Candidate filing for the May Municipal Elections will resume tomorrow, after the MLK, Jr. holiday and continue Tuesday through February 14. There are four seats on the Paris City Council up for election this year. In Detroit, there are three seats on the council up for election, as well as …

Lamar County Jail records show that 37-year-old Jonathan Fulton Smith was arrested by Lamar County Deputies Saturday on two first-degree felony warrants out of Red River County for Capital Murder of Multiple Persons, with bond set at $1 million and Arson causing injury or death with bond set at $500,000. …

In Miami two weeks from Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs will face off for the Championship. Whitehouse, TX, native, Patrick Mahomes, helped Kansas City Chiefs secure a spot in Super Bowl LIV (54) with a 35-24 victory over the Titans. The Titans led 17-7 before …

The Paris Elks Lodge, at 2110 36th St NE, has a Veterans and First Responders Breakfast the third Saturday of the month at the Lodge from 7:30 am until 10:00 am. Enjoy a hot breakfast and support local veterans at the same time. Veterans, EMTs, Paramedics, Fire Personnel, and Police …

Two Oklahoma state senators filed a bill to create new license plates with President Trump’s campaign slogan on them. One says “Make America Great Again” and the other “Keep America Great.” The MAGA license plate shows a service member saluting in the background. Proceeds would go to two veterans’ groups …

The City of Paris Sanitation Department will maintain its normal Monday collection schedule on Martin Luther King Day, January 20. Normal collection policy and procedures will apply.

Another candidate has signed up to run for the Paris City Council. Benny Plata, who formerly served on the council, has signed up for District 3. Manuel Ed Darnell has signed up for District 2 and Incumbent Clayton Pilgrim has signed to run for District 6.

The Lamar County judge postponed the trial of a Wood County man on Thursday. Reportedly, 40-year-old David Alan Thomas, of Mineola, was facing felony drug charges. The delay was granted after a Paris Police video was delayed. A new jury will be selected in about a month.

The Border Patrol reports that agents seized 75 illegal aliens in the back of an 18-wheeler and 19 bundles of marijuana weighing about 327 pounds near Laredo. The immigrants were from Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Pakistan, Mexico, and Sri Lanka. The drugs had a street value of more than …