Our Teacher of the Week is Alexandria Walters 4th grade teacher at Bailey Intermediate School (North Lamar)…nominated by Easton Martin who said: “Mrs. Walters is so great. She makes sure all of her students have what they need to learn. She makes learning new lessons fun, even math. No …

  Paris – Last night in the Area round of the girls high school basketball playoffs, the Rivercrest Lady Rebels saw their season come to an end at the hands of top ranked Martins Mill, 75-31. With their win, Martins Mill will face the winner of the Honey Grove Lady …

  The Chicota Volunteer Fire Department is hosting a Chili Supper beginning at 5:30 tomorrow  at the Community Center on CR 35380.  There will be an auction featuring items ranging from desserts to vacation packages. All money raised will benefit the fire department.

  Today is the deadline for candidates to file in the May 6 Texas municipal elections. The elections are for city councils, school boards and in some locations for hospital boards. Some taxing entities are also holding bond elections.

  Turner Industries will hold a job fair Tuesday thru Thursday February 21-23 at the Love Civic Center in Paris.  They will be hiring Welders, Fabricators, Crane Operators and other positions.  Some jobs will require testing and applicants should bring calculators and blue books.  The fair is from 7am – …

  Authorities are investigating a possible drive-by shooting in Bonham, but fortunately there were no injuries. A woman reported hearing what appeared to be a shot being fired, and then noticed that her rear window had been shattered. Witnesses says the suspect vehicle was a gray or black Pontiac, that …

  Paris police responded to a report of a man staggering in the 600 block of NE Loop 286.  35 year old Damontre Anthony was allegedly intoxicated and in possession of marijuana, Xanax, and ecstasy. He  was charged with two counts of manufacture or delivery of controlled substance and several …

  Fire very heavily damaged the home of a Blossom Volunteer firefighter Wednesday night. The blaze at 145 Elizabeth Lane in Blossom was reported at about 5pm and is believed to have started in an electrical panel in the laundry room. THe fire at the home of Captain Guner Booth …

  Paris Police made contact with 51 year old  Peggy Mijares,  44 year old Marcus Smallwood and another subject in the 100 block of SW 41st  and arrested  them on drug charges. Mijares and Smallwood were found to be in possession of a large amount of methamphetamine, xanax tablets, hydrocodone …

  Another Lamar County school district has called a bond election for May 6.  The Roxton ISD wants to raise $5.2 million to build a  facility for pre-kindergarten through first-grade students, purchase three buses, replace HVAC units and roofs  and renovate numerous other areas of the district.  Earlier this week …