After being shot, a Bowie County man said who shot him before he died. Bowie County Deputies went to Maud, where they found 39-year-old  Larry Dewayne Kirby of Maud lying in the road, being attended to by a citizen who had called 911. Kirby told the 911 caller that his …

Van Zandt County is the latest county in East Texas to enact a burn ban. Judge Robert D. Johnston ordered the ban for unincorporated areas of the county effective for 90 days.

A couple of sleuths think they’ve cracked the case of falling fish in Texarkana. Last December, hundreds of fish fell on roads, roofs, and even the runway in Texarkana during a storm. Pennsylvania independent natural phenomenon researcher Sharon Hill and Australian author Paul Cropper think Cormorants dumped them from the …

  Public Works Department Makes New Progress Under Director Keith Boyd The municipal government often says that the Public Works employees are the city’s unsung heroes, and I agree. These staff members are on call 24/7 to keep our city operating, offering hard work during regular business hours and emergency …

COLLEGE STATION, Texas: The Texas fire environment will support increased wildfire activity through the weekend as hot and dry conditions persist across the state. Above-average temperatures and minimal rainfall are forecast for the third week due to a period of high pressure impacting the state. Accelerated drying in vegetation, resulting from …

Davis Green, 2022 Valedictorian, is the newest state champion from Paris High School. He placed first in the Class 4A UIL Persuasive Speech contest in Austin. Unfortunately, Green could not stay for the awards ceremony. Instead, his sponsor, Shana Nimmo, and PHS Principal Chris Vaughn presented him with his medal …

GREENVILLE- Trapped mosquitos in the area of Arnold Park tested positive for West Nile Virus. Trucks will begin spraying from approximately 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Wednesday, June 22, Thursday, June 23, and Friday, June 24, weather permitting. The spraying will take about three to four hours. They recommend that citizens …

Col Steven McCraw, Director DPS The head of DPS says state police have conducted more than 700 interviews in Uvalde and stated that the local police response to the school shooting went against virtually all the protocols since Columbine. DPS Director Steve McCraw called the local police response an abject …

Negotiators in the Senate have reached a deal on a proposed gun safety bill in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting. Texas Senator John Cornyn managed the discussions between Republicans and Democrats. The senators published the text of their legislation on Tuesday. The “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act” would prevent …

Families who are planning a summer vacation are experiencing sticker shock. Airfares are 30 percent higher compared with 2019 levels, and they continue to rise. Terence Fontaine at Texas Southern University says that labor shortages and red-hot travel demand after two years of COVID are also factoring into the higher …