Members of the National Junior Honor Society at Stone Middle School made a donation of clothing items and a check for $104 to Angela Bates of the Children’s Advocacy Center. NJHS held a one dollar hat-day and took up collections of items for the Rainbow Room at CAC.  Making the donation …

  There was a Val Sal Luncheon on Tuesday at Magel’s Grill in Paris to celebrate their accomplishments. The luncheon was sponsored by the Lamar County Coalition of Business Education and Industry. Carlee Dake and LaRanda Story honored with the other Lamar County districts, Detroit, and Clarksville.

  Fifty-eight eighth graders at Stone Middle School were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society on April 29 at Calvary United Methodist Church. The new inductees are Elonia Allmon, Hilton Bounds, Michael Bright, Aubrey Brooks, Maverick Brown, Makayla Burton, Bridgitte Collard, Brock Davis, Rasheen Davis, Bonnie Dong, Dawson Dority, …

  Paris High School senior Deagan Dingman signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Vernon Junior College.  Photographed, from left, are athletics director Steven Hohenberger, father Dickie Dingman, Deagan, head volleyball coach Britney Humphrey, assistant athletics director Chad Helberg, and superintendent Paul Jones.

  The first annual Sgt. Jay M. Hoskins Scholarship was awarded to North Lamar High School senior Megan Grogan during a presentation in the high school library by retired Gunnery Sgt. John O’Donnell and Colonel Kathryn P. Cooney of the Marine Corps League.           Grogan was chosen from one of six applicants after submitting a 500-word …

  A Grayson County jury has convicted a Fannin County man of murder, in the death of his seven-year-old son and will be sentenced at a later date. Prosecutors say 36-year-old Kristoffer Craft, of Leonard, was drunk and using his cell phone when the crash occurred that claimed the life …

  A 66-year-old McAlister man drowned while swimming after his boat as it was floating away on Lake Eufaula. James Cosper was loading his boat at a boat ramp when it began to drift away. He then jumped into the lake and disappeared underwater trying to retrieve the boat.

  Fannin County Deputies say Dodd City ISD was briefly put on lockdown at about 11:00 am Thursday after a 14-year-old junior high school student made a threat on social media to shoot up a school.  The father of the teen who made the threat brought him to the sheriff’s …

  Be prepared to pay more at the pump this Memorial Day weekend. AAA- Texas says the statewide average gas price increased six cents from last week and is now $2.76 for a gallon of regular unleaded. The nationwide average for gas is $2.96 per gallon.

  Office temperature is causing workers to turn on each other and is also having an impact on productivity. According to a new CareerBuilder survey, nearly half of workers (46%) say their office is either too hot or too cold – and 51% say sitting in an office that is …