A Texas security expert says the Biden administration didn’t do enough to discourage Russia’s troop buildup along Ukraine’s border. Dr. William Inboden is the executive director of the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas. He says President Biden should have started imposing more severe sanctions on …

On Monday, the Paris Lamar County Health District reported new fatalities attributed to COVID-19. There were 19 new positive PCR tests and 25 positive Antigen, and 12 Positive Antibodies. Currently, there are 362 active cases of COVID in the County.

Early voting for the Mar. 1 primary elections is now underway in Texas. in Lamar County, voting is at the County Services Building, courthouse annex at 231 Lamar Avenue. Voting is from 8:00 am through 5:00 pm through Friday, Feb. 18; from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Saturday, Feb. 19, …

Keep Paris Beautiful/Make Lamar County Shine is hosting its Eighth Annual Free Tree Giveaway with its Electronic Recycle on Saturday, Feb. 26, from 7:30 am to noon. The E-Cycle gives people the opportunity to recycle electronic devices such as old cellphones, televisions, computers, laptops, monitors, tablets, e-readers, and portable DVD …

Steven Tyler Nichols Choctaw County Jail The man accused of shooting through the door of a home in Choctaw County and seriously injuring a man inside is now in custody. The victim was transported to Choctaw Memorial Hospital and then flown to Plano with a gunshot wound to the neck. …

Choctaw County arrested a man after he allegedly phoned in a bomb threat last Sunday afternoon to the Choctaw County Communications Center. Further investigation led deputies to 38-year-old Jacob Burris at a house east of Hugo. Sheriff Terry Park said Burris confessed to making the threat and making a bomb …

Donald Joseph Detwiler Hopkins County arrested 55-year-old Donald Joseph Detwiler on two Hunt County warrants. He’s accused of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon. He remains in jail without bond.

Kenneth Scalerico Rains County Sheriff Facebook Page Rains County Deputies arrested an Arkansas man after a high-speed chase through the county. It began when a deputy found a man asleep inside his vehicle on Hwy 19 at the county line and saw a pistol in the man’s lap. He called …

Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation Lights of Life Gala is at the Civic Center on Saturday, April 2, 2022, from 6:00 pm until midnight. This year’s theme, “Under the Big Top,” promises to be another evening of fine dining, dancing, and bidding on unique live and silent auction items. This year’s …

The Hopkins County Commissioners Court recognized the top two 1A Cross County teams in the state at Monday’s meeting. At the state meet in Round Rock, Miller Grove Hornets won the UIL State 1A Boys Cross Country Championship, making it their fifth consecutive state title. Saltillo took the silver medal …