Modified UIL Activities Calendar and COVID-19 Guidelines for 2020-2021 School Year AUSTIN — The University Interscholastic League (UIL) presents modifications to the 2020-2021 UIL calendar and updated COVID-19 risk mitigation guidelines, set to take effect August 1, 2020. The modifications to the 2020-2021 calendar differ by activity and conference. It can …

In this photo provided by MLB, Major League Baseball’s new replay operations center and ballpark video rooms are viewed in New York in Jan. 2020. Major League Baseball has doubled the isolated camera angles available for a video review from 12 to 24 and arranged for high-frame-rate cameras to stream …

Charles Lee Fellors Paris Police responded to a theft call in the 2400-block of Lamar Ave at 7:39 Monday morning. Officers arrested Charles Lee Fellors, 44, of Paris, who had three outstanding warrants out of Lamar County. One charged him with theft of property of less than $2,500 with two …

A woman allegedly pulled a gun at Mount Pleasant’s Walmart after an argument between two people escalated around 1:44 Sunday afternoon. Reportedly, two ladies had an argument earlier in the store with another lady and a man. When the two groups approached the check-out area, the argument escalated with one …

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Projects a Fiscal 2021 Ending Shortfall of $4.6 Billion in Revised Revenue Estimate   (AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today revised the Certification Revenue Estimate (CRE) and now projects a fiscal 2021 ending shortfall of $4.58 billion. The shortage, which Hegar attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic …

Mount Pleasant Police Department Officers Receive Life Saving Award  Mount Pleasant, TX, July 20, 2020…Mount Pleasant Police Department Officer Juan Hernandez, Officer Angel Mendoza, and Sergeant Bryan Denney presented the Life-Saving Award Monday. Interim Police Chief Kyle Holcomb recognized their heroic efforts on February 12, 2020, in rendering aid to a resident who …

Jacob Donellan Longtime forester Jacob Donellan named new East Texas Operations Department Head for Texas A&M Forest Service. LUFKIN, Texas—Jacob Donellan, a former regional forester at Texas A&M Forest Service, was promoted to East Texas Operations Department Head. The East Texas Operations Department provides the crucial forest resource development and …

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $300,000 in CARES Act Funding to Boost University of Texas at Tyler’s Capacity to Help Communities and Businesses Respond to and Recover from Economic Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $300,000 CARES …

Monday, Jul 20, – 4:00 pm Where Confirmed Deceased Recovered Active Worldwide 14,779,017 611,035 8,615,870 5,380,473 The U.S. 3,944,460 143,616 1,829,052 1,971,792 Texas 339,736 4,073 172,936 162,727 Saturday, Jun 20 – 12:00 pm Where Confirmed Deceased Recovered Active Worldwide 8,832,385 464,227 4,457,584 3,744,962 The U.S. 2,312,305 121,619 957,204 1,233,482 Texas …

Jack Nicklaus (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File) MLB The first inning ended at Dodger Stadium without Los Angeles making a single out Sunday night. The game went to the 10th inning in Philadelphia. Even with the Orioles leading the Phillies 4-1, and the Yankees hit in the bottom of the ninth …