Top places go to North Lamar Members of North Lamar’s FFA team competed at the District Wildlife Contest on October 17 to take first and second place for Lamar County. Team members pictured with former NLHS graduate Ryan Eatherly. Left, are freshman Corbin Branham, freshman Maverick Brown, junior Radley Crutchfield, junior Beau Rember, freshman Remington Brown, and senior McKayla Figueroa. Crutchfield was …

A Dallas Police Officer was critically injured Sunday morning after he was hit by an SUV while placing flares on I-20 following an unrelated crash. Police say the SUV driver stopped and will be charged with aggravated assault with a motor vehicle. The driver allegedly drove around a patrol car …

A North Texas woman has been convicted in Tarrant County of attempted murder and injury to a child for withholding food from her young son. Prosecutors say Danita Tutt lied to doctors about her son’s symptoms, resulting in the boy, now 13, undergoing unnecessary surgery and other procedures.

An earthquake shook parts of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles Saturday morning. The 4.0 magnitude quake was recorded about 15 miles north-northwest of Amarillo. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

A Muenster High school teacher was arrested Thursday accused of having improper relationships with two students. Reportedly, 32-year-old Lynn Burge admitted to a Texas Ranger investigating the case that she was intimate with an 18-year-old student and exchanged explicit photos with a 16-year-old. She’s married and has two children.

An Oklahoma State Trooper has been accused of running license plate numbers to harass women. Cleveland County charged 40-year-old Trooper Rodney Lynn Rideaux with five counts of unauthorized use of Oklahoma’s law enforcement telecommunication system, which is a misdemeanor. Rideaux, who is a former Oklahoma Sooner football player has been …

National School Bus Safety Week is October 22-26. This year’s theme is “My Driver – My Safety Hero!” Transportation of students by school bus plays an important part in a student’s school day. The National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) reports that more than 25-million children ride the yellow bus every …

Paris Junior College will name the stage in the Ray E. Karrer Theater for Duane Allen on Oct. 26. The event coincides with a benefit concert that the Oak Ridge Boys are giving later that evening at Paris Junior High School. The PJC recognition is a private event open only …

Early voting begins today for the November 6 General Election. Turnout is expected to be heavy, with contested races at the local, state and national level. Early voting continues through Friday, November 2.  

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