News

October, 2022

• 25 October

  Paris Police Arrest Man For Gun Charges

  In Paris, a man was knocking on doors and pointing a gun at residents in an apartment complex on Stone Avenue. Police witnessed Robert Neal Hocker, 59, of Clarksville, standing in front of an apartment, pointing a semiautomatic pistol at the apartment door before he dropped the gun, and officers …
• 25 October

  Drug Takeback Day In Sulphur Springs

  The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse and the DEA hold a “Drug Takeback Day” Saturday from 10:00 until 2:00 pm in the Walmart parking lot. Everyone is encouraged to bring out-of-date or unneeded prescription drugs or a deceased family member’s leftover prescription drugs.
• 25 October

  Man Who Sold Gun Sentenced

  The man who sold a pistol to a man who used it to hold four people hostage inside a Colleyville synagogue before being fatally shot by the FBI was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday. Thirty-three-year-old Henry Dwight Williams pleaded guilty to Felon in Possession of a Firearm in …
• 24 October

  New Millionaire In Paris

  Although there was no jackpot in Saturday night’s Powerball, one person from Paris matched five numbers and won a million dollars. The new millionaire purchased the winning ticket at the Tiger Mart at 3070 NE Loop 286.
• 24 October

  Walk With A Doc In Paris Thursday
• 24 October

  Could You Use $292.6 Million Cash?

  If someone is lucky enough to have all six numbers correct for Monday’s Powerball drawing, they’ll be walking home with one of the most significant prizes in the lottery game’s 30-year history. During Saturday’s drawing, three Powerball tickets, one in New York, one in South Carolina, and one in Texas, …
• 24 October

  Paris High School Student Awarded $25,000

  The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc. recently announced that Paris High School senior Johnathan Young is among the 106 high school seniors who are the recipients of its esteemed 2023 Horatio Alger National Scholarship. As a National Scholar, Young will receive a $25,000 college scholarship and access to …
• 24 October

  Paris Police Report For Monday (Oct 24)

  Wesley Tyrone Neal, Jr. Last Friday morning at 11:45, Paris Police arrested Wesley Tyrone Neal, Jr., 28, of Paris, at the Parole Office in the 3900-block of North Main Street on a Parole Violation Warrant. They booked Neal into the Paris Police jail. At 2:33 Friday afternoon, officers met with …
• 24 October

  Bond Elections On The Ballot Starting Today

  Today, voters will decide on Pittsburg ISD’s $88.350 million bond election. It involves a new sixth-grade wing and cafeteria at the junior high and a new high school campus to alleviate space constraints. The bond should impact the average homeowner by approximately $27.68 per month if approved. However, for those …
• 24 October

  Camping Is More Than A Tent At Cooper Lake State Park

  Have you ever been camping? If not, how would you like to get started? Do you know your camping comfort level? Cooper Lake State Park is a perfect place to explore camping since the park has such a wide variety of overnight opportunities! The park contains two unique units perched …