Paris High School recently announced the top performing students for the class of 2023, Valedictorian Madelyn Tullos and Salutatorian Elise Napier. Paris High School graduation will be held at Wildcat Stadium on Friday, May 26, 2023, at 8:00 pm.

Julia is the Activities Director at Heritage House and was nominated by one of the residents’ daughters for a Pay It Forward award. The criteria for a Pay it Forward is “Someone that goes above and beyond to help others without any expectations of anything in return” She has given …

The Texas Senate preliminarily passed a bill banning tenure offers to new state college and university professors. Current professors would keep their tenure appointments. The measure must clear one procedural vote before being sent to the Texas House. Professors across the state, who say the tenure system has allowed them …

The widow of an Oklahoma man who died last year has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit. Forty-five-year-Bobby Barrick died in a hospital days after McCurtain County Deputies shocked him with a stun gun. The case against Sheriff Kevin Clardy, three deputies, and a state game warden filed Thursday comes …

The Texas Senate passed a bill prohibiting public universities from keeping or creating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs or initiatives. The measure would also ban diversity statements on faculty applications and prohibit mandatory DEI training for university employees and students. The bill must pass the House and go to …

Ninety-four Paris ISD students competed in the global issues competition in Waco this past weekend. The following students placed at the state competition, with eleven advancing to the International Conference at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst on June 7-11, 2023. In Individual Global Issues Problem Solving (GIPS), Anna Echols …

On behalf of the Paris Police Department, Mr. Kimmie Snowton, Community Outreach Coordinator, would like to express heartfelt gratitude to the families of Paris who turned out at Leon Williams Park for the First Annual “Hop with a Cop” event that was co-sponsored and organized primarily by Mrs. Yolanda Reeves. …

COLLEGE STATION, Texas: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Texas A&M Forest Service $21.75 million for projects expanding and conserving forests in the state’s urban areas. The funding, part of the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, will help Texas expand its urban forest canopy, improve air and water quality, reduce …

EAST TEXAS GIVING DAY Tuesday, April 25th Preschedule your gift TODAY! www.easttexasgivingday.org/unitedwayoflamarcounty DONATE TODAY All funds collected through this year’s East Texas Giving Day will go to our Rent & Utility Assistance programs. Last year we helped 104 families with their rent and avoided eviction and assisted 462 families to …

A bomb threat at the Texas State Capitol in downtown Austin forced an evacuation of the building Sunday afternoon at about 4:30. THe Austin PD posted on Twitter that, in an abundance of caution, DPS personnel evacuated the State Capitol and grounds. They gave the all-clear at approximately 7:23 pm. …