North Lamar High School senior Luke Elrod has added a national qualification in Aviation to a lengthy list of accomplishments during his high school career. Luke qualified for the national competition in Aviation after being named State Champion in the SkillsUSA State contest in Corpus Christi on April 2, 2022. …

The United Way of Lamar County presented a $5,800 check to The Salvation Army of Paris Wednesday to install the fire alarm system. Adding a new sprinkler system, the accompanying fire alarm system, and a permit was one of the necessary steps toward reopening the Salvation Army’s Emergency Homeless Shelter, …

  PARIS, Texas – Paris Regional Medical Center invites all community members to visit their ‘Drug Take-Back’ box in the hospital’s main lobby on Saturday, April 30, between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm to safely discard unused prescription drugs. The DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day reminds us to comb …

TEXARKANA, Texas: U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced that the Eastern District of Texas sentenced Jason Neil Hughes to federal prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme. Hughes, 48, pleaded guilty on Sep. 10, 2021, to health care fraud and was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison by …

Paris High School students recently won second place in the TxDOT Project Celebration PSA contest with Jennifer Cook’s Audio Visual class. As a result, TxDOT will award Paris High School $1,500 to celebrate graduation activities that support alcohol and drug-free entertainment. This project aims to reduce the number of injuries …

  North Lamar ISD has named the top teachers for the 2021‐2022 school year. Erin Dizmond, a high school CTE teacher, is the 2022 Secondary Teacher of the Year, and Ashley Wilkerson, a second grade teacher at Aaron Parker, is the 2022 Elementary Teacher of the Year. Others representing their …

SSHS Principal Derek Driver Celina ISD in Collin County announced the hiring of Derek Driver as its new High School Principal beginning next semester. Mr. Driver has been the principal of Sulphur Springs High School since 2015 and has been in education for 30 years. Mr. Driver will continue at …

Araceli Espinoza Titus County Jail Araceli Espinoza of Mt Pleasant reached a plea bargain with Titus County prosecutors in connection with the death of her husband. Initially, they charged 26-year-old Espinoza with murder, and she pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of Manslaughter. Nevertheless, they sentenced her to eight years …

A Franklin County man charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child or children waived his right to a jury trial and a bench trial in Mt Vernon before District Judge Eddie Northcutt. Judge Northcutt found John Howard Dearing guilty of the charges against him and sentenced Dearing to life …

VP Kamala Harris Vice President Kamala Harris will be out of the public eye while recovering from COVID. The vice president has received all of her shots, and her team says that she is not showing any symptoms of Covid. Baylor Infectious Disease Professor Dr. Peter Hotez says this shows …