Fernando Sanchez Officials arrested 58-year-old Fernando Sanchez of Mt Pleasant for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. Bond was set at $2 million, and he remains in the Titus County Jail. In addition, they charged him on a warrant for Surety off Bond on another Sexual Assault charge. That bond …

Triple-A Texas reports gasoline prices have gone up again this week. The average cost statewide is now $2.85 a gallon for regular. Spokesman Daniel Armbruster says prices are up about three cents from last week. The bad news, Triple-A expects gasoline prices to increase another 10-to-20 cents a gallon before …

Newly hired Paris Junior College soccer coach Fernando Arellano has scheduled tryouts for Saturday, July 17. The women’s tryouts begin at noon and the men’s start at 2:00 pm. For more information, contact Arellano at farellano@parisjc.edu or by calling 903-782-0398.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports a jump of 1,082 COVID-19 cases. It’s the first increase of more than 1,000 since early April. The group Healthier Oklahoma Coalition said the growth is likely coming into the state from Arkansas and Missouri.

Paris Junior College will host a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic Monday, July 19, in the Workforce Training Center, Room 1016, from 7:30 am to noon. The clinic is a joint project of the PJC Nursing Department and the Paris-Lamar County Health Department and will include shots produced by Moderna, Pfizer, …

The driver of an 18-wheeler killed Monday in a single-vehicle crash in Cass County has been identified as 68-year-old Danny Green of Haworth, Oklahoma. Authorities say Green was driving on Hwy 155 about two miles south of Avinger when he lost control of his vehicle, ran off the road, and …

Governor Abbott announced Wednesday that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is receiving more than $210 million in federal emergency grants to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. $135.6 million is for substance use prevention and substance use disorder treatment and recovery support. The remaining $74.5 million is for community …

Larry Carlton Johnson Hopkins County officials arrested 39–year-old Larry Carlton Johnson Wednesday on two outstanding warrants. His charges were Bail Jumping in a case of felony Failure to Appear and to endanger a child. He is also charged with Bond Forfeiture in a matter of Abandoning or Endangering a Child. …

An East Texas Aryan Circle white supremacist gang member has pleaded guilty to assault and racketeering charges in federal court. Anthony Levi Cochran, 39, of Bullard, admitted to an assault resulting in serious bodily injury in aid of racketeering, as well as conspiracy to sell firearms to a convicted felon. …

Rudy Murillo of Sulphur Springs is preparing to begin his college career with the assistance of PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Student Educational Advisor Maria Zuniga. Call 903-885-1232 for registration for the fall semester that begins August 30.