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 …

Bryan Lee Simmons TEXARKANA, Texas – A 49-year-old Cass County, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to a federal drug violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today. Bryan Lee Simmons pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine before U.S. Magistrate Judge Roy S. …

An older man missing from an assisted living facility in Texarkana has been found alive and appeared to be in good shape. Officials say they located 80-year-old Billy Baird before 10:00 am Monday on Interstate-30 at mile marker 213.

Hobby Lobby announced Monday that it is raising its minimum full-time hourly wage to $17 starting next month. The company said the move is effective Oct. 1. Hobby Lobby has increased minimum wages ten times over the past 11 years. The privately-owned arts, crafts, and hobbies retailers operate 923 stores …

  Mount Pleasant Independent School District will host a student Flu Shot Clinic will Oct. 20, 2020. You can follow the link to register for the clinic or turn in the permission form to your campus nurse office by Friday, Oct. 16, to receive the school’s flu shot. There will …

One of the state’s largest teacher unions is calling on school districts to enforce the new rules better. According to more than 600 members of the Texas State Teachers Association, there have been hundreds of violations to the new COVID safety standards, and 246 members cited non-compliance with the mask …