A Sulphur Springs ISD student was hit by a car Tuesday while attempting to cross the street to get on a school bus. They notified the child’s parents and EMS. EMS checked the student as a precaution, and his parents drove to school. School officials thanked the first responders and …

  The Paris Kiwanis Club has announced that Pancake Days will be at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds on March 3 and 4. The meal includes sausage, orange juice, milk, and water. All the money raised will support Kiwanis projects benefitting the community. Advanced tickets are $6 and $7 at …

The Red River Homeless Coalition will conduct a Point-In-Time Count for Lamar County on January 27. Two counts will take place. One for people living on the streets or other sites not meant to be a habitation, and the other for those living in shelters. The Lamar County’s Human Resources …

The Animal Protection League will be in Paris on Friday, Jan. 20, in Atwoods’ parking lot for low-cost vaccines and spaying/neutering. Vaccinations are on a walk-in basis and given between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm, whereas the surgery is by appointment only. For more information or to schedule a spay/neuter …

Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing dozens of people in a racially motivated attack at a Walmart in El Paso in 2019. Instead, the state is charging 24-year-old Patrick Crusius in the mass shooting that left dozens wounded and killed 23 people. …

The University of Texas has blocked access to the Chinese app – “Tik-Tok” from all campus wi-fi servers. They took action in response to Gov. Abbott’s recent directive requiring all state agencies to remove the app from government-issued devices. In addition, FBI Director Chris Wray raised national security concerns about …

  One person was killed Monday night in a collision between a tractor pulling a homemade trailer and an 18-wheeler on Hwy 78 near FM 1396 in Fannin County. State Troopers say the tractor was traveling without lights or reflective emblems and was attempting a turn when it was struck …

Cumby Police and Hopkins County Deputies stopped two Cumby men for failure to use their turn signal on Hopkins County Road 1126. Because an officer saw a loaded shotgun on the seat of their pickup and one of the men had a handgun in a side holster, they told 36-year-old …

Palestine Police arrested the Palestine High School head band director for an alleged improper relationship with a former student with sexual contact. In addition, Palestine detectives arrested Adrian Alonso in Fort Worth while on a school trip. He’s in jail on a $500,000 bond.

A Longview man is in the Upshur County Jail after a shooting in Diana. Deputies responded to the disturbance on Hwy 154 and found a 28-year-old woman from Center, TX, who someone had shot during the incident. They also fired gunshots at four other people at the residence, but they …