The Paris–Lamar County Health District reported Tuesday that there was one new death, 34 new positive PCR tests, and 352 new positive antigen tests for COVID. The number of active cases has now soared to 1,066.

The Paris City Council has approved a McKinney developer to kick off a new program to encourage new home construction. The new housing reinvestment program will start with seven single-family homes priced under $200,000 in the 400-block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and 10th Street NE. They see the …

Oklahoma State auditors have turned up incidents of misappropriation of funds and fundamental accounting problems in the Bryan County town of Bennington. Some of those incidents include more than $100,000 in unpaid payroll taxes, unauthorized payments to three town employees, and a police chief who signed over the title of …

  The Texas Department of State Health Services reported Tuesday that there are currently 483 active COVID cases in Hopkins County. The count for Titus County has risen to 507. Hunt County has 1,282.

Fire destroyed a mobile home and a truck on Hopkins CR 4791 late Monday afternoon. The victim told firefighters that he worked on his vehicle when it caught fire and spread to the mobile home. The resident was not injured. Firefighters from Hopkins County, Sulphur Springs, and four volunteer departments …

Sulphur Springs Police stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation on West Industrial Drive. They discovered the driver, Breunta Hill, 41, of Dallas, had nearly 150 grams of cocaine and a handgun. They set her bond at $70,000.

A Lindale man accused of shooting a woman last March and leading multiple law enforcement agencies on a search has pleaded guilty to Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Evading Arrest, and being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. A court sentenced 35-year-old Samuel Salas to two life terms …

A woman who stopped for a school bus unloading students near Ben Wheeler was killed in a crash when the driver of another vehicle rear-ended her. The first car’s driver, 42-year-old Toni L. Powell of Fruitvale, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver who rear-ended her was not injured.

Delta County Deputies are investigating after someone took a flatbed trailer built by Cooper high school students for a competition from the school’s shop. It’s 16 ft. long with a metal floor and a front railing with a spare tire. Anyone with information should call the Delta County Sheriff’s Office …

From Titus County Sheriff’s Office FB Page Titus County Sheriff’s Office is seeking reliable information regarding the location of Traci Marie Hooper, a 36-year-old white female who is wanted for questioning in numerous felony offenses in Titus County. Hooper has felony warrants for her arrest in Morris County. Hooper knows …