Oklahoma’s largest teachers union on Thursday called off a nearly two-week walkout that shut public schools statewide, saying it had secured historic gains in education funding after-school budgets were devastated by a decade of cuts. The move came after the Republican-dominated legislature passed its first major tax hikes in …

  Massive teacher protests at the Oklahoma state Capitol have done more than put political pressure on lawmakers: The situation has forced school districts, churches, community organizations and parents to improvise to take care of students. The state’s largest two school districts will be closed for a ninth consecutive day …

    The Rangers lost their 4th game in a row last night as they fell to the Angels 7-2 in Arlington. Matt Moore took the loss and is now 0-3 on the season.  Some bad news coming out of the game as Elvis Andrus suffered a fractured right elbow …

  North Lamar ISD’s Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten registration begins Monday, April 16 at W. L. Higgins and Aaron Parker Elementary for students entering school in the fall of 2018.  Parents of students may fill out the necessary paperwork at each campus from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.  Pre-registration will go through April 27.           …

  North Lamar High School band members Heather Armstrong, Sam Greenwell, Ashton Carter, and Seth Carter were recently awarded the Betty Whitlock Scholarship from the Mount Vernon Music organization. The scholarship provides area students with supplemental funding for music education through private lessons, music camps, or purchase of performance-grade instruments.  Through the application process, …

  Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he would send cities, counties, transit systems and particular purpose taxing districts $651 million in local sales tax allocations for April. That is five percent more than in April 2017. Sales made in February by businesses that report tax monthly are the base …

  Computer models support the potential of a significant severe weather event for us and the ArkLaTex regions. Wednesday, the Storm Prediction Center placed our area in an Enhanced Risk of severe storms. The wording from the SPC even suggests that the critical potential will be high with “vigorous afternoon …

  Alert neighbors called the Reno Police Department when they found out from the owners that no one should be in their house Tuesday. The house two juveniles were entering is on Key West Road. Reno Police said that cash, a firearm, and other items were missing from home. Officers arrested …

  In area Baseball Tuesday night, the Paris Wildcats defeated NL 5-2. It was the 5th straight win for the Wildcats over The Panthers. — Chisum defeated Prairiland 13-3 and PJC took care of Murray State 20-8. — In softball, NL defeated Paris 5-1 behind the pitching of Reagan Richardson and Jaycie …

  If you are a parent, you are aware of the STAAR testing at schools. Over 104,000 students were taking the test Tuesday when the online platform became unavailable for about 20 minutes while the program reset. It started at 11:15 am and ended around 11:35 am. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) says they …