News

July, 2022

• 5 July

  Paris Police Report For Tuesday (Jul 5)

  Paris Police responded to a business burglary in the 1200-block of SW 19th Friday morning at 7:55. Someone had cut the chain-link fence and entered the building taking numerous tools and welding leads. The investigation continues. Paris Police responded to a theft in the 2100-block of NE Loop 286 at …
• 5 July

  CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs News

    CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. Book Drive One of our Pharmacists, Pejman Pirmoradi, recently traveled to Ethiopia for business and was honored to meet with the Ethiopian Minister of Women and Social Affairs, Dr. Ergoge Tesfaye. …
• 5 July

  Paris P&Z Meets Tuesday 07.05.22

  The Paris Planning and Zoning commission will meet at 5:30 Tuesday evening at City Hall and select a new chairperson and vice-chairman. In addition, they will hold a hearing on changes to the city’s master thoroughfare plan, several zoning changes, and the approval of several building plans.
• 5 July

  Fatal McCurtain County Crash

  A three-vehicle crash on HWY 3 in McCurtain County killed a man and injured three last Friday night. Oklahoma troopers say 31-year-old Justin Williston of Idabel crossed the center line and hit two vehicles. Williston and a passenger suffered head and internal injuries. The driver of one other car was …
• 5 July

  PJC Summer II Terms To Be Held At All Three Campuses

  Current and future college students will benefit by taking a five-week class from Paris Junior College in the Summer II term that starts Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Graduating seniors from area high schools who have yet to apply to PJC may use the scholarship covering tuition to a Summer II …
• 5 July

  North Texas Kidnapping Suspect At Large

  David  Maldonado Police from throughout the area are searching for a 20-year-old Garland man accused of kidnapping his 17-year-old girlfriend. Witnesses saw the girl dragged against her will into a pickup truck, and an Amber Alert was issued. They later found the girl safe Sunday morning, but the suspect, David …
• 5 July

  Upshur County Man’s Life Sentence Upheld

  Joshua David Verhoef Upshur County Jail The Upshur County District Attorney’s Offices issued a press release reporting that the 12th Court of Appeals affirmed the life sentence of Joshua David Verhoef of Gladewater. Verhoef was convicted and sentenced in April 2021 for striking and choking his girlfriend at her home …
• 5 July

  Death Row Inmate Wants To Donate Kidney

  Ramiro Gonzales A Texas Death Row inmate slated to receive a lethal injection in less than two weeks has asked for a delay so he can donate a kidney. They condemned 29-year-old Ramiro Gonzales for murdering an 18-year-old Southwest Texas girl. He was determined to be an “excellent candidate” for …
• 5 July

  Hopkins County Jail Bookings

  Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center Randy Chris Wood Sulphur Springs Police responded to a report of a man armed with a handgun choking his girlfriend and threatening to kill her. A third person reportedly witnessed the incident, and officers arrested 53-year-old Randy Chris Wood for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly …
• 5 July

  Weekly Roadwork Report

  TxDOT Atlanta District July 3 – July 9, 2022  Bowie County  I-30 – From FM 989 to AR State Line, reconstructing and widening highway, daytime work in the median. Motorists should watch for trucks and equipment pulling onto the interstate. I-30 – Westbound at Exit 207/Spur 594, ramp rehabilitation. Exit …