UIL Basketball Tournament to Take Place With Limited Attendance AUSTIN — Amid growing concerns over COVID-19 (coronavirus), the UIL Boys State Basketball Tournament will take place with a limited number of fans in attendance.  “The health and safety of our student-athletes and patrons is our number one priority,” said UIL Executive …

Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $766 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments. (AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced that he would send cities, counties, transit systems, and particular purpose taxing districts $766.2 million in local sales tax allocations for March, 7.7 percent more than in March 2019. These …

Eagle Baseball Defeats Eastern Oklahoma State College Northeast Texas Community College traveled to Wilburton, Oklahoma, on Tuesday to take on the Eastern Oklahoma State College Mountaineers. NTCC would come away with a 12-10 victory thanks to a big eight-run seventh inning. The Mountaineers would not go quietly and scored six …

Emily Otto named Under Armour Student-Athlete of the Week. COMMERCE – Lion Athletics named Texas A&M University-Commerce pitcher Emily Otto the Under Armour Student-Athlete of the Week. Otto – a junior from Richmond (Lamar) – led the Lions to wins in each of their doubleheaders last week, picking up wins over No. 15 …

Lowrance, Gavilanes, Milliorn Selected as Golfers of the Week AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE GOLFER OF THE WEEK Competitions: March 9-10, 2020 CO-MEN’S GOLFER OF THE WEEK: Brendon Lowrance, Sr., McMurry McMurry senior Brendon Lowrance (Mansfield, Texas) won the nationally prestigious BSN Sports Dataw Island Invitational with a +1 71-72-74=217. His play helped the War …

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Issues Statement on the Agency’s Telework Exercise “As part of my effort to ensure the Comptroller’s office can provide seamless continuity of operations and safeguard the health of our employees, we conducted an agency-wide telework exercise on Tuesday, March 10. Approximately 1,800 Comptroller employees, representing the …

Tasha Booke Turner Paris Police made a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 1000-block of Pine Bluff. Officers found a passenger, Tasha Turner, in possession of THC oil. They placed Turner under arrest and took her to jail.  Paris Police responded to 145 calls for service and arrested two …

Lion men move up one spot to finish sixth at LCU Chap Classic. LUBBOCK – The Texas A&M University-Commerce men’s golf team moved up one spot on Tuesday’s to finish in sixth place at the LCU Chap Classic on Tuesday at Texas Tech’s Rawls Course.  The Lions shot the third-best round …

MPHS Bass Fishing Team competes on Lake Bob Sandlin The Mount Pleasant High School Fishing Team continued its season in the second tournament of the spring semester at the Texas High School Bass Association (THSBA) tournament on Lake Bob Sandlin on Saturday (Mar 7).   First, for the Tigers, the team …