The Poverty Task Force, organized by the United Way of Lamar County, identified early this year the need to address a possible city ordinance to regulate payday lending and car title loans, known as “predatory lending.” On Friday, August 12th at noon in Lewis Hall (behind PRMC) the group …

  Red River County, Texas (August 11, 2022) – The Red River County Broadband Committee, along with Connected Nation Texas (CN Texas), invites local stakeholders, community residents, and media to attend a special kickoff event on Thursday, August 18, at 5 p.m. to discuss expanding and improving broadband access, adoption, and use throughout …

Paris Police did not respond to any calls of significance in the past 24 hour period. Paris Police responded to 77 calls for service and arrested 3 persons on August 10, 2022.

This Texas heat wave has been brutal but, so far, the state’s embattled power grid is holding up. Glenn Hamer, who heads the Texas Association of Business, says this is doing wonders to shore up the state’s reputation. He says, after covid, there is a growing push to ramp up …

Democrats in Congress are about to hand the IRS enough cash to hire 87,000 new agents. Some economists are warning that small business owners are being put in the crosshairs. Vance Ginn with the Texas Public Policy Foundation says that small business owners don’t have the money to fight the …

Your phone bill is going to get a little bit higher. A court ordered the Public Utility Commission to replenish the universal service fund to the tune of $250 million dollars. That fund helps pay for service in the state’s rural areas. Mark Seale, Executive Director of the Texas Telephone …

There’s a current uptick in coronavirus throughout the area, and the Paris Lamar County Health District still has vaccines and testing available. People can still visit the Health District from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday for Covid-19 vaccinations or testing. No appointment is necessary to test, but …

An Ada woman who conspired with a man to kill her husband, Harmony Free-Will Baptist Church Pastor David Evans, pleaded guilty to 1st degree murder in Pontotoc County.  Wednesday, forty-nine-year-old  Kristie Evans was sentenced to life in prison. She will be in her 80’s by the time she becomes eligible …

Fannin County Commissioners have hired Eikon Consulting Group to redesign a former Brookshires grocery store to be the county’s new Justice Center.  The cost of the renovation will be close to $1 million.

Carter BloodCare’s mobile donation bus will be at Dairy Queen in Cooper on Friday, Aug. 12 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.  For more information For more information or an appointment  for the upcoming blood drive contact Kelly Magnuson at 903-395-2151 or email Kelly.dairyqueen@gmail.com.