Paris dispatched construction crews to a sinkhole at the intersection of Bonham and 1st NW streets downtown. An old cistern may have caused it. The city notified workers of the sinkhole Monday and covered it with a steel plate to patch the problem until workers arrived to fix it.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports the number of people hospitalized in the state either with the coronavirus or suspected of being infected is at a record high of 974 and 21 more people have died. The department reported an increase of 1,331 cases to bring the total since …

Mugshot Not Available Bond is $35,500 for a McKinney woman arrested by state troopers in Lamar County on drug charges. Officers charged Nathalie Joe Brownfield on two drug trafficking warrants out of Tarrant County, one local controlled substance charge, and a misdemeanor.

The Sabine River Authority has awarded a $20,000 grant to the City of Como. The money will assist the city with repairing and upgrading old water well.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved Remdesivir as the first drug to treat COVID-19. And while they have not finalized the vaccine, consumers are anxiously awaiting a cure. That means scammers are cashing in by luring victims with phony remedies and treatments. Better Business Bureau warns …

Results in Seizure of 1,447 Pounds of Illegal Drugs, 49 Firearms, and Over $6.6M in Drug-Related Assets SHERMAN, Texas – The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Stephen J. Cox, announced Wednesday the results of two Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) operations targeting international drug …

The Eastern District of Texas’ U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox announced that a 45-year-old Texas woman pleaded guilty to tax evasion. Chelsea Jolynn Tucker pleaded guilty to tax evasion before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly C. Priest Johnson on Nov. 3, 2020. According to public court records, from approximately 1997 to …

The Paris- Lamar County Health District reports 26 new COVIDs, bringing the total positive since testing began in the county to 2,063. There are currently 215 active cases. The state says Lamar has 49 deaths from the virus.

Two people were flown to a hospital in Shreveport Wednesday when they were seriously burned in a church fire in Upshur County. The men were reportedly working in the pulpit area of the  Church of Power in the Pritchett community shortly after noon. The fire heavily damaged the one-story church …

  The Sulphur Springs ISD is operating safely and normally despite  unsubstantiated  and non-credible rumors that unspecified threats had been made at the high school. There were no lockdowns, early dismissals or incidents. The investigation by school administrators and the district police department determined that the threats were baseless but  …