News

June, 2022

• 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.
• 9 June

  Seven East Texans Arrested For Solicitation Of Prostition

  On Tuesday, June 7, and Wednesday, June 8, 2022, Special Agents with the Texas Department of Public Safety conducted a solicitation of prostitution that led to seven arrests. The Texas State Penal Code 43.021. SOLICITATION OF PROSTITUTION. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly offers or agrees …
• 9 June

  UAO – Unidentified Amarillo Object

  City officials in Amarillo are asking for help identifying a strange figure seen on a surveillance camera at the Amarillo Zoo. KFDA reports security cameras captured the image around 1:25 am on May 21 inside a perimeter fence at the Amarillo Zoo. City officials said there were no signs of vandalism or …
• 9 June

  New Transgender Suit Filed In Texas

  Three Texas families with transgender children sued the state to block child abuse investigations. The lawsuit asks the court to stop abuse investigations into any family who is a member of the LGBT rights group P-Flag. It makes the second lawsuit involving the state attorney general’s opinion on transgender medical …