Campbell Soup Company has partnered with Paris Junior College to provide job training using a $500,000 Skills Development Fund grant from the Texas Workforce Commission. This grant will be used to provide customized training for nearly 500 new and current workers for industry-related topics with focused instruction on ammonia …

  The Child Development and Parenting Classes at North Lamar High School took a trip downtown to volunteer at the Downtown Pumpkin Patch. Twenty-two students volunteered their time in the Downtown Paris area. Students had a mini-lesson on which pumpkins to use to make pumpkin pies and how to care …

  North Lamar Athletic Director Aaron Emeyabbi, second from left, accepts a check in the amount of $1,000 from Texas Oncology. The generous donation, in support of North Lamar High School athletics, was presented during Friday night’s pre-game activities by Ashely Hilliard (left), Territory Manager, Dr. Chris Prakash, Medical Oncologist, and Ewell Byrd (Practice Director). Texas Oncology is …

  Ten students from Stone Middle School were named to the Region IV Middle School All-Region Choir. Those chosen competed against approximately 300 students on October 14 and will perform in a clinic and concert on November 11 in Mt Pleasant. All-Region choir members pictured beginning front row left are Gibson Dyess, Carson …

  The Paris Economic Development Corporation has approved incentives for two major employers in the city. The PEDC okayed a $400,000 forgivable loan for Campbell Soup. The loan will help Campbell Soup transition its operations to accommodate a new product line. The PEDC  also approved $275,000 in job creation incentives …

  Week eight of the Texas High School Football season is in the books. — Paris – It was a rough weekend in the Red River Valley with Rivercrest coming away with the area’s lone victory, 26-21 over Linden Kildare. The Paris Wildcats suffer an upset at the hands of …

  Paris Community Theatre’s Haunted Theatre returns to the Pumpkin Festival in downtown Paris on Saturday, October 28. This year a production was written by Jim Hamaker titled “Annabelle’s Unfinished Business.” It will run every 30 minutes beginning at 10:00 am and finishing at 5:30 pm, rain or shine. Admission is …

  A Paris man was killed early Friday morning in a crash in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Troopers say 30-year-old Aaron Hill was driving on Hwy 69 when his vehicle ran off the road, overturned, and struck a tree. He was trapped in his vehicle for about an hour and twenty …

  Early voting begins today for voters to decide on whether to move $1.2 million in tax money from the Paris EDC to the Paris street and road maintenance budget. The measure is listed as Proposition A on the ballot. A “Yes” vote redirects a fourth of a cent sales tax …

  The third grade class at Everett Elementary got to see a cotton gin at work when they visited the PPF Gin and Warehouse in Delta County. They toured the facility learning where cotton is grown and how it’s harvested. They got to see how the seeds are separated from …