Justiss Elementary started their 2021-2022 school year off with activities to get them ready. One of the activities was an icebreaker called 2 truths and 1 lie.   This activity had the teachers breaking apart and getting with other co-workers to take the time to get to know each other …

  Paris ISD teachers were welcomed back to campuses for the 2021-2022 school year by motivational speaker Chris Norton.  Norton joined the teachers virtually at their District Convocation through Zoom. Chris Norton has defeated all odds after suffering a severe spinal cord injury in 2010.  Norton has been featured on …

  Officers assisting a state agency conducted a warrant arrest in the 900 block of SE 23rd St. Brandon Omar Grant was arrested on an outstanding Parole warrant. He was found to be in possession of narcotics and was charged with 2 counts of Possession of Controled Substance. Officers arrested …

Covid-19 hospitalizations continue soaring at an alarming rate. DFW Hospital Council President and CEO Stephen Love says throughout the 19-county Trauma Service Area E, which includes Fannin, Hunt and Collin,  40-percent of all patients in ICU’s have Covid. Love says with the Delta Variant as unrelenting as it is, it …

The US Census has released more detailed information from its most recent nationwide population count. The census bureau’ says Caucasions made up 45 percent of the Texas population in 2010, but that number has now dropped to just 39.7 percent. Hispanics are right behind at 39.3% The census showed smaller …

The Texas Department of State Health Services Coronavirus Dashboard shows 1 additional death in Lamar County from COVID 19, bringing the total to date to 162. The total number of active cases is 225.

The Lamar County Health Department will provide an opportunity for anyone who wants to be vaccinated on Monday, August 16. The clinic will be held between 530 and 630 at the Freshman Orientation at Paris High School.  All types of vaccine will be available: Pfizer for people over the age …

Two Southern Oklahoma teens were killed Thursday morning in a head on collision in Murray County. Oklahoma state troopers say a pickup driven by a 16-year-old boy from Lone Grove crossed the center line on the Chickasaw Turnpike and hit an 18-wheeler head-on. He and his 17-year-old passenger, also from …

The Texas Department of State Health Services Coronavirus Dashboard now shows 2 additional deaths in Hopkins County from COVID 19, bringing the total to date to 116. There have been 184 deaths from the virus in Hunt County.  The number of active cases from the virus is now listed at …

Thirty-nine-year-old Cervando Bustos was arrested in Hopkins County Thursday for Violating the Probation he was on for possession of more than 5 but less than 50 pounds of marijuana. No bond amount was set and he remains behind bars. Thirty-eight-year-old Michael Llynn Emery was arrested when the bond he was …