From Mount Vernon ISD Superintendent Jason McCullough: Since school started on August 6, we have had to quarantine over 200 students and 19 staff members plus other students and staff who have missed school. Therefore, I feel that it is best at this time to pause our schedule. To mitigate …

From Titus County  Sheriff Office Facebook Page STOLEN TRACTOR and EQUIPMENT UPDATED DESCRIPTION: The actual tractor stolen in this theft does have a cab. We should be updating photos soon. The model of the tractor and cutter is correct. On September 12, 2020, Titus County Sheriff’s Office received a report …

The Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation wants to help you! The Foundation is offering FREE Mammogram Screenings to uninsured women over 40. Appointments will be Saturday, September 26, starting at 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Please call 903.439.4040 to schedule your appointment. Appointments are limited to the first 20 women.

Former Paris High School students Colonel Jimmie Mills and Robert Riggs have been named 2020 Distinguished Graduates. Colonel Jimmie Mills is a 1965 graduate of Paris High School, and he distinguished himself as a leader in the United States Air Force. He is a veteran of 368 combat missions and …

A regular meeting of the Sulphur Springs ISD school board was on Monday, September 14, 2020.   PUBLIC FORUM No one from the public requested to address the Board. Superintendent Michael Lamb reported on attendance for the first two weeks of school. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS The Board received a summary report …

0 – new positive cases 0 – new recoveries 281 – cumulative cases 219 – recoveries 62 – active 3 – patients in the COVID Unit Positive antigen tests from testing facilities within Hopkins County from September 4, 2020, to September 11, 2020, at 3:00 pm: 20 – Not updated! …

Lezley Brown Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce by Lezley Brown, Hopkins County Chamber President Stew, 2020, is happening! It’s going to look very different from usual, but we did not have to cancel the event entirely. You will be able to drive through and pick up the stew, and the …

Lamar County Commissioners announced at this week’s meeting that they have additional funds. There is $10,800 extra for road and bridge repairs in Precincts 2 and 3, and $50,000 for coronavirus-related election expenditures. The county also received $145,000 for the general fund from the Texas Association of Counties and money …

Bogata Mayor Vincent Lum and Councilman Don Roach resigned within seconds of each other’s city council meeting. Some spectators, many holding signs supporting police chief David Short and the department, cheered the departures. The Paris News reports that the dispute was over Lum’s request that the department generates more revenue. …

East Texas Fire departments lend a helping hand as fires rage in California, and they evacuate thousands of people from their homes. Crews from Paris, Powderly, Mount Pleasant, Athens, Longview, and Nacogdoches are there now. They all met in Lubbock on Friday and drove across the country. California is their …