The Paris Economic Development Corp board of directors will have a regular session Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 at city hall. They will receive an update on the city’s new branding initiative. The board will also consider approval of a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration for …

Detroit ISD Superintendent Kathie Thompson has announced her retirement after 37 years as an educator. She has been the Superintendent of the Detroit school system since 2019. Before that, she was an educator with the Mt. Vernon ISD since 1987. Detroit ISD Elementary Principal Henry Sharp has been named the …

The Lamar County Junior Livestock Show was a huge, record-breaking success. Attendance paid $416,000 for 116 of the show’s top market animals, and the number of students from the county and animals exhibited also increased. Many students showed projects with steers, hogs, lambs, goats, broilers, and rabbits.

The Paris-Lamar County Health District offers free online and in-person adult health education classes. They include Eating Healthy on a Budget, Nutritional Label Reading, Fun Ways to Incorporate Physical Activity and Positive Lifestyle Changes. In addition, they are now offering an in-house complimentary gym at 400 W. Sherman St. in …

Hopkins County Law Enforcement CenterJennifer Joann Brown was arrested Sunday in Hopkins County on a felony warrant for Violating her Parole. They also charged her with Assault, Causing Bodily Injury to a Family Member. Jerry Wayne Hill was arrested Saturday on a warrant for Violation of Parole. He’s in the …

After a solid outing at the District meet last Tuesday and Wednesday, the Sulphur Springs High School Men’s Track and Field team sends eight Wildcats plus two relay teams to Area. The women’s team sends five athletes plus a relay team to the Area meet. It is in Paris on …

Time Magazine has named Sulphur Springs’ super-star best-selling author Colleen Hoover to the list of the 100 “Most Influential” people of 2023. She has written 24 works, and she has the distinction of having six of her books in the top ten on the New York Times paperback-fiction best-seller list …

Nacogdoches Police arrested 33-year-old Hanna Ruth Moses over the weekend on a charge of Capital Murder of a Child. The victim was under the age of ten. Authorities have not released any further information.

Mesquite ISD has fired a substitute teacher after she reportedly encouraged students to fight each other during class. The teacher, Natally Garcia, had been a substitute teacher employed with the district since March 6. The fights occurred last Wednesday afternoon in the classroom. The matter has also been referred to …

The Sulphur River Basin Authority has issued a resolution by the Board of Directors notifying Hopkins County Officials that it has come to the attention of the Authority that the quality of water in the Basin is possibly currently threatened by the construction of Hopkins Solar. It is a solar …