By Butch Burney Total Solar Eclipse! Need glasses for the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse? Want a T-shirt and sticker? We know where you can get them. We have eclipse merchandise at the Chamber of Commerce, including T-shirts, stickers, and glasses. With tens of thousands of visitors targeting Hopkins County for …

Susan Michelle Larkin An officer stopped a vehicle Wednesday in the 200 block of NE 13th for littering after he noticed an occupant throw a white paper bag out of the passenger window. The officer identified the occupants, who denied knowledge of the bag. Another officer arrived at the scene …

NFL According to ESPN, the Houston Texans and tight end Dalton Schultz have agreed to a three-year, $36 million contract, with $23.5 million fully guaranteed. Schultz would have been a free agent next week. Schultz spent five seasons with the Dallas Cowboys before signing with the Texans last year. NBA …

North and Central Texas Multiple thunderstorms will develop ahead of a dryline today and slowly move east. Expect isolated severe storms capable of producing large hail and damaging wind gusts. Additionally, training thunderstorms will result in a low threat of flash flooding, especially across the urban DFW Metroplex. Rainfall totals …

(Amanda McCoy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram) After facing decades of fierce bipartisan resistance to using state dollars to pay for private school tuition, school voucher supporters in Texas emerged triumphant from the Tuesday primaries. Their long-held goal has never felt more in reach. Gov. Greg Abbott knocked off nine fellow Republicans who …

The United Way of Lamar County’s Annual Kids Marathon, open to children in grades K-6, will be held on Thursday, March 7, from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at the Trail de Paris Love Civic Center entrance. All participants will run the first mile together at the Trail de Paris. …

The Bowie County Game Warden reportedly discovered a stolen vehicle from Arkansas submerged in the Sulphur River last week. The Bowie County Dive Team, Game Warden, and Sheriff’s Office coordinated an effort to recover the vehicle. The owner had reported it stolen in Hempstead County, Arkansas.

A Cass County investigation uncovered items worth over a million dollars. The recovered equipment belongs to Graphic Packaging International (GPI) at Queen City, who estimated the worth. GPI personnel also assisted officers in identifying and removing the stolen property from the Cass County home. They identified the homeowner as William …

Greenville ISD trustees this week named Dr. Joe Lopez the lone finalist for the superintendent position. In 2023, they recognized him among Texas’s top five Superintendents of the Year finalists. He comes to Greenville from Kermit, where he was the school district’s Superintendent.

The Food and Drug Administration issued a safety warning Wednesday, saying it identified additional cinnamon products in the United States that are contaminated with lead. The ground cinnamon products found to contain lead are La Fiesta, from La Superior SuperMercados; Marcum, from Save A Lot; MK, from SF Supermarket; Swad, …