Mount Pleasant High School swimmers advance to regionals The Mount Pleasant High School Swim Team competed at the District meet in Texarkana on Saturday, January 18. The MPHS boys and girls teams each placed 3rd overall. MPHS will send twelve swimmers to the Regional meet in Lewisville on January 31-February …

Heather Anne Ledbetter Officers arrested Heather Anne Ledbetter, 35, of Paris, at 11:52 Tuesday morning in the 1500-block of W. Houston. Allegedly, She had two Lamar County felony motion to revoke probation warrants for manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance. Officers later transferred her to the Lamar County Jail. Paris …

Tiffany Kristine Dozier | Quades Atwain Williams Paris Police responded to a warrant arrest in the 1400-block of W. Austin at 9:56 am Monday. Tiffany Kristine Dozier, 31, and Quades Atwain Williams, 33, both of Paris, were located in a vehicle where they had been sleeping. Officers found Dozier had …

Svaerd, Rotich claim LSC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week honors RICHARDSON – The league office named Texas A&M University-Commerce’s Minna Svaerd and Nicodemus Rotich as the Lone Star Conference’s Indoor Track Athletes of the Week.  Svaerd – a junior from Karlstad, Sweden – set the top time in the LSC and sixth-quickest time in …

Whitfield, Holt Selected for Women’s Hoops Honors AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Games: January 16-18, 2020 EAST DIVISION PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Keauna Whitfield, Jr., G, LeTourneau LeTourneau junior guard Keauna Whitfield (Rosebud, Texas) averaged 22.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 2.5 steals per game as the YellowJackets picked up a …

No. 6 Lions earn 91-64 win over Oklahoma Christian, 500th win in program history. COMMERCE— The No. 6 Texas A&M University-Commerce women’s basketball team scored a 91-64 win over Oklahoma Christian on Saturday afternoon. The Lions jumped out to a lead early in the first quarter and never trailed in the …

Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame Announces 2020 Inductee  ATHENS – The Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame committee announced Shane Wilson, retired public educator and founder of Fishing’s Future, will be inducted into the hall of fame in 2020.  “This year’s inductee to the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame has …

TxDOT Atlanta District For Jan. 19-25, 2020 Bowie County SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges US 59 – At Akin Creek, replacing guard rail Cass County SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges Harrison County I-20 – at Potters Creek, conducting preventative maintenance work on bridges. SH …

At 5:43 Thursday evening, a trooper responded to a two-vehicle fatal crash on FM-3224, 1.5 miles west of Palestine in Anderson County. Reportedly, the driver of a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado, Nedra Parham Smith, 77, of Chandler, was traveling west from a private road attempting to cross FM-3244. At the same …

Thursday night at 11:56, Troopers responded to a two-vehicle fatal crash at the intersection of FM-349 and US-259 Business in Kilgore. Reportedly, the driver of a 2004 Nissan Altima, Gabriel Coronado, 17, of Longview, was traveling west on FM-349 and disregarded a red light at the intersection of US-259. The …