News

July, 2022

• 25 July

  Paris Downtown Food Pantry Back Home

  They have repaired the dilapidated parking lot at the Paris Downtown Food Pantry, which will re-open at its regular location at 124 West Cherry Street today. Food will be given out Tuesdays from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm, and Thursdays from 8:30 am to 11:30 am. Volunteers are needed on …
• 25 July

  Lamar County Commissioners To Meet

  Lamar County Commissioners will meet twice this week. The Monday meeting is a regular session along with a budget workshop. The Tuesday meeting will be a training session for elected officials on “Harassment Prevention in the Workplace.”
• 25 July

  Lamar ISD Board Meeting

  North Lamar ISD accepted the resignation of Trustee Jimmy Fendley at last week’s meeting. The board approved using state and federal special funds to add ten extra days to the number of local paid leave days teachers receive because of COVID-19. The board also approved an interlocal agreement with the …
• 25 July

  Hopkins County Jail Bookings

  Tammy Kay Crow Deputies arrested 56-year-old Tami Kay Crow Sunday on two third-degree felony Wood County warrants. She’s charged with Stalking and Harassment, and they have not set a bond amount. Hopkins County Deputies responded to a disturbance on CR 2310 and learned that a woman had attacked her fiancé …
• 25 July

  Five Dead In Smith County Crash

  Five people were killed Friday in a head-on collision on Highway 110 North in Smith County. All passengers from both cars involved are dead. The passengers of the Dodge Charger were 23-year-old Matthew Reneaux of Henderson, 26-year-old Jennifer Felix, and 38-year-old Marvin Jenkins, Jr., both of Tyler. The passengers of …
• 24 July

  Collin County Chiropractor Convicted Of Child Exploitation Violations

  SHERMAN, Texas – The Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced the conviction of an Anna, Texas, man for child pornography. Chad Michael Rider, 48, was found guilty of three counts of the sexual exploitation of children, also referred to as the production of child pornography. The jury …
• 23 July

  Dallas Man Arrested And Charged In Connection With Sulphur Springs, Other Bank Robberies

  Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced that a Dallas man has been arrested and charged with multiple bank robberies across the Metroplex area. Mark Robert Disch, 53, was named in a complaint filed in the Eastern District of Texas on July 19, 2022, charging him with two …
• 22 July

  White Oak Enacts Water Conservation

  White Oak is now the sixth town in East Texas to put water conservation in place. The preservation is a precaution. City officials say the water they get from Big Sandy Creek is already down seven feet. Jimmy Purcell, White Oak City Manager, says they’ll be okay and not panic. …
• 22 July

  Morris County Has Invasive EABs

  The invasive emerald ash borer (EAB) has been confirmed in two additional Texas counties this month, Morris and Rusk. EAB is an invasive wood-boring pest of ash trees that has killed millions of trees across 35 states since its arrival to the United States in 2002. The ash borer is …
• 22 July

  Paris Police Report For Friday (Jul 22)

  Tristan Wayne Whitaker Thursday morning at 7:00, officers responded to a shoplifter in the 1300-block of Clarksville, where a white male wearing an olive green shirt had stuffed items in his pants and left on a bicycle, headed eastbound. Police stopped Tristan Wayne Whitaker, 18, of Detroit, in the 1600-block …