On the first day back from the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Assistant Director and Student Advisor Iris Gutierrez, right, helps return student Andre Evans, Sulphur Springs, as he registers for the 2021 Spring Semester. For information about applying for admission or scholarships to PJC, call 903-885-1232.

The state notified the eight counties that make up Trauma Service Area F that restaurants and other businesses will move to 50% capacity, all bars are closed, and non-emergency surgical procedures are on hold. The reason is because of the hospitalization rate being above 15% for seven consecutive days. The …

A Fannin County woman tested positive for COVID-19 Sunday, over a week after getting her first shot of the Moderna vaccine. The 31-year-old Bonham woman worked in health care and said she was hesitant at first but decided to get the vaccine since she’s a frontline worker and has a …

Officials released the two juveniles’ names charged with a double murder in Choctaw County as 17-year-old Ashlie Martin and 15-year-old Bryson Miller. The court will try both as adults, along with 18-year-old Chad Voyles. Authorities accuse them of murdering Martin’s parents, Curtis Lee Martin and Sherrie Pyron of Fort Towson, …

Christus Mother Frances-Hospital Sulphur Springs said Monday the hospital would finish up vaccinating health care workers and first responders by the end of the week. They will then start vaccinating people in the 1-B category, including people over 65 and people of all ages with underlying health conditions. Medical staff …

State Rep Bryan Slayton Bryan Slaton, the newly elected state representative for Hopkins, Hunt, and Van Zandt Counties, says his top priority in the state legislature is for a Constitutional Carry Bill for Texas. The bill refers to the legal carrying of a handgun, either openly or concealed, without a …

An 18-wheeler hit a 10-year-old boy Monday afternoon on Main Street in Quitman. They took the boy by ambulance to Quitman’s hospital and then flew him to Tyler’s hospital. His condition is unknown, but police say the boy was able to talk to officers and emergency medical personnel. Hwy 37 …

AA San Antonio man led Cumby Police on a pursuit on I-30 shortly before midnight Sunday. Officers say the man had been stuck in the mud and learned his wrecker bill would be $150. He paid the wrecker operator $74 but then went back to his vehicle started to drive …

Officials are crediting OnStar with helping Harrison County Deputies tracking down the stolen pickup Sunday driven by Mytrez Woolen. He’s the man accused of fatally shooting Starrville Methodist Church Pastor Mark McWilliams inside the church in Winona. OnStar located the vehicle, and while the pursuit was ongoing, ONSTAR disabled the …

Bowie County Deputies arrested one of two suspects wanted with the Sunday murder of 27-year-old Chase Aaron Porier. Kristopher Allen Fate Wilson, also known as “Flip,” was booked into the Cass County Jail on a capital murder charge and transferred to Bowie County. The other suspect remains at large and …