The Deport Volunteer Fire Department’s hamburger meal and auction scheduled for Saturday, June 12, has been rescheduled for July 24. The reason for the postponement was that the Deport school Cafeteria was not available. For further information, contact Nanalee Nichols at 903-905-3884.

PLANO, Texas – The Eastern District of Texas sentenced a Guatemalan man to federal prison for drug trafficking violations. Jose Ramon Reyes Villagran, 37, pleaded guilty on Sep. 1, 2020, to conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States and manufacturing, distributing, and importing cocaine into the United States and …

Pfizer Vaccine for both first and second doses is available this week at the PLC COVID Center. Call 903.715.0422 or come by 1128 Clarksville Suite 150. No appointment is necessary.

      The United Way of Lamar County will hold its annual Day of Action on Saturday, June 19. Volunteers will meet at 8:00 am at United Way’s office, 2340 Lamar Ave, and be assigned a location to help clean garden beds, trim bushes, and other simple outdoor yard …

Wild Peach Baptist Church A church bus from Brazoria on its way to Rose Bud, Arkansas, for camp with 20 children and eight adults on board caught fire Monday while making a pitstop. The minister of Wild Peach Baptist Church says they pulled over at Richmond Road and I-30 in …

Texas State Parks now have a new reservation page for campgrounds. Visitors can now reserve their space right up to 4 p.m. the same day. The website also offers a map to locate other state park facilities with space available. To secure a spot at a Texas State Park, you …

Terrell Allen Bell, III Deputies arrested a 34-year-old Sulphur Springs man early Monday after stopping him for speeding on Hwy 154 South. Hopkins County Deputies became suspicious of the man, identified as Terrell Allen Bell III, because of his mannerism and the answers he gave during questioning. They found a …

Jeremy Lee Bargerhuff Hunt County Deputies arrested Jeremy Lee Bargerhuff of Quinlan for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, and Possession of a Prohibited Substance in a Correctional Facility. His bonds total $165,000, and he remains behind bars.

Floodwaters killed an East Texas woman Sunday morning when she attempted to drive across a bridge in North Garland but got caught in high water. First responders later found her car 300 yards downstream, and she was lifeless in a tree. She was identified Monday as 49-year-old Rita Jo Vinson …

Brandon Lee Mon Johnson The Texas Attorney General’s Office announced a significant human trafficking man arrest in East Texas. U.S. Marshals arrested 25-year-old Brandon Lee Mon Johnson of Tyler in Smith County for continuous trafficking of a person. They found him with a minor who could be a victim of …