Prairiland ISD has closed its campuses to visitors effective immediately. They took that action to protect the health and safety of students. Clarksville ISD has closed Cheatham Elementary School. The school has seven teachers quarantined because they share a home with a family member who has tested positive for COVID-19 …

Saturday, September 4, is Free First Responders Breakfast at First Christian Church on 20th St NE in Paris. Serving times 8:00 am -9:30 am. Paris Coffee Company will provide Coffee, and the meal includes Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Ham, Gravy, Hash Browns, and Biscuits. First Responders can guess the number of …

  The Texas Department of State Health Services Coronavirus Dashboard shows the number of cases of COVID in Hopkins County increased by 31 to 324 on Tuesday. The number of deaths remains at 125.

Jesus Escobedo-Fernandez Jr. Sulphur Springs SCU Officers arrested Jesus Escobedo-Fernandez, Jr., on a warrant to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance in a drug-free zone. Officers used a confidential informant to purchase narcotics from Escobedo-Fernandez.  

State Rep Bryan Slaton State Representative Bryan Slaton, who represents Hopkins, Hunt, and Van Zandt counties in the legislature, has filed a resolution calling on President Joe Biden to submit two separate, independently conducted mental competency tests. The bill also calls on the results of the tests to be made …

  Tuesday, the Texas Department of State Health Services Coronavirus Dashboard shows the number of cases of COVID in Titus County at 246. The number of deaths remains at 88.

Justin Desean Taylor Bond is $300,000 for an Omaha man arrested over the weekend for Aggravated Robbery. Titus County Jail has 24-year-old Justin Desean Taylor. LaJohn Waynard Craddick Deputies arrested 46-year-old LaJohn Waynard Craddock of Mt. Pleasant for Aggravated Assault With A Deadly Weapon. Bond is $100,000, and he remains …

At Tuesday afternoon, around 2:00, officials found a loaded handgun during a random search at Hughes Springs ISD. It was in a student’s locked vehicle. Police Chief Wayne Mosley could not release much information on the owner because of Texas Law and confidentiality requirements. Students and staff returned to school …

At least three local school districts are closed for about a week due to COVID-19 cases and related absences until Sep 7. They are North Hopkins, Cumby, and Yantis ISDs.