Two more North Texas school districts are shortening their school week next school year. Beginning in August, Terrell and Anna ISD will slightly extend the school day and do away with Friday classes. Terrell Superintendent Georgeanne Warnock said the Kaufman district’s strategy should help recruit teachers with four-day school weeks.

The Red River Homeless Coalition will conduct a Point-In-Time Count for Lamar County today. Two counts will occur, one for people living on the streets or other sites not meant to be a habitation, and the other for those living in shelters.

After deliberating for about five minutes, a Delta County jury sentenced Clayton Reynolds to 99 years. They had convicted him on two felony warrants for assaulting his children’s mother and an onsite arrest for Possession of a Controlled Substance. His career as a criminal included arrests and convictions on multiple …

Jennifer Cruz Deputies arrested 20-year-old Jennifer Cruz of Mt. Pleasant for Aggravated Assault of a Date, Family, or Household Member with a Deadly Weapon. She’s in Titus County Jail on a $250,000 bond. They released no other details.

Hopkins County Commissioners have approved the sale of fireworks on two additional holiday periods. You can now legally buy fireworks for Texas Independence Day, San Jacinto Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Christmas New Year.

The Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced that the court sentenced two Houston men to prison for federal violations. Teddrick Trayvon Solomon, 26, and Corde Deandre St. Jules, 21, pleaded guilty in 2022 to conspiracy to commit bank theft. Solomon was sentenced to 46 months in federal …

In response to the number of opioid-related drug deaths stemming from prescription misuse over the last 20 years, Texas and 13 other states filed a lawsuit against several pharmaceutical companies for their role in causing the opioid crisis. As a result, through settlement agreements, Texas will receive an anticipated $1.6 …

Paris Junior College The Paris Junior College Board of Regents received the 2021-2022 audit report and results from a national data report at their monthly meeting held Monday, Jan. 22, 2023. The regents approved the audit report. “That’s a clean opinion on these financial statements,” said Teffany Kevanaugh, CPA, of …

Tig Welding PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Welding Shop student Marcus Siggens of Hagensport is doing TIG welding in the 1 G position in a shop project. For information about welding or other workforce classes, call 903-885-1232.

The City of Sulphur Springs is excited to break ground on the construction of the City’s Senior Citizen Center. The City will host a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, January 27, 2023, at 2:00 pm at the construction site at 301 Oak Avenue, Sulphur Springs. A Community Development Block Grant federally …