The Paris City Council has given final approval to a Zoning Commission change for new housing development in the 6500-block of 26th Street NE. It will have both single-family homes and duplexes. A zoning change was also approved to allow a quick-serve restaurant at 3475 Lamar Ave. The First Assembly …

North Lamar ISD’s Director of Food Services, Diana McGregor, has announced that all students in the district can now receive free breakfast and lunch due to a waiver through the Texas Department of Agriculture. The new program begins November 1 and will run through June. You will need to pay …

Mount Pleasant ISD’s Board voted unanimously to require all students to return to school for in-person learning, effective Monday, November 2. They will make exceptions for students quarantined and who have tested positive for COVID. Any student quarantined because of COVID-19 must have a doctor’s note because of a pre-existing …

A Northeast Texas woman living in Mexico has been tracked down and returned to Bowie County to face murder charges from 2012. In Mexico, U.S. Marshals arrested 38-year-old Alana Coleman, of Texarkana, and charged her with capital murder. They are accusing her of stabbing Donald Ray Morris in Texarkana multiple …

Tom Sellers President, CEO of Alliance Bank The Independent Bankers Association of Texas has announced that Tom Sellers, president, and chief executive officer of Alliance Bank in Sulphur Springs, now serves as chairman-elect of the IBAT board for 2020–21. He officially accepted this position during the association’s 46th annual convention …

Mike Horne, Campaign Chair Hopkins County United Way Facebook The Hopkins County United Way announced Tuesday that it had reached a third of this year’s campaign goal. So far, donors pledged $50,013 toward the $150,000 target.

U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox announced the court sentenced a 40-year-old Ore City, Texas man to 840 months in federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas. Jeremy O’Kieth Kyle, also known as Corey Webster, Rick, Derrick Willis, Eric Sanders, Brad Smith, Jason, and J, pleaded …

The Reno Volunteer Fire Department is holding a Monster Mash and BBQ Cook-off Saturday from noon until 6:00 pm at Reno Kiwanis Park on Pine Mill Road. In addition to the award-winning food, there will be a Trunk or Treat Contest, games, music, costume contest, pumpkin carving contest, and more. …

Hopkins County-Sulphur Springs Emergency Management reported 18 new COVID cases Tuesday and no recent recoveries. There are now 626 cumulative cases since testing began and 427 total recoveries, and there are currently 199 active cases and 11 people in the COVID Unit of Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs. Twenty-seven …