The Texas Senate has unanimously approved the Homeowners Religious Freedom Act. It protects homeowners who wish to place specific religious displays in their front yard. Republican State Senator Bettencourt sponsored the bill saying too many homeowners’ associations have adopted restrictive rules that would order the removal of religious displays on …

A Round Rock State Representative has introduced a new bill in the house that would cap the insulin price at $50. Rep. James Talarico says this would limit the price people, with insurance, pay out-of-pocket as costs for life-sustaining drugs have been jumping. He says his insulin price cap bill …

Governor Abbott Complaints of abuse and neglect at an illegal immigrant youth shelter in San Antonio have led Governor Abbott to demand that the Biden Administration shut it down. The Freeman Coliseum currently houses 1,300 kids. Abbott said two state agencies received complaints Wednesday that they were sexually assaulting kids, …

The Texas DSHS reports 47 active cases in Lamar County.  There are 153 total fatalities and 5,574 recoveries.

https://www.facebook.com/paristxfire Paris Fire-Rescue responded Wednesday morning to a structure fire in the 800-block of Houston Street and found a storage shed utterly engulfed in flames. The fire quickly spread to a vacant house on the property because of the strong winds, then to a shed next door and two more …

The Texas DSHS reports another death from COVID in Hopkins County, bringing the total to 108.  There are currently 136 active cases of the virus. One person is in the COVID Unit at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs.

Scott Patrick Cathcart Hunt County Deputies arrested a Rains County man on multiple first-degree felony charges. They accuse 24-year-old Scott Patrick Cathcart of Point of two counts of Aggravated Robbery and two counts of Aggravated Kidnapping. Bond is a total of $900,000, and he remains in the Hunt County Jail. …

Chrishum Atkins Hunt County Jail Hunt County Deputies arrested Chrishun Atkins of Warren, Arkansas, for Possession of between 50 and 2,000 pounds of marijuana, Money Laundering of More than $300,000, and Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon.

The Texas DSHS Coronavirus Dashboard shows 327 active COVID cases in Titus County. There have been a total of 84 deaths from the virus and 3,255 recoveries.

The search continued Wednesday for a Northeast Texas man who is presumed drowned after the vehicle he was driving went into the spillway at Wright Patman Lake Sunday. DPS identified the man as 23-year-old Armando Valdez.