By Butch Burney Don’t miss out on the premiere networking opportunity of the summer with the Chamber Showcase Thursday, Aug. 5, at the Sulphur Springs Country Club. There will be 30 businesses there, with samples and information about them and their services. Additionally, each business will have a gift …

    The Paris-Lamar County Health District reported no new deaths from COVID 19, but confirmed 26 new cases of the virus. Meanwhile, the Texas DSHS Coronavirus Dashboard shows the number of active cases of Coronavirus has risen to 195. There have been 159 deaths so far and  5875 recoveries. …

PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Student Success Coach Angela Ellis, left, is helping Khena McAllister of Sulphur Springs prepare for the start of the fall semester. Khena is entering the allied health program. For information about enrollment at the campus, call 903-885-1232.

  By City Manager Marc Maxwell COVID-19 RESPONSE – The number of active cases in Hopkins County increased dramatically since our last meeting with 117 active cases as of August 2nd.   There are 17 patients in the covid unit at the hospital, up from 0 last month.   GRAYS BUILDING …

  Paris Police observed two people in a vehicle in the 600 block of Bonham St that were passed out. Upon waking the two, they were found to be in possession of methamphetamine. 30- year- old Robert Zachary Staudt, and 21 year old Dalton Dwayne Toney were arrested for  possession …

President Joe Biden called out the governors of Texas and Florida Tuesday, asking them to help curb the spread of COVID-19 or get out of the way. The President added that just two states, Texas and Florida account for one-third of all new Covid 19 cases in the entire country. …

Federal Judge Kathleen Cardone of El Paso Tuesday blocked Texas from allowing state troopers to stop vehicles carrying illegal migrants on the grounds that they may spread COVID-19 as worries and new cases are rising along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Biden administration had warned that Gov. Abbott’s plan would create …

  A man was shot and killed just after midnight Tuesday morning  while siting in the back of a pickup in a Ladonia parking lot. Investigators say a man drove up, went up to 48-year-old J.C. Campbell and began arguing. The suspect then retrieved a gun from his vehicle and …

The Lamar County Sheriff’s Office has taken several reports of vehicles being burglarized in the Powderly area. The Sheriff’s Office wants to remind everyone to lock your car, take your keys, and hide your belongings. Don’t be an easy target – never leave valuables in sight! If anyone has information …

Choctaw County authorities are investigating after about 50 firearms, most of them handguns,  were stolen from  KB House of Guns in downtown Boswell, about 300 feet from the police station. Investigators say the suspects used a ladder to gain entry into the store. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and …