The Texas Department of State Health Services is encouraging health care providers to register for its immunization program. By applying for the program, health care providers will be able to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine. Phase one  of vaccine distribution will target health care personnel, people over age 65, and …

TEXARKANA, Texas – A 60-year-old Bowie County man has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox. William Johnson Springer pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography before U.S. Magistrate Judge Caroline M. Craven on Oct. 5, 2020. In his plea …

The Court To Declare A Quorum. Consent Agenda. i) Approve Previous Meeting Minutes. ii) Approval Of Utility Easements, Burial Of Telephone Cables And Construction Of Water Distribution Facilities: The Court To Consider And Approve A Request From Farmers Electric Cooperative, Inc. To Construct Electrical Power Distribution Facilities Which Will Cross …

The Lamar County Commissioners Court will meet at 9:00 am in regular session. The court will discuss and take action on extending Judge Brandon Bell’s declaration of a State of Disaster, due to the continuing worldwide spread of COVID-19. The current mandate expires Monday.

There have been 106 new COVID-19 cases since Monday.

  Dear Sulphur Springs Community, It is wi   From the Sulphur Springs ISD Dear Sulphur Springs Community, We inform you that our varsity SSHS football game scheduled for tomorrow, October 9, 2020, has been canceled with tremendous regret. Our decision, a close collaboration with our Local Health Authority and …

The USDA reminds Northeast Texas dairymen that the 2021 enrollment for the Dairy Margin Coverage program opens on Tuesday, October 13, and runs through December 11. The DMC offers protection to dairy producers when the difference between the all-milk price and the average feed cost falls below a specific dollar …

Hopkins County-Sulphur Springs Emergency Management on Thursday reported ten new cases of COVID-19 and five recent recoveries. There have now been a total of 409 positive tests of the virus and 319 recoveries. There are 90 active cases in Hopkins County and eight patients in the COVID Unit at Christus …

  Four staff members at Barbary Bush Primary School and a staff member at Douglas ECLC in Sulphur Springs have tested positive for COVID 19. Students and staff that were in close contact  with the patients will remain off campus for up to 14 days.

  The Festival of Pumpkins – Paris TX is coming up. A couple of years ago we started handing out gift baskets to every adoption that day. Each basket, dog or cat, is filled with treats, food, a blanket, leash and collar, food and water bowls and toys. Donations make …