Government Instructor Kelly Payne answers questions from several of her students at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center. The students include Amy Robertson, Caroline Gibson, Calli Voorheese and Liberty Gaunt.

Democrats are pushing a $10 billion COVID funding package, but Republicans want a controversial border security requirement added. Before voting, the GOP wants an extension of a health rule that the U.S. has used to expedite deportations. Senator John Cornyn of Texas says that COVID is still a significant issue …

Texas has scheduled the execution of the oldest man on Texas death row tonight. In a petition, the lawyers of Carl Buntion, 78, claimed their client is in poor health and needs the care to perform essential functions and is no longer capable of being dangerous. But the Texas Board …

The Paris–Lamar County Health District reported Wednesday that during the last reporting period, there was one positive PCR test, 0 Antigen positives, and 0 positive Antibody test for COVID. There were no fatalities, but there were two active cases of the disease.

A Fannin County jury has convicted a Honey Grove man on all charges against him stemming from a home invasion robbery. Charles Wade Briggs had been charged with attempted murder and organized criminal activity. The victim Johnny Jones survived, but a bullet eliminated him from walking. Jones is being cared …

Choctaw County Deputies arrested a Boswell man for failing to register as a sex offender. They identified him as 58-year-old James Kevin Lindamood.

Authorities found a Northeast Texas man on trial for multiple child sexual abuse charges who was supposed to be in court Wednesday morning dead. The body of 63-year-old Randal Hawkins of Dekalb, Texas, was in a vehicle parked on County Road 3202 in Dekalb. Investigators found that Hawkins had a …

Due to possible salmonella contamination, they have recalled the Organic Marketside Zucchini in Texas, Oklahoma, and 16 other states. They have not reported any illnesses, but salmonella organisms can cause severe and even fatal conditions in young children, the elderly, or immunocompromised people. The company says a single lot of …