The 12th Annual Honey Grove Fireworks Show is Saturday, June 26, at the Honey Grove Elementary School. Bring your family picnic spread beginning at 6:30. In addition, there will be live music and vendors available, and for more information, you can search Honey Grove Fireworks on Facebook.

Franklin County Deputies responded to a 911 call about a shooting Sunday morning at about 8:15 in the 600-block of Leftwich in Mount Vernon. Deputies located a 41-year-old man who a suspect shot, and he was flown to a Tyler hospital where he underwent emergency surgery and is reported to …

Brenda Arzola-Eupracio Hopkins County arrested 23-year-old Brenda Arzola–Eupracio for Bond Forfeiture on charges of Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Her new bonds were seat at $10,000. Isaiah Deonte Bryant-Lacy Deputies arrested 24-year-old Isaiah Deonte Bryant-Lacy for violating his probation for Manufacture or Delivery of …

From TSN – A federal report on UFOs will be released to Congress this week, but experts cannot predict any bombshells. Texas A&M astronomer Nick Suntzeff has been involved with space research for 30 years. He says there are plenty of images of unknown flying objects, but we cannot leap …

  Some H-E-B Grocery Stores in Texas will soon be accepting payment in cryptocurrency. They’ll use the coin cloud machines. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Dogecoin will all be accepted for grocery payments, the first grocery chain in the state to take a digital currency. Currently, one bitcoin equals about $36-thousand …

Tomorrow is Juneteenth, a new federal holiday. The president signed Republican Senator John Cornyn’s bill, which honors the end of slavery. It is now the 12th national holiday and the first since the hill established Martin Luther King Day in 1983. Most employees at Texas A&M System Universities and agencies …

The Paris Economic Development Corporation has approved a $2.7 million budget for the upcoming year. Although sales tax revenue for the PEDC was a bright spot, it’s $75,000 more than last year. In addition, the budget includes $1.9 million for land acquisition.

The Lamar County Commissioners Court will meet Monday at 9:00 in a regular session. The court will recognize the Historical Commission for its work, Judge Bell for continuing education. The Commissioners will also hold hearings and discussions on the upcoming budget at 1:30 Monday afternoon.

The Honey Grove Police Officer shot during a confrontation with a domestic violence suspect earlier this week is reported to be recovering and remains stable. The suspect took his own life during a ten-hour standoff. Authorities have still not released the names of either the police officer or the suspect. …

  The Texas DSHS Dashboard shows 21 active cases of COVID-19 in Hopkins County and a total of 114 deaths. In addition, there have been 3,057 recoveries from the virus.