The first play of the 2021-2022 “Raise Your Voice!” season at Paris Junior College opens Thursday evening at 7:30. “Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic” is the first in-person production in the Ray E. Karrer Theater in nearly two years. The …

North Lamar ISD Superintendent Kelli Stewart and the School Board recognized the principals during Monday night’s meeting to celebrate National Principals Month in October. Each was given a certificate and gift as a token of their appreciation.

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Consultants are giving some advice to the Public Utility Commission (PUC) about preventing rolling blackouts in the future. Suzanne Burton of the “Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance” says the state should take a few different steps on both the supply and demand sides. For example, she says improving energy efficiency …

A coalition of Latino rights groups is suing Texas in federal court over the latest voting maps passed by the state legislature on Monday. Domingo Garcia, the National President of the League of United Latin American Citizens, calls the maps discriminatory and unconstitutional. Republican lawmakers in Texas claim the maps …

The average gasoline price in Texas is quickly approaching three dollars a gallon, a level we haven’t seen in quite a while. Triple-A-Texas says the statewide average for regular unleaded is now $2.97. Meanwhile, the increase in diesel prices is even more notable. Those are up 18 cents a gallon …

The Paris Lamar County Health District shows 19 positive and probable cases of COVID as of Tuesday evening but no new fatalities. The Texas DSHS Coronavirus Dashboard shows 286 active COVIDs.

Davarious Demone Brown Authorities are accusing 25-year-old Davarrious Demone Brown, of Paris, of fatally shooting Keith Joseph Mann on September 28. Brown is in Lamar County Jail on bonds totaling $307,000. The investigation continues, and police expect more arrests in the case.

Texas voters will decide next year whether homeowners will get a break in their property tax bills after lawmakers rammed through a proposed constitutional amendment through both chambers shortly after they presented it Monday evening. The measure would raise the state’s homestead exemption from $25,000 to $40,000 for school district …

Saturday is the 52nd Annual World Championship Hopkins County Stew Contest at Buford Park in Sulphur Springs. But things get underway on Friday night. More than two dozen market vendors set up on the south side of the square, an appetizer contest, and then a concert by Dubb and the …