April is Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month. In honor of the children who were served by the Children’s Advocacy Center of Paris in 2016, we will be holding our 5th Annual Hope Floats Balloon Release Friday, April 28th at 10:30 at Bywaters Park, Paris, TX.  Ms. Carter’s Gifted …

  An arraignment hearing has been set for May 15 for a Paris woman accused of embezzling between $150,000 and $300,000 from the dentist’s office where she worked. 47 year old Marilynn Skeen Armstrong is currently out of jail on $15,000 bond.

  Paris police are investigating two residential burglaries that occurred about a block apart. Someone apparently got into a vacant house in the 1500 block of Pine Bluff and stole a quantity of copper.  In the 1400 block of Pine Bluff, someone stole jewelry and medications.

  A 29 year old man was arrested Thursday afternoon in connection with a “ bomb hoax scare”. 29 year old Jacob Weathers was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Lamar County jail where bond was set at $3,000. The bomb hoax was discovered at a house …

  Paris Regional Medical Center, North Lamar ISD, local emergency services, first responders and law enforcement officers will hold a “Mass Casualty Incident” training exercise this afternoon from 1-4pm. The purpose of the exercise is to test the emergency services preparedness and emergency response to a mass casualty incident involving …

  Paris – Softball playoffs begin tonight.  The District 14-4A champion North Lamar Pantherettes host 4 seed Rains out of 13-4A in a one game playoff on MIX 107.7.  First pitch this evening at Pantherette field is at 6:30.  Prairiland plays a best of three series against New Boston. All games will be played at NTCC …

  Authorities are continuing to search for two men in a pickup who opened fire on a Pushmataha deputy’s patrol vehicle. The deputy was not injured and returned fire. The suspect’s vehicle is described as a blue 1990s- Chevrolet or GMC extended cab pickup truck with an expired Texas paper …

  Paris Junior College will host campus-carry town hall meetings next week at the campuses in Paris, Sulphur Springs and Greenville. The Paris meeting will be held Tuesday, May 2, at the PJC Math and Science Building in rooms 101 & 102 at 12:30 p.m.

  Paris Regional Medical Center, North Lamar ISD, local emergency services, first responders and law enforcement officers will hold a “Mass Casualty Incident” training exercise tomorrow. The purpose of the exercise is to test the emergency services preparedness and emergency response to a mass casualty incident involving a school bus. …

  Lamar County deputies say a package at first believed to be a pipe bomb found at a home in Deport was harmless.  The homeowners said they were cleaning up after the former tenants were evicted when they found the suspicious package, threw it out the window and called authorities. …