Health officials say the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has arrived in Dallas County. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins says the first case of the omicron variant was just confirmed Wednesday, although he suspects there have been other cases not detected in the county. Dr. Trish Perl at U-T Southwestern Medical …

Former President Donald Trump will visit North Texas this weekend. First Baptist Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress says he invited Trump to attend a Christmas-themed service. Jeffress says he’s blessed to have Trump worship at First Baptist Dallas this Sunday, saying America has never had a more pro-life or pro-religious liberty …

The Paris-Lamar County Health District shows 80 active cases of COVID at last report. There were no new PCR positive tests but eight positive antigen tests, with no recent fatalities reported. There have been a total of 9,487 confirmed COVID cases in Lamar County, and at least 156 deaths since …

Lamar County estimates 300 new jobs plus an estimated $29 million in capital investment. In addition, commissioners granted a $26 million, seven-year tax reduction to the Delco Trailer Company, which has already begun construction of a new manufacturing facility. The reduction will be spread out over seven years, starting at …

A teenage boy is in critical condition after a car drove up to two teens and opened fire in Hugo Tuesday. One of the teens was shot and listed in critical condition. Police arrested two people in the suspect’s car, identified as Chancelyn Deshun Frost, 20, and a teenaged boy, …

Veterans buried in Sulphur Springs City Cemetery will have a wreath placed on their gravesites on Saturday, Dec. 18, during National Wreaths Across America Day. For a $15 sponsorship, you can help provide the wreaths during the ceremony. To donate, go to wreathsAcrossAmerica.org/tx0613.

Sulphur Springs Imaging Center hosts a blood drive from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Monday, Dec 20, at 109 Medical Circle in the parking lot on the Carter BloodCare bus. For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Stacey Wetzel at (903) 495-8100. CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital is hosting …

  Hayden David Fant | David Ernest Fant A Bowie County father and son accused of sexual misconduct with a young girl appeared in District Court in New Boston for a pre-trial hearing. Reportedly, 58-year-old David Ernest Fant and his 21-year-old son Hayden David Fant pleaded not guilty to Continuous …

Jessie Ray Sorrells Tiffany Diana LeBlanc A Wednesday evening, a Gregg County jury convicted 36-year-old Jessie Ray Sorrells of Gladewater on two counts of sexually abusing a ten-year-old boy. The trial’s sentencing phase is Thursday morning at 9:00. Sorrell’s co-defendant, 39-year-old Tiffany Diana LeBlanc, had previously pleaded guilty in the …

On Wednesday, there was a ribbon-cutting for a new VA outpatient clinic at 428 Centennial Parkway in Tyler. The new 55,000 square foot facility will make it so that East Texas veterans no longer have to drive to Dallas, Shreveport, or Houston for specialty care through the VA. Services offered …