The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added additional Saturday appointment availability at select commercial driver license (CDL) offices for customers needing to apply, renew, replace or upgrade their Texas CDL. Participating driver license offices will offer a limited number of appointments on Nov. 6, 13, and 20 to help Texans …

Roger Dale Fincher Titus County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information regarding the location of Fugitive Roger Dale Fincher, 51. His residency bounces among Titus, Morris, and Cass Counties. Titus County holds an arrest warrant on Fincher for Felony Theft of Property of a value equal to or more than $2,500 …

The DPS says a Bullard ISD school bus was traveling westbound on FM-344, turning south onto SH-155. The pickup driver was traveling northbound on SH-155 and struck the turning bus on its left driver’s side, causing it to roll onto its right side. There were two students on the bus …

Last Tuesday afternoon at 3:41, a fatal crash occurred on SH-155 approximately 6.7 miles east of Ore City in Upshur County. The driver of a 2012 Cadillac CTS was northbound on Periwinkle Road. It left the road and struck a tree. They transported Maria Soledad-Ramirez, 41, of Ore City, to …

Interstate 20 has been reopened near the Smith and Van Zandt County line after crews spent hours clearing dead cattle from the roadway. Around 2:45 a.m. Thursday, law enforcement responded to a burning cattle hauler on I-20, east of the city of Van, near the Willow Branch Road exit. According …

A contractor ruptured a gas-main Thursday afternoon in Sulphur Spring on Industrial Drive, which closed the traffic and operations at Saputo.  The contractor was boring under I-30 to connect the final piece of the company’s sewer.

Hopkins County United Way has set its goal this year at $150,000. The money is essential for residents, including abused and neglected children, domestic abuse victims, food, essentials, medical assistance for those less financially fortunate, and enrichment programs for children and the community. The next meeting is Tuesday starting at …

Mt Pleasant will turn on more than one million Christmas lights Friday (Nov 5), starting at 6:00 pm and ending at 9:00. It kicks off the annual “Boots and Bells: An Olde West Christmas.” Cowboy Santa will be there, too, while you can shop Late.

UNITED WAY OF LAMAR COUNTY HOLDS AN ANNUAL BREAKFAST MEETING Over 200 people attended the United Way of Lamar County’s Annual Breakfast Meeting on Wednesday morning at the Love Civic Center.   The event, which recognizes the previous year’s outstanding workplace campaigns and volunteers, is usually held in February, but they …

Bobby Bridgers Officers found Bobby Bridgers intoxicated in the 10-block of E. Kaufman after a caller advised of people in the roadway. Police determined that Bridger was highly intoxicated and a danger to himself. He was transported to the Paris Jail and booked without incident. Paris Police arrested Tomarra Keller …