The jury call for the 62nd District Court for Lamar County for Monday, May 3 has been cancelled. Those receiving a summons for jury duty do not need to report. Anyone with questions should call 903-737-2427

Will Texas have enough power during the hot summer months? We endured rolling blackouts during the February deep freeze and even had a problem April 13 after ERCOT issued a notice they were running low on juice. University of Houston energy expert Ed Hirs says the whole system should be …

The Innocence Project’s National Office has decided to throw its weight into the appeal of Darlie Routier, the Rowlett woman on death row for the 1996 deaths of her two young sons. They are admitting two Project’s lawyers to the appeal. Routier’s Dallas Attorney, Stephen Cooper, says the group has …

The Lamar County Commissioners’ Court has sold $4.5 million in Certificates of Obligation. The county got a 1% interest rate. Funds raised by the bond sale will be for road and bridge repair equipment, new doors at the jail, and repairs to the courthouse’s roof and air conditioning system. The …

Lamar County property owners will soon receive their appraisal notices. Cities and schools will use the appraisals and other taxing entities to set this year’s tax bill. Citizens have the right to appeal their estimate to the Appraisal Review Board within 30 days of their receipt of the appraisal letter.

Oklahoma’s law would prohibit public school teachers from teaching certain concepts of race and racism under a bill given final approval by the state House. The GOP-controlled House voted 70-19 on Thursday for the measure that prohibits the teaching of so-called “critical race theory.” The bill would also prevent colleges …

Mesquite Police Department K-9 Kozmo Officials charged a teenager with beating a police dog to death. Mesquite PD’s K-9 Kozmo was killed early Monday morning during a search in the woods for felony suspects. The state charged a 16-year-old boy with interference with a police service animal causing injury or …

Brandon Clayton Soles Hopkins County District Court sentenced two men in unrelated cases. Judge Eddie Northcutt sentenced 20-year-old Brandon Clayton Soles to 20 years in prison. Soles had entered an open plea to Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. The state accused him of shooting a person in February of …

Hopkins Community Chest There’s a new Director of the Hopkins County Community Chest. Heather White of Saltillo will replace Judy Moore, who is retiring. In addition to overseeing food distribution from the organization’s location on Linda Drive, she’ll also manage the Reach-Out program, where a mobile unit delivers food out …

American Legion Post 66 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8560 are hosting the Carter Blood Care bus Saturday in Brookshire’s parking lot, 809 Gilmer St. in Sulphur Springs. The May 1 blood drive will be from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.