Sunshine and warmer temperatures mean door-to-door solicitors have begun hitting the pavement, marketing everything from home security systems, pest control, driveway repair, lawn care, and even charitable organizations. Particularly now that social distancing regulations have eased, BBB reminds consumers to be on the lookout for red flags of a dishonest …

AUSTIN – Texas Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Jaime Alanis, 37, was taken into custody on April 20, after investigators received a Crime Stoppers tip on his whereabouts. Members of the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force, including DPS Special Agents, used tip information to locate and arrest …

Sulphur Springs Police with fire-rescue responded to Walmart shortly after 9:00 Wednesday morning after the store received a “ non-specific threat” by telephone. The store was evacuated and thoroughly searched, but they found nothing suspicious, and the store reopened about 35 minutes after evacuation.

On Thursday, April 22, the yet unidentified persons in this vehicle cut the lock off of a rental storage unit to commit a burglary at the Chapel Hill Storage Facility. The Mitsubishi in the photograph does not have a front license plate, and the rear license plate appears challenging to …

State Senator Bob Hall State Senate Republicans have given preliminary approval to legislation that would make Texas a second amendment sanctuary state. State senator Bob Hall’s bill would attempt to put a lid on any other federal gun control laws in Texas.

With new variants of the coronavirus showing up in Texas, one doctor says we aren’t in the clear yet. In Texas, new COVID cases are plateauing, and hospitalizations are dropping. But Dr. Mark Casanova with Baylor Scott and White says we have seen a rise in the variants that could …

James and Carylon Elrod Dispatch sent Lamar County Deputies to a residence in the northwest part of the county regarding a deceased person. While deputies were at the house, they found the bodies of a woman and man. The Lamar County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Rangers are investigating it …

Brady Allan Goss A Lamar County Jury has convicted a registered sex offender from Roxton of online solicitation of a minor. Prosecutors say Brady Allan Goss used Facebook to contact who he thought was a 14-year-old girl and openly discussed his sexual desires. He was actually in contact with Oklahoma …

The Paris – Lamar County Health District reports three new cases of COVID-19 but no recent fatalities. The DSHS reports 25 active cases in the county, 154 deaths, and 5,625 recoveries from the virus.

City of Paris staff canceled a stop-work order on a fence at a residence on South Church Street. The city council instructed the crew to remove a permit requirement from city ordinances for fences under seven feet tall.