karen Trejo visits with Nayeli Fuentes at …

New Four-way Stop at Intersection of FM 2348 and FM 4000 Drivers urged to use caution when passing through the intersection ATLANTA – A change in traffic control has occurred at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 2348 and 4000 in Eastern Titus County.  “Following a few crashes at the …

  Initiative emphasizes enforcing gun prohibitions based on domestic violence convictions and mental health denials   Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Project Guardian, a new initiative designed to reduce gun violence and enforce federal firearms laws across the country. Specifically, Project Guardian focuses on investigating, prosecuting, …

    Paris Main Street  and Parks and Recreation Department and are hosting the Annual Downtown Christmas Tree lighting on Saturday November 23, 2019 from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. The Parks Dept. started decorating a few weeks ago on the Plaza in preparation for the holiday season. There will …

Paris Police Officers were advised of a shoplifter leaving a business in the 600-block of Bonham Street. Officers made contact with the suspect in the 900-block of West Kaufman. Officers discovered that the suspect, John Womack, had stolen several electronic items from the business. Womack was placed under arrest and …

The City of Cooper has entered into an inter-local agreement to purchase a new fire truck. The city will provide $5,000 and a Texas Community Development Block Grant will provide the grant for the $500,000 truck. The city will take care of maintenance costs for the vehicle.

North Lamar project graduation is selling Texas Roadhouse rolls. The Rolls are $6/dozen and come frozen with baking instructions and with the honey butter as well. Orders will be taken until November 20. Rolls will be delivered by December 10. Contact Angie Hutchings 903-517-4290 or Teresa Niblett 903-495-6741.

Lamar County Deputies and state troopers arrested a 21-year-old Paris man after stopping a vehicle pulling a trailer they had been seeking. Detectives and the Northeast Texas Auto Theft Task Force found that the driver, Jerry Dylan Cartwright, did not have permission to take the trailer, which was loaded with …

The board of directors of the Paris Economic Development Corporation met in Executive Session and voted to hire an outside consultant to review processes and procedures involved in incentives to existing and potential industries. City Attorney Stephanie Harris will head the search for a consultant. Executive Director Michael Paris pledged …

Upshur County Precinct 3 Constable Ronnie Mitchell has submitted his resignation to the Commissioners Court. He said he injured his knee while trying to fulfill the personal training requirement so that he could activate his peace officer’s license.

The annual Sulphur Springs High School National Honor Society Induction Ceremony will be held on Monday, November 18, at 6:30 in the High School cafeteria. Approximately 51 students will be inducted this year. The public is invited.

A Winona man has died of injuries he received in a crash in Upshur County on Tuesday night. State Troopers say 57-year-old James Samuel Cabaniss was driving on River Road south of Big Sandy when he failed to negotiate a curve, left the road and struck a tree. He was …

Tarrant County Jail A North Texas man was sentenced to death for the 2017 slayings and mutilations of his roommate, and the roommate’s 17-year-old girlfriend. Hector Acosta-Ojeda, a self-proclaimed hitman for a Mexican drug cartel, was found guilty last week of capital murder in the killings in Arlington of Erick …

TYLER, Texas – A 26-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Eduardo Pineda pleaded guilty on July 25, 2019, to manufacturing and possessing with intent to manufacture and distribute marijuana …

On Tuesday, November 12, over a dozen non-profits gathered at the United Way of Lamar County office to learn about the upcoming 2020 Census and the formation of a Complete the Count Committee. Partnership Specialist Walter E. Brown from the Dallas Regional Census Center led the group through the training which …

  Statement from Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office On November 12, at approximately 2:45 pm, the Hopkins County, Sulphur Bluff, North Hopkins, Dike, Saltillo, Brinker, Arbala, Franklin County and Mount Vernon Fire Departments responded to a fatality fire on No. 95 County Road 3608 in Sulphur Bluff. The fire had quickly …

The 25th annual Wild Horse and Burro Expo in Ardmore, OK NORMAN, Okla.—The Bureau of Land Management will hold the 25th Annual Wild Horse and Burro Expo in Ardmore, Okla., on November 15-16, at the Hardy Murphy Coliseum. The two-day event, featuring 80 – 85 wild horses and burros, will …