The Gifted and Talented students at Aaron Parker Elementary led their classmates in writing  thank you notes to the healthcare workers at Paris Regional Medical Center who have worked so hard during the COVID-19 pandemic.  The project is part of a leadership unit the Parker GT students are studying.  While …

FEMA is leveraging technology to deliver the agency’s programs at the highest level possible while preserving our workforce and survivors. FEMA will conduct virtual home inspections for Texas survivors in designated counties who sustained damage after the winter storms that began February 11. What to Expect After Applying for FEMA …

  How To Register If you live in one of the 126 counties designated for assistance and your home is not safe, sanitary, or livable due to damage from the severe winter storms, here’s what you need to know: If uninsured, apply for assistance If you have insurance, file a …

The ERCOT board of directors met in a closed session Wednesday night and gave President and CEO Bill Magness a 60-day termination notice. The action comes just weeks after a deadly winter storm wrecked the state’s electric grid. The board stated that Magness would continue to serve as President and …

The Texas Department of State Health Services notified all vaccine providers that they should immediately include school and child care workers in vaccine administration. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defined the people eligible. They are “those who work in pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools, as well as …

The Texas Education Agency has come out with guidance after the Governor’s announcement on the face mask mandate and says a public school system’s current practices for masks can continue. The TEA also says local school boards have full authority to decide on their mask policies. The TEA is also …

The initial look at the cost to agriculture from last month’s devastating winter storm is out. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agricultural economists put the early losses to citrus, livestock, and horticultural crops over $600 million. The livestock losses alone were at $228 million.

The Paris-Lamar Health District reports 1 new death from COVID 19.  The latest patient to die was an 80-year-old woman. There are 8 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID in the county.  The TDSHS reports there are now currently 239 active cases and a total of 146 fatalities from …

The Paris Lamar County Health  Department is a Vaccine Hub and is maintaining a waiting list for the first dose of the COVID 19 vaccination. You can call the Vaccine Hotline at 903-737-4167 for assistance from 9a-12p on Wednesdays and Thursdays Only. Signing up online AND the call center will …

  Hopkins County Emergency Management reports that only 7 patients are currently in the Covid Unit of Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs. There are 173 active cases of Coronavirus and there have been 103 deaths from the virus.