The Paris PD has announced that Lt. John Berry is retiring effective today. Among his many roles during his 27 years with the department, Berry’s most recent assignment was the head of Professional Standards. He also served on Patrol, SWAT CID, and other leadership roles. He will be taking a new …

Yesterday in the Chisum volleyball tournament the Prairiland Lady Pats won all three of their games, defeating New Boston, Bells, and the North Lamar JV. They will begin bracket play tomorrow. Meanwhile, they will host Rivercrest tonight in Pattonville. In other tournament action, the North Lamar JV lost all three of …

United Way of Lamar County is taking donations of school supplies through the end of the day today for its ‘Stuff the Bus’ campaign. Donations may be dropped off at the United Way office, 2340 Lamar Ave. For information, call 903-784-6642. ‘People Helping People’ is ramping up to host its …

The University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University issued a joint news release saying that all marijuana, including medical marijuana, remains banned on the two campuses. Students and employees “cannot consume, smoke or possess marijuana on campus” even if they have a prescription.

A 19-year-old Oklahoma man convicted of stabbing his parents and three siblings to death was sentenced Thursday to five life terms in prison to run consecutively. Michael Bever was 16 years old when he and his older brother, Robert killed their mother, father, two younger brothers and five-year-old sister at …

Texas school districts will soon receive letter grades for the first time as the state prepares to roll out its new accountability system. School districts will receive scores on an A-F scale on Aug. 15. The majority of the rating system is based on student performance on achievement tests and …

  This year’s Texas Sales Tax Holiday begins at 12:01 am tonight and goes through midnight on Aug. 12. Most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks costing less than $100 are exempt from sales tax. Shoppers will save about $8 on every $100 they spend during the weekend. The tax …

A chemical spill at the mail distribution center in Coppell has caused a major disruption in the mail headed to East Texas. A mercury spill caused a Hazmat situation there. The incident is mostly affecting letters and magazines and some area residents have not received mail for two days. There is …

A Texas man was rushed to the hospital on Thursday after being bitten by a shark. The 42-year-old beachgoer was near Crystal Beach on Bolivar Island when the attack happened. The University of Texas Medical Branch told KHOU a patient was being treated for a shark bite on his thigh, just above his …

Get ready to see “Harry Potter” in theaters again. The massively popular series will be returning to movie theaters at the end of the month. The limited time event, called “Wizarding World XD Week,” will run from August 31 to September 6 and will include all eight “Harry Potter” films, …