The CDC recently announced that the bird flu had killed over eight million turkeys, leading to a shortage this Thanksgiving. The USDA says turkey prices are currently up about 23 percent compared to last year. Everything from potatoes to cranberries, eggs, and even butter costs consumers more and will add …

Hugo High School was on a “soft lockdown” Wednesday morning after someone heard a threat about a block from the campus. Police investigated and found nothing, so they lifted the lockdown. The entire situation lasted about ten minutes.

Lamar County Deputies are looking for 25-year-old Matthew Walton, who has been missing since Halloween. He is 6 feet 2, weighs 240, and has brown hair and blue eyes. Friends last saw Walton when he left his residence in Northwest Lamar County on foot at about 9:45 Monday night.

The Red River County Genealogical Society and Red River County Historical Society will hold a joint meeting Thursday at 6:00 pm at the First Presbyterian Church in Clarksville. Marynell Bryant of Sulphur Springs will come in the person of Clarksville’s own Mary Donoho. Mary and her husband, William Donoho, moved …

As of this week, Oklahoma has 200 new laws on the books. For example, one makes the theft of catalytic converters or tires punishable by a $5,000 fine or five years in prison. Another prohibits unsolicited phone calls between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm. In addition, it will be illegal …

Larry Murl Smith Titus County arrested 49-year-old Larry Murl Smith of Scroggins on a Franklin County warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance and a Kaufman County warrant for Bond Forfeiture on a charge of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Bond was $150,000 on the drug charge and $25,000 …

Cass County authorities say the woman who walked away from her home on Sept. 18 is still missing. Reportedly, 64-year-old Katherine Spanel left home on CR-3214 without her medicine, ID, food, water, or money. Alledgelly, she is easily confused and hallucinates but is non-violent. Actively searching for Spanel are deputies, …

State Troopers have identified the man killed in a four-vehicle crash on Hwy 271 about four miles north of Gilmer. Reportedly, 85-year-old James R. Flanagan had stopped on the highway shoulder attempting to make an illegal U-turn when a Tyler motorist collided with Flanagan’s vehicle. Flanagan then hit a tractor …

A gas leak near the intersection of Live Oak and Neal around 11:00 am Tuesday in Commerce resulted in evacuations and traffic rerouting. That leak was just north of the university field house and not far from the football stadium. Crews completed the repairs and re-opened the street around 5:00 …

This week, the Hopkins County United Way’s meeting showed that this year’s campaign is about $42,500 short of the goal of $150,000. The final reporting meeting will be held next Wednesday at 9:00 am at the Agri-Life Extension Service Office. The money raised in the campaign will benefit 18 local …