Police throughout East Texas are searching for a man who shot a business owner during a robbery at Rosita’s Conexion Latina in Henderson. The owner of the business was injured and the shooter fled on foot. On Wednesday, the department released a composite sketch made by a Texas DPS sketch …
Read More »Cumby FFA Auction and Dinner Saturday Night
State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled Nearly $4 Billion in April
(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.96 billion in April, 3.2 percent less than in April 2023. The majority of April sales tax revenue is based on sales made in March and remitted to the agency in April. “Monthly state sales tax collections fell …
Read More »Hopkins County Chamber Connection May 1
Submitted By Butch Burney The Annual Cinco de Mayo celebration will start at lunchtime on Saturday and continue into the evening at Celebration Plaza. We invite everyone to join the food and fun in downtown Sulphur Springs. Several bands will play throughout the day, with food stations and vendors. Countywide …
Read More »Paris Police Report For Wednesday, May 1
Tuesday morning at 8:52, a caller reported a criminal trespassing on the 3000 block of NE Loop 286. Police made contact with Tra’Vion De’Marcus Johnson, 18, wanted for a third-degree felony warrant from an incident occurring in February of this year. That was when Johnson had choked a woman …
Read More »Wednesday’s Sports
NBA Tuesday Round 1, East G5 76ers (2-3) 112 – Knicks (3-2) 106 Cavaliers (3-2) 104 – Magic (2-3) 103 Bucks (2-3) 115 – Pacers (3-2) 92 Wednesday Round 1, G5 Heat (1-3) at Boston Celtics (3-1) 6:30 pm TNT Mavericks (2-2) at Los Angeles Clippers at 9:00 pm TNT …
Read More »Bicyclist Killed In Crash With SUV- 1 in custody
Tuesday night, April 30, at 9:11, they dispatched the Paris EMS, Paris Fire, and Paris Police to the 600 block of Evergreen Street and SE 6th for a significant motor vehicle accident involving an injury involving a Nissan Rogue and a bicyclist. EMS and Fire arrived and provided life-saving medical procedures …
Read More »Reporting Mandates For COVID Expires
The federal government’s mandate that hospitals report COVID-19 rates ended today. Experts say data was vital to ending the pandemic. Dr. Gerald Parker at Texas A&M says other surveillance systems are in place that rely on a network of labs and clinics. There is also wastewater surveillance. Today’s end to …
Read More »Cornyn Praises UT Handling Of Protests
As the Pro-Palestinian protests at several Texas colleges continued, Texas Senator John Cornyn says many of these gatherings have crossed over into hate speech and violence. He commended the response at UT-Austin. He says many of the presidents at Ivy League schools like Columbia and Harvard have given in to …
Read More »Lamar County Bookings
Lamar County Deputies arrested 39-year-old Jeffrey Alan Johnston on a warrant for Violation of Parole. He’s in the Lamar County Jail without bond. Deputies arrested Brodric Deshay Titus on a Motion to Adjudicate Guilt for Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle. He was also charged on a Red River County warrant for …
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