Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit seeking damages and, ultimately, a permanent injunction against the Austin-based company VA Claims Insider. Paxton’s complaint charges that VA Claims Insider inaccurately promotes certain services as “free” before locking veterans into contracts that demand exorbitant sums – including for potentially illegal …

The Paris News reports that the Paris ISD Board of Trustees has approved a $100,000 contract with Airwave Communications to get radios to help District Police and staff communicate. The district plans to obtain 19 radios.

They arrested the Mannsville, Oklahoma Public Schools Superintendent on school grounds on Tuesday. Johnston County Sheriff Gary Dodd confirmed that they took 42-year-old Brandi Price-Kelty into custody for allegedly being intoxicated at the school. A series of impairment tests determined Price was under the influence of alcohol and other intoxicants. …

Three candidates have entered the primary race for Fannin County Sheriff. Incumbent Mark Johnson has announced he will not run for re-election. All three candidates are veteran lawmen. Cody Shook is the Ector Police Chief, Leigh Dixon is the Honey Grove Police Chief, and William Robertson is the Trenton Police …

  Curtis Graham has announced his candidacy for Lamar County Precinct 2 Constable.  Graham has a Master Peace Officer License and served 15 years with the Paris PD and three-years with the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office. The incumbent Pct 2 Constable is Jeff Jones.

https://www.igluski.com/lapland-holidays/what-are-the-names-of-santas-reindeerThe American Veterinary Medical Association sent two doctors to the North Pole to examine Santa’s reindeer. At the end of the in-person exam, the doctors declared the nine reindeer healthy and ready for their magical Christmas Eve journey around the world. https://www.igluski.com/lapland-holidays/what-are-the-names-of-santas-reindeer

Gary Lee Gibson was arrested in Hopkins County Wednesday on a warrant for theft of property less than $2500 with two or more prior convictions, enhancing the crime. He was in the Hopkins County Jail. Brayden Dean Law was arrested Wednesday on four counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance …

They arrested the former chief of the now-defunct Coffee City Police Department on several charges on Wednesday. They charged 51-year-old John Jay Portillo of Houston with six counts of tampering with government records. Each account had a $150,000 bond totaling to $900,000. Records show Portillo bonded out of the Henderson …

Family farmers in East Texas are awarded $17,500 in research and innovation grants from the Transfarmation Project to help support their farms’ transition from animal agriculture to specialty crops.  The Halley family has gone from raising chickens for slaughter to growing hemp and rescuing homeless animals. As contract farmers, the Halleys raised six batches …

PLANO, Texas – The Eastern District of Texas charged three North Texas individuals with sex trafficking crimes, according to U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. William McKinnley Garland, 40, of Plano; Jalen Alexander Bobo, 24, of Dallas; and Robberta Marie Khan, 27, of Euless, have been charged by an indictment returned …