The Texas Youth Robotics Alliance Kickoff Tournament will be at Sulphur Springs Middle School on Saturday, December 2. So far, teams from Clarksville, Mount Pleasant, Eustace, and Red Lick have signed up to compete.

A pickup struck a Van Zandt County woman on Highway 80, and she died at the scene. State Troopers report that 23-year-old Autumn Sierra McLane of Grand Saline was walking in a lane of Highway 80 about three miles east of Grand Saline. The pickup attempted to swerve away and …

One person is dead after an ATV and vehicle crashed on State Highway 21 in Cherokee County over the weekend. The ATV collided with a Chevy Tahoe, and the driver of the ATV, 36-year-old Ronterreal Mumphrey of Alto, was ejected and pronounced dead at UT-Health in Tyler.

    Hopkins County Blue Santa Barrels will be put out by November 1st and picked up by December 1st. Toys for children ages 1 – 14 may dropped off in the barrels, or you can contact Blue Santa by emailing aprince@hopkinscounttx.org  Applications can only be made in person this …

  Paris Junior College has three days planned for the 2023 Homecoming Celebrations, Thursday through Friday, November 2-4. One highlight of the weekend will be the awarding of the College’s Distinguished Alumni Award, and PJC will induct four alums into the PJC Hall of Honor for their outstanding achievements. Receiving …

At the regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the Paris Junior College Board of Regents, they approved the contract with the Association of Community College Trustees to conduct a presidential search. They also approved a motion to have the board president, Curtis Fendley, prepare a contract for an interim president and …

The Knights of Columbus in Paris is hosting their second Thanksgiving dinner for the community on Sunday, November 19. It will be at the clubhouse located at 234 Pine Bluff Street in Paris.

  Bond has been set at $1,010,000 at the Red River County jail for 26-year-old Harvest Lee Hines III of Atlanta, Texas.  He’s charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of   33-year-old Izah Kirryae Runels on July 3 in Clarksville. Keari McCain, Quentence Omar Doolittle and Jack Darian-Mytez …

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 DPS has identified a motorcyclist killed Friday evening on State Highway 11, west of Hopkins County Road 2401, as 47-year-old Kenneth Higdon. Higdon reportedly failed to maintain a single lane and ran off the road. Justice of the Peace B.J. Teer pronounced Higdon deceased at the scene.