Paris Junior College has seen a lot of activity as the campus prepares for the fall semester starting Monday, Aug. 30. The college is offering a free vaccination clinic to keep students as safe as possible from the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be on that first day of class at …

At 9:28 Thursday evening, DPS Troopers responded to a two-vehicle fatal crash on SH-11, approximately two miles east of Winnsboro in Wood County. The driver of a 1999 Dodge-1500 was traveling east on SH-11 when for an unknown reason, the vehicle crossed the center stripe and struck a 2020 Jeep …

Rains County Judge Wayne Wolfe Longtime Rains County Judge Wayne Wolfe of Emory died Thursday morning. Voters first elected him in 2011, and his current term would expire at the end of 2022. State Representative Cole Hefner of Mt Pleasant, who represents Rains County in the legislature, announced in Austin …

Fort Bliss in El Paso is one of four military installations hosting evacuees from Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the country. There are about 1,200 Afghans currently housed at Fort Bliss, and the Department of Defense says they’ll be there for a while, while they obtain their visas. …

  The Texas Department of State Health Services will deploy an additional 2,500 medical staff to support Texas’s healthcare facilities, including hospitals and nursing homes. It will bring the total number of medical personnel deployed across the state to 8,100. The DSHS also provides ventilators, oxygen concentrators, heart monitors, IV …

The Paris Lamar County Health District reported one new death from COVID on Thursday. The district also reported 441 active cases and 123 total deaths. Meanwhile, the Texas DSHS coronavirus dashboard reports 605 active cases in Lamar County and 165 total deaths. Lamar County: Confirmed Cases 2,963 Probable Cases 3,894 …

Jesse Hagood Lamar County Sheriff’s Office Authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding a Fannin County man who has been missing for more than three weeks. Jesse Hagood of Savoy is about 5’11”, 150 pounds, and has a short beard. Friends have not seen Hagood since about 5:00 …

Sign-ups have begun for the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas in Paris. Sign-ups are set for Sept. 16 from 5:00 until 6:30 pm at Camp Gambill, 47 Camp Gambill Drive in Sumner. For more information, call 903-784-0803 or email jphan@gsnetx.org. Anyone unable to attend a scouting event but wishes to sign …

The Texas State Fair is reminding fairgoers to bring a mask for themselves and everyone in their group. The fair requires facemasks in certain areas of Fair Park, and you do not need to provide vaccination status.

  The Texas DSHS Coronavirus Dashboard for Thursday shows 305 active cases of COVID-19 in Hopkins County. It also has 122 fatalities, with 3,819 recoveries from the disease.