Cooper, TX— As the autumn leaves turn to vibrant shades of red, orange, and yellow, Cooper Lake State Park welcomes visitors to experience the best of fall. The crisp, cool nights and warm, sunny days have set the stage for what many consider the best time to camp in Texas. …

Keep Paris Beautiful, the City of Paris, and the United Way of Lamar County are partnering on a “Fall Sweep” on Saturday, November 4, from 8:00 am until 11:00 am. The Credit Union of Texas provides breakfast at the Oak Park pavilion in West Paris. Needed are volunteers to mow, …

The City of Arlington invites fans from across Texas to celebrate the 2023 World Champion Texas Rangers at a World Series Victory Parade today in the Entertainment District. The free event is open to the public. Free parking surrounding Globe Life Field and AT&T Stadium opening to the public at …

Friday is the last day of early voting for the Constitutional Amendment Election. Voters will decide on 14 constitutional amendments ranging from property tax relief to broadband infrastructure. Some school districts and municipalities will hold bond-issue elections. Voters in Hopkins, Hunt, and Van Zandt counties will decide a new representative …

Daylight Saving officially ends at 2:00 on Sunday morning, so we turn our clocks back an hour. Computers, TVs, and cell phones will automatically update at 2:00 am.

After deliberating for about three hours, a Lamar County jury convicted 18-year-old Dykalen Donnell Douglas of Involuntary Manslaughter. Court documents say Douglas and 31-year-old Hireal Shawn Rios got into an altercation on West Cherry Street. Douglas retrieved a rifle from his vehicle and shot Rios. The jury sentenced Douglas to …

The annual Choctaw Powwow kicks off  today and will run through Sunday at the Choctaw Event Center in Durant. Everyone is welcome, it is a free event and you don’t have to be a Native American to  come out.  The Choctaw Nation expects more than 700 dancers, drummers, and singers …

The Oklahoma legislature has passed a bill raising the pay for jurors from $20 to $50 per day. It’s been more than 20 years since the last pay hike for jurors in Oklahoma. The law also mandates that Oklahoma compensates jurors for mileage driving to and returning from jury service …

Mug shots not availableRusk County authorities arrested 20-year-old Aaron Ables of Hughes Springs after finding his car in a church parking lot. Ables was in the back seat with a minor and charged with sexual assault of a child. His bond was $60,000.

A three-vehicle crash killed an 18-year-old man and his ten-year-old passenger. They hospitalized two people in an SUV after the crash in Rusk County. State Troopers say 18-year-old Johnathan E. Holland and his passenger had slowed down to make a left turn. An SUV failed to control its speed, striking …