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Former President Donald Trump toured a completed section of border wall in South Texas Wednesday with local law enforcement and the Governor. Governor Abbott says DPS has apprehended 40-thousand people and arrested 18-hundred people on criminal charges at the border since the start of “Operation Lone Star” this spring. …
Read More »Pittsburg Police Chief Retiring
Pittsburg Police Chief Richard Penn Pittsburg Police Chief Richard Penn has announced he will retire in July after 28 years in law enforcement. His final day on the job will be July 9. Assistant Chief of Police Matthew Lemarr has been named Interim Chief of Police effective July 10. He’s …
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Sulphur Springs Symphony Concert, Fireworks
Trump To Visit Border Wednesday (06.30.21)
Former President Donald Trump Governor Greg Abbott will host former President Donald J. Trump for a border security briefing with state officials and law enforcement in the Rio Grande Valley today. The former President and the Governor will also tour the unfinished border wall. The visit comes during a continued …
Read More »More Money For Higher Education
The State of Texas will invest an additional $94.6 million in federal funds to support higher education. Last year, the Governor allocated $175 million to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to support Texas higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »Execution Slated For Triple Murderer
John Hummel TDCJ A Tarrant County triple murderer, whose execution in March was delayed because of the coronavirus, faces his punishment tonight. A court condemned 46-year-old John Hummel for using a baseball bat to kill his pregnant wife, daughter, and father-in-law in their Kennedale home in 2009. It was his …
Read More »Paris City Council Update
The Paris City Council voted to rename Martin Luthor King, Jr. Park on Johnson Street. By a 4-3 vote, the council changed the park’s name to Joan Mathis Park. Mathis is a retired Paris Junior College instructor and long-time community advocate. The Paris City Council at this week’s meeting confirmed …
Read More »Lamar County COVID
The Paris-Lamar County Health District reports three new cases of COVID-19. The Texas DSHS Coronavirus Dashboard shows 28 active, and the total number of deaths remains at 157 in Lamar County.
Read More »Hopkins County COVID Update
The Texas DSHS Coronavirus Dashboard shows 23 active cases of COVID in Hopkins County, and the total number of deaths remains at 114. There have been 3,236 recoveries.
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