Three candidates have entered the primary race for Fannin County Sheriff. Incumbent Mark Johnson has announced he will not run for re-election. All three candidates are veteran lawmen. Cody Shook is the Ector Police Chief, Leigh Dixon is the Honey Grove Police Chief, and William Robertson is the Trenton Police …

  Curtis Graham has announced his candidacy for Lamar County Precinct 2 Constable.  Graham has a Master Peace Officer License and served 15 years with the Paris PD and three-years with the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office. The incumbent Pct 2 Constable is Jeff Jones.

https://www.igluski.com/lapland-holidays/what-are-the-names-of-santas-reindeerThe American Veterinary Medical Association sent two doctors to the North Pole to examine Santa’s reindeer. At the end of the in-person exam, the doctors declared the nine reindeer healthy and ready for their magical Christmas Eve journey around the world. https://www.igluski.com/lapland-holidays/what-are-the-names-of-santas-reindeer

Gary Lee Gibson was arrested in Hopkins County Wednesday on a warrant for theft of property less than $2500 with two or more prior convictions, enhancing the crime. He was in the Hopkins County Jail. Brayden Dean Law was arrested Wednesday on four counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance …

They arrested the former chief of the now-defunct Coffee City Police Department on several charges on Wednesday. They charged 51-year-old John Jay Portillo of Houston with six counts of tampering with government records. Each account had a $150,000 bond totaling to $900,000. Records show Portillo bonded out of the Henderson …

Family farmers in East Texas are awarded $17,500 in research and innovation grants from the Transfarmation Project to help support their farms’ transition from animal agriculture to specialty crops.  The Halley family has gone from raising chickens for slaughter to growing hemp and rescuing homeless animals. As contract farmers, the Halleys raised six batches …

PLANO, Texas – The Eastern District of Texas charged three North Texas individuals with sex trafficking crimes, according to U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. William McKinnley Garland, 40, of Plano; Jalen Alexander Bobo, 24, of Dallas; and Robberta Marie Khan, 27, of Euless, have been charged by an indictment returned …

  SHERMAN, Texas – U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs of the Eastern District of Texas announced that Homestar North America, LLC has agreed to pay $798,334 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to pay customs duties owed for furniture imports from China. Customs laws …

They canceled the performances of “Christmas Story- the Musical” by Paris Community Theater because of a small fire Saturday night. They evacuated everyone, and there were no injuries, ruling the fire accidental. The incident report shows $10,000 in damages because of the cost of repairing historic buildings. Because of the …

The Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation has identified 48-year-old Earnest Threadgill of Eagletown as the man who beat his father to death during a domestic assault last week. He’s been charged with first-degree murder and is in the McCurtain County Jail.