(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced the release of the Texas Broadband Development Map, which uses data collected from internet service providers (ISPs) to show the availability of various types of high-speed internet access across Texas. Creating the map follows the process used by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish …

PLANO, Texas – U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced that the Eastern District of Texas charged Eric William Mather, 36, of Plano, with drug trafficking violations. Mather, also known as “Truth,” was named in a fourth superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Nov. 9, 2022, in the Eastern …

A Lone Oak motorcyclist was killed Wednesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash east of Sulphur Bluff. The initial DPS report shows that 73-year-old Bobby Wilson was eastbound on FM 71 when he ran off the road, went around a corner, and struck a concrete culvert. They transported him to the …

All the parking stalls on the North and South sides of Clarksville Street in Paris from the North Main going eastbound to 3rd SE will be closed in the early morning of Friday, January 13. The Contractor will be on-site at 7:30 am to repaint all the stalls and add …

U.S. Congressman Pat Fallon Texas Congressman Pat Fallon, who represents the entire East Texas Broadcasting company listening area in Washington, has filed an article of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Fallon maintains that Mayorkas has misled Congress and the country. Secretary Mayorkas said he has no …

Paris Junior College received $290,470 from the Texas Workforce Commission. The grant will serve about 90 students, and the college will purchase new hydraulic and pneumatic equipment to keep its mechatronics program technologically current with training equipment. In addition, Paris ISD will receive $212,000 to update its welding technology program, …

State Rep Bryan Slaton When the Republicans in the Texas Legislature elected Dade Phelan to his second term as Speaker of the House, the vote was 145–3. One of the votes against Phelan was by Bryan Slaton, who represents Hopkins, Hunt, and Van Zandt counties. Local representatives in our listening …

Construction is underway for the new housing facility built for Hopkins County Jail inmates who have earned “Trusty” status. Crews have begun work on the site and have completed about 75% of the sanitary plumbing. It will have 48 beds and separate the trustees from the general inmate population when …

Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center Hopkins County Deputies arrested Luke Maximus Walters of Dike at a County Road 2301 residence on two felony warrants for Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact. The offense allegedly occurred in March of 2021. While he was still in jail, officials served Walters with …

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Celebrations in Sulphur Springs are Monday, Jan.16, at the Morning Chapel Baptist Church, 115 Front Street starting at 7:00 pm. More than three dozen residents will be honored for their spirit of leadership and service in the …