Facebook users, especially older ones, are unaware of how news stories are chosen for display in their news feed, new research shows. The Pew Research survey said 53% of users over 18 said they didn’t know why some stories showed up and some didn’t. Additionally, only 36% said they’ve attempted …

Governor Greg Abbott today issued an executive order establishing the Governor’s Committee to Support the Military. The Committee will actively look for ways to maintain and enhance military value at installations within the state, and will include no more than 22 members appointed by the Governor. Led by a chair …

  U.S. Border Patrol agents in South Texas have intercepted more than $4.1 million worth of liquid methamphetamine being smuggled in buckets labeled as paint. Officers at the Falfurrias checkpoint found the meth after doing inspections on a pickup. The seized meth weighed about 130 pounds.

A nude woman led Ellis County Deputies on a chase into Kaufman County. After she entered Kaufman County, a state trooper deployed spikes and flattened her tires. They arrested her at Hwy 34 near Terrell.

The man accused of ramming his pickup into the Fox 4 News studios in downtown Dallas Wednesday morning has been identified as 34-year-old Michael Chadwick Frye. As he was being arrested he was rambling and in an agitated mental state. He was also yelling “High Treason.” There were no injuries …

The Paris Police Officers Association is hosting a hog hunt this weekend from noon Saturday to noon Sunday. Money raised will go toward the Paris Police Officers Association. Prizes will be awarded to the winners of the top three places. Registration will be available until the hunt starts at noon …

Paris Police responded to a burglary of a habitation in the 1500-block of E, Price at 9:55 Tuesday morning. The investigation led officers to the house next door where a search warrant was obtained. Numerous items were located and recovered from inside that house, and the officers arrested Russell Shepherd, …

The man accused of sexually assaulting a Reno teenager has reached a plea-bargain with the Lamar County DA’s office. Officials arrested 41-year-old Eldon Paul Jackson for sexual assault of a child but he pleaded guilty to injury to a child, which is a lesser offense. They sentenced Jackson to ten years …

  The Paris City Council has directed City Attorney Stephanie Harris to notify Paris Regional Medical Center that they are in default of the 2012 Tax Abatement Agreement.  The hospital closed the south campus of the hospital, which reportedly violates that agreement. The hospital has 60 days to respond. Lamar …

Photo by Bill Higgins Bill Higgins PhotosIn High School football this Friday, the Mt Pleasant Tigers looks to stay unbeaten at home as they host North Lamar. That game will be broadcast on KLAKE 977. Pine Tree will visit Pittsburg and will be the Game of the Week on STAR …