On Friday, November 9, students at Paris High School partnered to offer a first-time experience for many students: Attending the Beaver’s Bend Folk Festival at Beaver’s Bend State Park in Oklahoma. Students from the Low Incidence Diagnostic Services (LIDS) classroom paired with Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) students for this …

Text-to-9-1-1 service is now available in nine area counties in Texas: Bowie, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Morris, Red River, and Titus. It’s a nationwide initiative to implement the texting service, and officials with the Ark-Tex Council of Governments said they’re answering the call. Currently, you can only Text-to-911 if your …

Medals awarded to top athletes North Lamar’s Special Olympics Bowling team competed in Area at the AMF Lanes in Garland on November 9.             Gold medal winners were Lucas Porter, Avery Tawater and Dani Baker.  Silver winners were Christopher Allen, Gary Cady and Kevin Duncan and bronze medal winners were Randy Dowell, Helena Dyck, and Makayla Crawford.  Placing fourth were Mike …

The thin blue line says it all Bailey Intermediate fourth grader Ty Pierce recently presented an afghan to Captain Jeff Akard of the North Lamar Police Department.  Ty asked his grandmother to knit the afghan for Akard so he could show his appreciation for him keeping the school safe.             “His grandmother has made …

“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” [PG-13] (Wide) Watch Trailer The second installment of the “Fantastic Beasts” series set in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World featuring the adventures of magizoologist Newt Scamander. Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Johnny Depp   “Instant Family” [PG-13] (Wide) Watch Trailer A couple finds themselves in over their …

  The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 33rd annual survey of classic items found on the Thanksgiving Day dinner table indicates the average cost of this year’s feast for 10 is $48.90, or less than $5.00 per person. This is a 22-cent decrease from last year’s average of $49.12. The featured …

The imaginary basketball arena is modeled and rendered. Bi-district football gets underway tonight with four area teams in action. Clarksville will play Tioga at Prairiland stadium at 7:00 pm. Detroit will matchup with Cumby in Mt Pleasant at 7:00 pm. Honey Grove and Valley View will square off at 7:30 pm in Denison. While …

Paris High School FFA (Future Farmers of America) students Paul Walden and Amanda Blouin recently competed in the 2018 Paris District Leadership Development Events contest. The event was held on Tuesday, November 6 at North Hopkins High School. Walden placed 8th in the Job Interview Contest. This contest includes writing …

With the start of the school year, the new Career and Technical Education (CTE) building on the Paris High School campus was put in use by Automotive Technology classes. The building is to ultimately house additional classes and construction continues toward that end. As a method of fiscal conservancy, Paris …

A 64-year-old Mexican citizen on death row in Texas has been executed for the sledgehammer killings of his wife and two children more than 26 years ago. Roberto Moreno Ramos received a lethal injection Wednesday night for the 1992 deaths of his 42-year-old wife Leticia, seven-year-old daughter Abigail, and three-year-old …