Paris, Texas – The City of Paris Sanitation Division has announced the Christmas and New Year’s Day holiday sanitation schedule. There will be no trash pick up on Christmas or New Year’s Day. The Sanitation Division will adjust regular collection routes by one day each during the two holiday …

At approximately 3:00 am Thursday, Paris Police Officers attempted to stop an SUV on Bonham St. The vehicle fled East on Bonham and eventually crashed into DAQ’s Crazy & Wings on the NE corner of the Plaza. The suspects fled on foot and appeared to be uninjured. There were no …

The Texas Office of Attorney General has won another round in court in its efforts to keep razor wire on the banks of the Rio Grande. The state placed it to help stop illegal immigration into the United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued the …

A federal grand jury has indicted a Mansfield man who worked as a federal produce inspector. Allegedly, 68-year-old Timothy Peppel worked for the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service and submitted false inspection reports in exchange for bribes. Investigators say Peppel solicited and received weekly bribery payments of $1,000 to $1,500 from …

The joint undercover operation in November by the DPS, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office, Mt. Pleasant Police Department, and the FBI has resulted in another arrest. They transported 42-year-old Darryl Wayne Wilkins of Longview from the Gregg County Jail to Hopkins County on a charge of Online Solicitation of a Minor …

Hopkins County arrested Devon Desean Cork for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Assault Causing Bodily Injury to a Family Member. He’s in the Hopkins County Jail. Deputies arrested Brailey Paige Pace for Possession of a Controlled Substance. No bond information was available.

Bruce Layne BurkettTitus County Deputies arrested 53-year-old Bruce Layne Burkett of Mt Pleasant on warrants for Stalking and Criminal Mischief. His bond is $150,000 on the stalking charge and $3,000 for the Criminal Mischief. He remains in the Titus County Jail. Titus County arrested 46-year-old Ashley Ryan Latson of Mt. …

  A Henderson County Commissioner’s work crew is being investigated after a report of illegal dumping. A Press release from County Judge Wade McKinney, a joint investigation into the matter has been launched by the fire marshal’s office and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Work crews for the Pct. …

The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded a $500,000 grant to study I-20 passenger rail service through East Texas. The East Texas Council of Governments announced the project would connect Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta, Georgia. The project would pass through Marshall, Longview, and Mineola. There is yet to be an estimated …

The American Civil Liberties Union, its Texas branch, and the Texas Civil Rights Project have filed a federal lawsuit in Austin challenging a new state law that allows state and local law enforcement officers to arrest illegal immigrants and permits judges to deport them. The lawsuit alleges that the law …