Stock Photo Tyler Junior College Police Department requested that the Texas Rangers investigate an officer-involved shooting. The TJC Police Chief said a person was threatening a college employee, and a campus officer engaged with the suspect and then shot him. They took the person shot to the hospital with his …

A federal judge has ordered the federal government to stop expelling illegal immigrant children who cross the southern border alone. U.S. District Judge Emmett Sullivan on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction sought by legal groups suing on behalf of children whom the government sought to expel before they could request …

Orlando Hall Federal Penitentiary Terre Haute, Indiana A Texas man convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Arlington girl, then bludgeoning her with a shovel before burying her alive, is scheduled to be put to death tonight in prison at Terre Haute, Indiana. Orlando Hall’s attorneys have argued that …

On 11/18/20, the Paris-Lamar County Health District reports one COVID-related death, a 75-year-old female. There are also 79 new cases to report in Lamar County.

Due to the recent increase in new and active COVID-19 cases in Lamar County, the Paris-Lamar County Health District does not have the capability, staff, or resources to maintain current monitoring and reporting activities. We can no longer support the volume with a projection of an even more significant surge …

November 18, 2020 COVID-19 Update 3 – new positive cases 0 – new recoveries 769 – cumulative cases 622 – recoveries 147 – active 17 – patients in the COVID Unit 48 – fatalities per DSHS dashboard Not updated! DSHS will be reporting antigen and recoveries. The state is not …

Texas is among several states involved in a pilot delivery program to get a Pfizer Pharmaceuticals COVID-19 vaccine to American citizens. Reuters reports Pfizer chose Texas, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Rhode Island due to their size, population diversity, immunization infrastructure, and need to reach people in rural and urban settings. …

The two new COVID vaccines, which each are over 90-percent effective, have people seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Still, UT-San Antonio Biology professor Karl Klose (klowz) says growing signs that COVID infected people could be facing long-term health problems. He says there is evidence that there …

The latest report from the Paris-Lamar County Health District shows 2,402 cumulative COVID positive tests and 231 actives of the virus. The state Coronavirus dashboard shows 58 deaths of the disease in the county.

The Paris- Lamar County Chamber of Commerce is rewarding local shoppers for supporting local businesses by offering four drawings for $100 each. For every $25 spent at a local business, shoppers will get one ticket for the draw. The drawings will be Mondays Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 14, and …