News

January, 2022

• 24 January

  Omicron Could Peak This Month

  Modeling by the Mayo Clinic predicts this current surge in COVID cases will peak before the end of January. Public health experts like Texas A&M’s Dr. Gerald Parker say we can expect some relief soon, but he warns that we cannot let our guard down. There have been several COVID …
• 24 January

  Free COVID Testing Tuesday In Paris

  A free drive-up COVID-19 testing clinic will be held Tuesday evening from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm at the COVID Center at 1128 Clarksville Street in Paris. The Paris-Lamar County Health District operates the clinic to help alleviate the backlog of sick people needing tests at the local ERs. No …
• 24 January

  Several Texoma Counties Designated Drought Disasters

  The U.S. Drought Monitor declared Lamar, Fannin, Choctaw, and Bryan counties a drought disaster. During the growing season, they suffered from a drought intensity value for eight or more consecutive weeks, Drought-Extreme, or Drought-Exceptional. The designation allows the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency to extend much-needed emergency credit …
• 24 January

  North Texas HS Student Charged With Shooting At Car

  Carrollton Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy for allegedly shooting at a car containing a mother and her three children, ages 2, 11, and 17. There were no injuries, but the gunfire damaged the vehicle. Investigators believe the 17-year-old in the car was the intended target. They are also accusing …
• 24 January

  16-Year-Old Shot – Dumped From Car

  Mesquite Police received a call that a person had fallen out of a moving vehicle. Officers found a 16-year-old boy lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his chest. Paramedics transported him to a hospital, where he later died. They did not disclose any other information.
• 24 January

  Mav’s Owner Opens Online Pharmacy

  Dallas Maverick’s owner Mark Cuban has opened an online pharmacy. The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company promises the lowest direct-to-consumer prices on more than 100 medications, including those commonly prescribed for high cholesterol and blood pressure.
• 24 January

  Gregg County Commissioner Guilty Of Election Fraud

  Commissioner Shannon Brown Photo Longview newsjournal.com Gregg County Commissioner Shannon Brown and his wife, Marlene Jackson, have reached a plea bargain with prosecutors who have pleaded guilty to election fraud. They were each sentenced to one year’s probation and fined $2,000, but Shannon will be allowed to stay in office. …
• 24 January

  Investigation Continues Into Fatal Sulphur Springs House Fire

  Authorities identified the two children killed in the house fire on South Moore Street in Sulphur Springs early Thursday morning as three-year-old Heaven Lee and one-year-old Hayden Lee. Local, state, and federal officials continue the investigation.
• 24 January

  Sulphur Springs Man Jailed For Deadly Conduct

  Jeremy Robinson Hopkins County Deputies responded to a verbal disturbance on CR 4791. Deputies contacted Jeremy Shane Robinson of Sulphur Springs, and he admitted to discharging a firearm into the area when the argument was over. Deputies later determined that Robinson had fired the gun in the direction of an …
• 24 January

  Arkansas Man Dies In Cass County Train Crash

  In a car versus train collision in Cass County, the man killed was 92-year-old James Martin of Doddridge, Arkansas. Troopers say Martin attempted to cross unguarded railroad tracks on CR 4920 in Bloomberg, and a Union Pacific freight train struck him.