News

June, 2022

• 15 June

  Texas Broadband Plan

  Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar (AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released his agency’s Texas Broadband Plan to support expanding broadband access for underserved and unserved Texans. The Comptroller’s Broadband Development Office (BDO) crafted the plan, building upon the feedback that Hegar and BDO staff collected from Texans through 12 public town halls, 60 …
• 15 June

  Hopkins County Murder Suspects In Custody

  Press Release From Chief Deputy Tanner Crump, Hopkins County Sheriff Update: Suspects In Custody This evening two investigators from the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Texas and a Texas Ranger traveled to St Louis, Missouri. They arrested the two suspects in the homicide that happened Monday evening. We can now identify the victim …
• 15 June

  Remembering Paris Police Officer Chris Widner

  Beyond the Call of Duty – End of Watch – Ride to Remember 2022 Mobile Memorial will be in Paris next Tuesday, June 21st, to honor Detective Chris Widner, who died in the line of duty last August. The public is invited to visit the Mobile Memorial as they stop …
• 15 June

  Sulphur Springs ISD Board Briefs 06.15.22

  A regular meeting/budget work session of the Sulphur Springs ISD school board was on Tuesday, June 14, 2022.   PUBLIC FORUM No one requested to address the Board during Public Forum.   ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS   They reported on summer activities throughout the District.   Lisa Robinson gave a STAAR & …
• 15 June

  Sonar Finds Submerged Vehicle

  Fishermen discovered something surprising Tuesday when their sonar picked up a vehicle submerged in the Little River near Allen’s Ferry Boat Launch outside of Fulton, Ark. The discovery led to a possible breakthrough in a missing person case. Miller and Hempstead County Fire Department dive teams arrived around 10:00 am …
• 15 June

  Caterpillar Moves To Texas

  Caterpillar Inc., the world’s leading construction and mining equipment manufacturer, is relocating to Irving this year. The company on Tuesday announced it would be relocating its global headquarters from Deerfield, Illinois, to The Metroplex. Caterpillar has had a presence in Texas since the 1960s across several areas of the Fortune …
• 15 June

  Paris Police Report For Wednesday (Jun 15)

  Ira Lee Self Paris Police arrested Ira Lee Self, 54, of Clarksville, at the Paris District Parole Office on a parole violation warrant. Self is currently on parole for an aggravated sexual assault of a child conviction out of Franklin County. They later placed Self in the Lamar County Jail. …
• 15 June

  Paris Officer Involved Shooting

  The Paris Police Department issued a press release Tuesday about the officer-involved shooting in June of 2021 that left a Paris man paralyzed from the waist down. The department was concerned that an edited version of a police officer’s body camera footage was released on social media, triggering misleading and …
• 15 June

  Fed To Raise Interest Rate Today

  Today, the fed could hike interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, the most significant rate hike in almost 30 years. Real estate expert Cliff Freeman says that much of a rate hike will drum up fears that the fed could be pushing the economy into a recession, and …
• 15 June

  New COVID Treatment Recommended

  Health officials are ramping up vaccine efforts as COVID-19 cases are rising. Suppose you experience some rough symptoms due to a COVID diagnosis. In that case, neurologist Dr. Esther Malamed with the UT-Dell Medical School in Austin says she highly recommends talking to your doctor about an antiviral treatment called …