Kelli Stewart shifts from the middle school principal to lead North Lamar After a long day of interviews and deliberations on Tuesday, the North Lamar Board of Trustees announced Kelli Stewart as the school district’s interim superintendent.  She will follow Dr. Jason Adams who was hired as the district’s superintendent in February 2018 and …

Paris Police responded to a robbery call in the 200-block of N. Main 8:32 pm on February 26, 2019. It was reported that a young Hispanic male entered the store and produced a handgun and demanded money from the register. The clerk refused and attempted to walk away. The suspect …

Survey results from 2,000 high school and college-aged teens, and young adults, across the country, shows that a significant portion of students continues to delay decisions on their career choice well into their sophomore year of college. The survey, conducted by Wakefield Research for Junior Achievement USA and The Hartford, …

Photo by Tony Corso tonycorsoimages.com That was Paris basketball coach Billy Mack Steed after his team pulled out a 39-36 victory over number 14th ranked Spring Hill last night. Paris trailed 32-23 heading into the fourth quarter but that stingy defense of theirs only allowed four points from Spring Hill the …

Standouts recognized for the fourth six weeks Twenty-eight students and staff members from North Lamar High School have been recognized as the students and staff of the fourth six weeks. Selections were nominated by teachers and based on character, academics, attendance, and overall representation of the core values of North …

A former North Texas federal prison guard has been sentenced to a year in prison for having an intimate relationship with an inmate. Authorities arrested 32-year-old Erica McCoy in 2017 after her supervisors learned she had multiple encounters in a cell at the low-security prison in Seagoville. She must register …

A second North Texas man has been sentenced to life without parole for the murder-for-hire of a Rowlett woman. The jury deliberated about 45 minutes before finding Jesus Trevino guilty of capital murder. He was the man who shot 37-year old Laura Grillo in November of 2015. Investigators say Trevino …

The Oklahoma State Board of Education is scheduled to vote on a new grading system for the state’s public schools. If the measure is approved, grades of A-F for school districts will be posted online. The grades will assess individual school performance in statewide testing, graduation rates, and English language proficiency.

Officials arrested the Commissioner of Durant, OK Kids Baseball. They are accusing 34-year-old Justin Alberda of stealing $14,000 from the organization between May and December of last year. The league serves more than 800 children from four to 12 years old over a five-county area in southeast Oklahoma.

The First Christian Church on 20th NE in Paris is again hosting their monthly first Saturday free breakfast for on-duty First Responders from 8:30 – 9:30. The men of the church will prepare a first class, home cooked breakfast of biscuits and gravy, eggs, bacon, and sausage. All on-duty Paris, Reno, …