News

June, 2022

• 10 June

  Bodycam Released In Police Shooting

  E-Paris Extra is reporting in its online edition that the Paris Police Department released bodycam video of an officer-involved shooting that occurred last year. Officers worked a single-vehicle crash, and later located the alleged driver, Coco Carico, who brandished a handgun and threatened to blow his head off. He reportedly …
• 10 June

  Animal Protection League Vaccine, Spay-Neuter Clinic In Paris

  The Animal Protection League will set up at Atwood’s in Paris Saturday with low-cost dog and cat vaccines and spay/neutering. Vaccinations are available between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm and surgeries are only by appointment. For more information, call 903-439-2953 or 903-753-7387.
• 10 June

  East Texas Prostitution Round-Up

  The Department of Public Safety on Thursday announced the arrest of seven men, including one from Mt Pleasant and Mineola, in a solicitation of prostitution that took place Tuesday and Wednesday in Longview. The Texas Penal Code states that a person commits an offense if the person knowingly offers or …
• 10 June

  Hopkins County Dairy Festival Officially Starts Friday 06.10

  After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID Pandemic, the Hopkins County Dairy Festival officially gets underway with a ribbon-cutting at noon Friday on Celebration Plaza. Then, activities move to Shannon Oaks Church at 6:00 pm for the hot air balloon rally and glow. The hot air balloons will be …
• 10 June

  Baby Formula Arrives From Germany At DFW

  Much-needed baby formula has arrived in North Texas. A plane carrying a shipment of baby formula landed at DFW airport Thursday afternoon. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says the aircraft from Germany delivered 110,000 pounds of formula with more on the way. The baby formula will be available …
• 10 June

  Texas Senator Blasts Prison System

  Gonzalo Lopez State Senator John Whitmire says prison escapee and murderer Gonzalo Lopez smuggled prison-made weapons aboard a bus on May 12 and used them to stab the driver and flee near Centerville and Texas says the Texas prison system dropped the ball. Whitmire says the other 15 inmates created …
• 10 June

  Hazardous Weather Outlook

  North and Central Texas  Today and Tonight Thunderstorms are possible across parts of North Texas overnight into early Friday morning. Strong or severe wind gusts are possible across the Texoma region. Saturday through Thursday Expect exceptional heat on Saturday and Sunday, with temperatures between 100 and 108 degrees. Heat index …
• 9 June

  Lamar County Grand Jury Indictments 06.09.2022

  INDICTMENTS – JUNE 9, 2022 29838 BOLYARD, TOBY DALE PCS < 1G 29839 CARTER, RONNIE GENE UUMV 29840 COWARD, WILLIAM CODY EVADING W/VEH W/DW 29841 DWYER, NICOLE MARIE EVADING W/VEH – C1 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF > $2,500 < $30K 29842 ELLIS, JASON WILLIAM PCS > 1G < 4G 29843 EVANS, SAMMY …
• 9 June

  Paris Police Report For Thursday (Jun 9)

  Guy William Younger Guy William Younger, 48, of Paris, was arrested at his residence at 3:20 Wednesday afternoon on a felony warrant charging him with publishing or threatening to publish intimate photographs. The warrant stemmed from a May 2022 investigation. They placed him in Lamar County Jail. Eric Dewayne Dillard …
• 9 June

  Getting Started at PJC-Sulphur Springs Center

  Testing Center Proctor Cathey Martin helps Student Christian Huff of Sulphur Springs get started through the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center campus testing program. For information about enrolling in classes at Paris Junior College, call 903-885-1232.