The No. 8 Texas A&M University-Commerce women’s basketball team used a four-quarter effort to knock off Tarleton 72-63 this past weekend. The game was back and forth throughout until the Lions made a late push to get the win. The win brings the Lions to 11-0 on the season and 5-0 …

A dispute over a child’s haircut ended with gunfire in Katy, Texas. Harris County Deputies are looking for a man who shot a barber during an argument over his son’s haircut Saturday afternoon. He remains at large.

TCU has been punished by the NCAA after if found athletes were being paid for work they didn’t do. TCU self-reported the violations after it discovered that 33 players were not clocking out. The players were on the football and men’s and women’s basketball teams. TCU will serve one year …

An elderly woman was treated and released for injuries she received after she was knocked to the ground by two purse snatchers at a Walmart in Rockwall. Shortly after the incident, the suspects were observed using the victim’s credit card and police arrested 34-year-old David E. Heffner and 29-year-old Jessie …

The Paris Police Department is still accepting applications for the 11th Citizens Police Academy. Classes will be held on Tuesday evenings at 6:00 pm starting January 21 and lasting seven weeks. Sessions are in the Emergency Operations Center. A criminal history check will be conducted on all applicants, and those …

The Paris Fire Department has issued a press release announcing four promotions in the department. Capt. William McDowell has been promoted to deputy chief; Connor Wideman and Joey Rickman have been promoted to captain and Josey Francis will be promoted to driver-engineer.

A Choctaw County woman has died of injuries she received in a crash near Soper Friday night. Authorities say 22-year-old Breanna Carlisle of Boswell was driving on Highway 70 when she was hit by a pickup that crossed into her lane. A 27-year-old passenger in her pickup was hospitalized for …

  Fire heavily damaged a home on Lamar CR 33820. Multiple county volunteer fire departments battled to the blaze and received assistance from Paris firefighters. The home was described as “gutted” but there were no injuries reported. The cause is under investigation.

The Sixth District Court of Appeals has denied the appeal of a Powderly man serving a 25-year prison sentence for Possession of More than one but less than 200 grams of a controlled substance. Reportedly, 29-year-old Derek Lane Armstrong had claimed that he received ineffective counsel in his original trial.

The Dallas Cowboys went into the day needing a win over Philadelphia to clinch the NFC East. After the game they put together last week against the LA Rams this seemed like a foregone conclusion. Philadelphia had a different agenda though. The Eagles held the number one offense to only three …