PARIS, TEXAS – Local businesses, organizations and individuals are teaming up with the City of Paris for a “Back to-School Event” to ensure that all area students have what they need to do their best in the upcoming school year. The Back-to-School Event will be held from 10:00 a.m. …

  Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation reports that a deputy sheriff has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a female inmate he was transporting from the Bryan County jail. Canadian County deputy Wesley Hunter, Jr. was booked into the Marshall County jail for 2nd degree felony rape. He is no …

  Rowlett police responded after a pool service tech called 9-1-1 for help early Tuesday morning after he found an unidentified body in a backyard pool. As officers arrived on the scene, someone inside the house ran away. He has not been located.  Also, narcotics were found to be involved …

  Trial is underway in District Court in Titus County for a former Waste Management driver in connection with the death of a man sleeping near a dumpster. Forty-eight-year-old Waylan Bryan Merritt of Paris is charged with Accident Involving Death. He’s pleaded not guilty.

  Motions to proceed with adjudication of guilt have been issued for Melissa Kathleen Page of Sulphur Springs. She had previously pleaded no contest in Hopkins County to Abandoning or Endangering her children by negligence and theft of property valued at more than $2500 but less than $30,000. She was …

  An Arkansas man was awarded $4.3 million by a jury in a lawsuit against Walmart.  Scott Lacy was working at a  Tyler Walmart in the lawn and garden center when multiple employees yelled for help in catching a shoplifter. Lacy caught the shoplifter and retrieved the stolen merchandise and …

  The University of North Texas’ football stadium will have a new name. The University Athletic Department announced a naming rights deal with the Denton Area Teachers Credit Union. Apogee stadium will now be called DATCU Stadium.

  Texas Department of Transportation officials Tuesday announced that the US 271 North exit ramp on US 82 / State Loop 286 in Paris, Texas, will be temporarily closed overnight on Aug.3. The closure is necessary to make repairs to two drainage structures at this location, and will extend into …

    By Butch Burney  The Eclipse is coming, and so are the visitors. If you have an extra space to rent out to visitors the weekend before the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024, you will want to sign up for our Lunch and Learn this month. …

  12:30 7/31 Officer met with a complainant at the Police Dept in regards to theft of handguns. Victim advised that he had a guest staying in his home in the 2200 block of Plum St. The guest had left the residence abruptly while the victim was out. Afterwards, the …