Senator Bryan Hughes East Texas State Sen. Bryan Hughes of Mineola filed an Election Integrity bill that, if passed, could remove names from the voter rolls and restrict who can vote by mail. Hughes said how many non-citizens might be on the Texas voter rolls remains uncertain. Each county currently …

The department promoted two veteran firefighters with the Paris Fire Department. They named Captain Chad Graves Deputy Chief and promoted Colt Holbert to Captain with the department.

IRS certified volunteers prepare taxes as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program at the United Way office, located at 2340 Lamar Avenue, on Mondays and Fridays, 9:00 am until 3:00 pm and Wednesday afternoons. Call 903-784-6642 for an appointment. The United Way also has a free online tax …

For the fourth year, the United Way of Lamar County will be offering scholarships to graduating high school seniors in Lamar County. They started the scholarship program in 2018 for seniors planning on attending a two or four-year college or university, and last year they offered a CTE scholarship. They …

Any person in phases 1A, 1B, teachers, or anyone over 50 can now get a COVID vaccine if they want. It comes as the state recorded a record number of vaccines administered last week. Dr. Ben Newman is a Texas A&M-Texarkana virologist and says they’ve come a long way over …

The Texas DSHS reports 344 active cases of COVID-19 and 82 total fatalities in Titus County. There have been 3,207 recoveries.

The Texas DSHS reports one new death, eight new cases, and a total of 148 active COVID-19 in Hopkins County. There are a total of 107 fatalities and 2,717 recoveries.

The March panel of the Hopkins County grand jury handed down at about 55 felony indictments. Charges include assaults on a police officer, stalking, sex crimes against children, weapons offenses, burglary, evading arrest or detention, money laundering, credit or debit card abuse and multiple drug offenses.  

From Titus County Sheriff’s Office Titus County Sheriff’s Office seeks the public’s help in locating this stolen 2014 Yamaha Viking UTV. Someone took it around March 9 from a residence located on the 1100-Block of County Road 4260, a short distance southwest of Cookeville. A second photograph depicts the unique …

The United Way of Lamar Couty invites all Lamar County students in grades K-6 to participate in the County Kids Marathon! Participants will run the first mile together on April 5 and the last 1.2 miles together on May 24 at the Trail de Paris. They will run and log …