Scam artists have been taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic, trying to steal people’s unemployment benefits. The Texas Workforce Commission says they saw just 1,100 fraud attempts in 2019, but the number surged as more people applied for unemployment in 2020. He says most of those involve criminals stealing someone’s …

The Texas DSHS Coronavirus Dashboard shows 29 active cases in Lamar County. There have been 154 fatalities from the virus and 5,614 recoveries. Due to an event already scheduled at the Love Civic Center Saturday, the Paris-Lamar County Health District rescheduled Moderna’s second doses Saturday for Friday, April 30, which …

Governor Kevin Stitt Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill Wednesday to crack down on protesters by increasing penalties for blocking roadways and granting immunity to motorists who kill or injure rioters. The bill makes it a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine …

Keith Ashley A grand jury indicted a former Collin County brewery owner for Capital Murder in what authorities call a staged suicide. Also, a registered nurse, 48-year-old Keith Ashley, of Allen, allegedly used a powerful drug to immobilize Jim Seegan of Carrollton and then shot him in the head. Investigators …

Lone Star Ag Credit recently hired two new executives. Hans C. Pettit and Justin Renard will join the co-op’s headquarters. Pettit joins as chief risk officer for Lone Star Ag Credit. Renard will serve as the new chief information officer. Lone Star is headquartered in Ft. Worth and has 16 …

The state’s sales tax holiday “season” starts this weekend with the first of four opportunities this summer for retailers to promote personal safety, energy, and water conservation and stock up on school supplies and clothes. The holidays, which all fall on weekends, are one way the State of Texas encourages …

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension reports that retail demand for beef in 2020 is the highest in 20 years. Beef prices are typically higher in the spring, but this year, market and costs trend up even ahead of “grilling season,” which unofficially kicks off on Memorial Day weekend.

Yvonne Yvette Lozano Hopkins County Jail Hopkins County Deputies responded to a fight on FM 2285 and made contact with the two women involved. They interviewed both women and a witness and determined that the aggressor was 30-year-old Yvonne Yvette Lozano and arrested her for misdemeanor assault and an outstanding …

EGreenvilleExtra https://www.facebook.com/HuntCountyScanner An inappropriate photo has landed a teacher at Greenville’s elementary school in hot water. The image, allegedly staged, shows the foot of a Greenville ISD elementary school teacher on the neck of a black student who’s lying on the floor. The incident happened on the same day when …

April 21, 2021 COVID-19 Update Molecular & Antigen Cumulative Cases: 3,058 Molecular & Antigen Cumulative Recoveries: 2,925 Fatalities: 108 Total Active: 25 Patient in the COVID Unit: 1 As of 6:00 pm, April 20, 2021, the testing center at 128-A Jefferson Street had performed 10,223 COVID tests. This testing site …