Free Drive-Thru Testing, with or without symptoms, will be held today through Friday from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm, at the Mt Pleasant Civic Center. To register: go online to TXCOVIDTEST.ORG or call 512-883-2400. You can only register for a specific day approximately 24 hours in advance. The state will …

Authorities are searching for a person of interest in the shooting of a man in Queen City on Monday. Archie Hurd, who is possibly in his 50s, is wanted to question in the shooting of 35-year-old Andrew Harris. Harris is in stable condition at a Texarkana hospital.

Joseph Green Eighteen-year-old Joseph Harkee Green of Mt. Pleasant was arrested for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. He’s being held in the Titus County jail on a $250,000 bond. Billy Stafford Deputies arrested 24-year-old Billy Stafford, of Mt Pleasant, for possession of a felony amount of a Penalty Group …

Independence Day fireworks and festivities on July 4 will be on Celebration Plaza in Sulphur Springs, but they rescheduled the Symphony Concert for the Labor Day Weekend. There will still be music, and restaurants will be open. They will honor area veterans during the celebration of America’s birthday.

TEXARKANA, Texas – A 43-year-old Little Rock, AR man, has been sentenced to federal prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today. Antonio Otero pleaded guilty on Oct. 29, 2019, to charges of equity skimming and was sentenced to 46 months …

    As of Tuesday, 6/2/2020, Lamar County received notification of an additional one COVID-19 case. This case is a 75-year-old female. Lamar County has 151 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and seven are travel-related and 144 community spread. There are 11 total COVID-19 related deaths with eight associated with Paris …

  Paris City Councilman Benny Plata  resigned this morning at a special emergency meeting of the council called by Mayor Dr. Steve Clifford. Clifford also asked Plata to resign. According to the Paris News, Clifford had asked the city attorney to draw up a resolution censuring Plata over a FB …

  In a partnership between the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), Texas Military Department (TMD), the local Regional Advisory Councils (RAC/HPP Providers), the Texas Emergency Medical Task Force (TX EMTF), and the Delta County Office of Emergency Management, there is a free …

Stephen J. Cox US Attorney For Eastern District Of Texas BEAUMONT, Texas – Stephen J. Cox has taken the oath of office to become the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas. Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Cox to the position under 28 U.S.C. § 546. Cox …

From the Office of Gov. Greg Abbott: “Texas and America mourn the senseless loss of George Floyd. The actions that led to his death are reprehensible, and we condemned it in the strongest terms possible,” said Governor Abbott. “As Texans exercise their 1st Amendment rights, it is imperative that order …