Press Release from Lt. Smith,  Lamar County Sheriff’s Office A Lamar County Sheriff’s Office Detective was traveling north bound on South Collegiate St. in Paris Friday.  As the detective approached the entrance/exit for the Civic Center they observed a dark color Chevrolet HHR traveling at a fast speed ...

  Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals serves up a win for Harris County Criminal Court at Law Judges. Court Rules: No Right To Affordable Bail, Only Right To Be Heard Within 48 Hours Lakewood, CO (August 16, 2018) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a ...

Paris Police met with a complaint in the lobby of the Police Department who advised that they had received an anonymous phone call and was told that she would receive a gift card if she would pay a one-time fee. The victim gave the person calling the last four numbers ...

Fans of Aretha Franklin pay their respects. Some at her Hollywood Walk of Fame star. A Dallas police officer reportedly was injured and taken to a hospital in a squad car this morning. Officers were dispatched to an armed encounter call on Jim Miller at about 5:30 am. A plain-clothes ...

Celebrities React To Aretha Franklin’s Passing … Aretha Franklin died yesterday at the age of 76. She was a self-taught singer and piano prodigy known as the Queen of Soul. Reba McEntire: “I’ve had so many influences in my life and one of them is the Queen of Soul. Rest ...

Mugshot not availableDeputies arrested 31-year-old Summer R. Sierra, of Winnsboro, in Titus County on a grand jury indictment for Injury to a Child. No bond information was available. Officers arrested 31-year-old Daven T. Shine, of Mt Pleasant, in Titus County for Burglary of Habitation. No other details were released.

A farewell reception is planned for Dr. Ray Keck, who is stepping down as President of Texas A&M-Commerce on August 31. It will be held on Aug. 21 at 4:30 pm at the Sam Rayburn Student Center at the university. Keck is not going far, however, he is returning to ...

A man who had just learned from a Bowie County judge that he would be arrested for failing a drug test fled from the courtroom but was soon apprehended. The court bailiff tackled 41-year-old Jeremy Struehrenberg outside the Bi-State Justice Center and he was subdued by officers from multiple police agencies. ...

The Gregg County Sheriff’s office has released a report showing that the inmate who hanged himself in the jail had shown no signs of mental or psychological problems. Officers had arrested 55-year-old Tony Waters for the alleged murders of 51-year-old old Charlie Verdell and 17-year-old Daquan Munson in Tyler. Ladidre ...

The murder trial for a former Balch Springs Police Officer, accused of killing a teenager, got underway Thursday. Roy Oliver, who is white, reportedly opened fire last year into a moving car filled with five black teens, killing 15-year-old high school freshman Jordan Edwards. Oliver said he fired at the ...

    A total of 52 student-athletes representing Texas A&M University-Commerce have been awarded the Division 2 Athletics Directors Association’s Academic Achievement Award for their efforts in the 2017-18 academic year. A&M-Commerce’s 52 honorees are the most for the Lions since the award was created in 2008, beating the previous ...

Yesterday at the North Hopkins volleyball tournament, Prairiland finished first in their pool while Chisum finished second in theirs. Bracket play begins on Saturday. Chisum will be in action tonight at Pittsburg. In other volleyball action, Paris will be at the Marshall tournament today and tomorrow. North Lamar will play ...

  Varney Carter, Zachariah Malik, and Alec Weir Named To ASC Men’s Soccer Players To Watch List; LET Picked 11th in Preseason Poll RICHARDSON, Texas – LeTourneau University men’s soccer senior forward Alec Wier along with junior defender Zachariah Malik and sophomore forward Varney Carter were named to the 2018 ...

Lion Basketball announces 2018-19 schedules and season tickets. COMMERCE– The schedules for the 2018-19 Texas A&M University-Commerce men’s and women’s basketball schedules have been announced and season tickets are now available for purchase. The Lion hoops teams will host 27 games at the Field House during the 2018-19 season, with ...

Red Snapper Season Closes in Federal Waters Wednesday, Aug. 22 AUSTIN- The private recreational angler red snapper season in federal waters will close at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22. State waters out to nine nautical miles will remain open. Under an agreement between the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) ...