The Dallas Cowboys released former first-round draft pick Linebacker Rashaan Evans on Wednesday, one day after police arrested him for possession of between two and four ounces of marijuana in Frisco. He played nine games for the Cowboys this year and had nine tackles. The Cowboys signed Evans after being …

After a unanimous vote by the NBA Board of Governors, the sale of the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Vegas Sands Corporation, a gambling and entertainment company, is a done deal. They think the sale to be the largest cash transaction in NBA history, with no debt service. They value …

  Mexican officials moved to clear a migrant encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande River Wednesday as U.S. officials met with Mexico’s president to press for measures to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border. Mexico began clearing both occupied and unoccupied tents from the …

Hopkins County arrested Michael Monroe Ivie for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon of a date, family, or household member, causing Serious Bodily Injury. They released no other information, and at last report, he was in the Hopkins County Jail. Deputies arrested Bryson Devonte Lacy in Hopkins County for Tampering …

Authorities have released the name of a pilot killed after his single-engine plane crashed into the side of a house in Van Zandt County. The pilot, 60-year-old Roger D. Turner of Edgewood, was found in the wreckage of the plane and was pronounced at the scene. No one was at …

An 11-year-old boy has died after driving a vehicle early Wednesday morning and crashing into  a tree about six miles east of Tyler. It happened at about 3:30 in the morning. The DPS report did not say why the underage boy was driving the car.

A caravan estimated to be about 6,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba, and other countries are walking through Mexico toward the U.S. border. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Mexico City to work out new agreements to control the surge of migrants seeking entry into the United …

A celebration of the life of former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Sam Rayburn will be on Saturday, January 6, the 142nd anniversary of the birth of “Mr. Sam.” The celebration will be at the Sam Rayburn House Historical Site in Bonham from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. If the …

The Lamar County Republican Party drew for places on the March 6 primary ballot at a meeting at Alex Tacos in Paris. The primary will determine candidates for national, state, and local offices. The winners in the primary will face the winners of the primary races on the Democratic ballot.

A North Lamar High School graduate has been honored with a national award bestowed on only one-half of one percent of people in her profession. Dr. Lorin Swint Matthews, chairwoman, professor of physics, and associate director of Baylor University’s Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research, has been appointed …