On September 9, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) informed the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) that the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program, which provided an additional $300 a week to qualified unemployment claimants, ends with the benefit week ending September 5, 2020. Because the funds provided by FEMA were …

The state positivity rate for Coronavirus is now down to just over 7%. For the seventh straight day, the rate has been at or below 10 percent. It’s considered a sign the spread of the Coronavirus is slowing.

  Nine million Americans who have not filed an income tax return in the last two years will be getting a letter from the IRS soon. It tells them they may still be eligible for the COVID-19 stimulus check most Americans received earlier this year. The IRS says it will …

Authorities are investigating after a fire broke out at about 8:40 Monday night at abandoned apartment buildings in the 200-block of South Main Street in Paris. All fire engines from the Paris Fire Department responded to the blaze. A police officer on the scene reported that several children ran from …

Authorities captured a father and son connected with a Fannin County shooting more than three years ago that left a man with permanent brain damage. They arrested in Bonham 42-year-old Charles Briggs, Dodd City, and 23-year-old Joshua Briggs in Bonham on felony charges. Three suspects broke into Gina and Johnny …

Brice Gage Watkins U.S. Marshals are searching for an Oklahoma man wanted for crime investigators have termed particularly horrific. Enid police say that Brice Gage Watkins sexually assaulted a six-month-old baby and distributed the crime images on social media. Investigators say he has ties to Oklahoma City, Norman, and Enid.

Prairieland ISD has reported its third staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. The latest patient is a teacher at the High School. Last week, the district had a Junior High teacher and an aide who tested positive for the virus.

Love County, Oklahoma, Treasurer Lorri Hull has pleaded not guilty to two counts of felony embezzlement. A multi-county grand jury indicted her last week for allegedly stealing more than $15,000 in July and more than $5,000 in August. She faces up to ten years in prison and a fine three-times …

Mugshot Not Available Lamar County Deputies arrested Quinton Heath Shugart, of Powderly, for Assault of a Family or Household member with previous convictions. They also charged him with Bond Surrender on a misdemeanor, and because they charged him with his Violation of the Parole, he was ineligible to be released …

Matthew James Conley Hopkins County Deputies worked a family violence report and learned that Matthew James Conley had allegedly choked a woman. They charged him with family violence assault by impeding breath or circulation and with resisting arrest.