Tyrik Rollison Texas A&M-Commerce Athletics The Sulphur Springs ISD announced Wednesday that the Board of Trustees hired former Wildcat Quarterback Tyrik Rollison to be an Assistant High School Football Coach. Many consider him to be one of the finest players ever at Sulphur Springs High School. He led the Wildcats …

A regular meeting/budget work session of the Sulphur Springs ISD school board was on Tuesday, June 15, 2021.   PUBLIC FORUM No one requested to address the Board during Public Forum.   ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS   Lucas Janda reported on current tax practices in Texas.   A report was given on …

Registration is underway for the first-ever Paris ISD WildCAMP – a free summer program Monday through Thursday, July 19 and 22, starting at 10:00 am until noon. The camp will give Paris ISD students from incoming 1st grade through 8th-grade the opportunity to pursue interests not taught in typical class …

  The Paris–Lamar County Health District reports the death of an 81-year-old woman from COVID-19. There were seven new cases. The Texas DSHS Coronavirus Dashboard currently shows 56 active and a total of 156 deaths. There have been 5,716 recoveries.

The Downtown Paris Community Independence Day Parade is July 3 at 10:00 am along the traditional route. Participants should line up at the courthouse parking lot. The course has been tweaked due to square modifications to ensure floats can make turns. There is no entry fee. Contact Robert Black for …

Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had accepted an invitation from Gov. Greg Abbott to join him at the Mexican border on Wednesday, June 30. It comes after Abbott announced Texas would build its border wall last Thursday.

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill Tuesday to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. The holiday celebrated on June 19 commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. It took two and a half years for the news …

Austin Police made a second arrest in the weekend shooting that killed a man and left more than a dozen others wounded when gunfire erupted in a busy, downtown Austin entertainment district. They arrested a 17-year-old boy at Harker Heights High School. Austin Police are working closely with the Killeen …

Trapped mosquitoes in the 3100-block of Bourland in Greenville have tested positive for West Nile Virus. Trucks will be spraying tonight, Thursday, and Friday, beginning at about 6:30 pm. The spraying will take about three to four hours, and they recommend residents stay indoors during this time.

Trial was scheduled for this week in Hunt County District Court for a man accused of Sexual Assault of A Child. Thirty-year-old Julio Soto-Galvan of Commerce allegedly assault a child in March of 2019. He’s been in the Hunt County Detention Center under $250,000 bond since his arrest.