News

December, 2021

• 20 December

  Joking Scare Kills Teen

  Friday morning, there was a fatal crash ten miles south of Canton on FM 1651. A Tyler hospital pronounced Rachel Ann Raper, 18, of Canton. Alfonso Medina, 17, of Canton, recognized Raper and swerved over the center stripe divider attempting to scare her, colliding. Medina and his passenger Rachel Bice, …
• 20 December

  Christmas In The Park 2021 Donations – Cooper Lake State Park

    By Cooper Lake State Park Superintendent, Steve Killian We experienced the true holiday spirit at this year’s “Christmas in the Park” event held at Cooper Lake State Park – Doctors Creek!  Park visitors from Delta, Hopkins, Hunt and a few other counties donated almost 2 tons of nonperishable food …
• 20 December

  Omicron Update

  The COVID Omicron Variant is spreading like wildfire. As contagious as the Delta is, Omicron is worse. Dr. Wesley Long is Medical Director of Microbiology at Houston Methodist Hospital. He says their last batch of data shows it’s up around 32 percent in symptomatic patients, and should be 50 percent …
• 20 December

  Abbot Says Federal OK Not Required For Border Wall

  Gov. Greg Abbott Governor Greg Abbott says the State of Texas does not need the okay of the federal government to build a wall on the border with Mexico. Abbott compares it to a private homeowner building a fence on their property. Abbott and other state officials visited Rio Grande …
• 20 December

  Texas Abortion Law Back To Appeals Court

  The Supreme Court has returned a lawsuit over Texas’ six-week abortion ban to a federal appeals court that has twice allowed the law to stay in effect, rather than a federal district judge who sought to block it. Justice Neil Gorsuch signed the court’s order that granted the request of …
• 20 December

  National Social Media Post Affects Local High School

  Chisum High School took very seriously some vague nationwide threats on social media targeting a school identified only as CHS. School district Police Chief Vance Boehler immediately began an investigation and contacted the FBI and Texas Rangers. The school immediately went into a soft lockdown in an abundance of caution. …
• 20 December

  Oklahoma GOP Leader, Wife Indicted

  OK House Speaker Pro-Tem Terry O’Donnell An Oklahoma County grand jury has indicted House Speaker Pro Tem Terry O’Donnell on five felony and three misdemeanors. His wife, Theresa, was indicted on three felonies and one misdemeanor. The most severe charge is Conspiracy against the State, punishable by ten years in …
• 20 December

  Alleged Sex North Texas Sex Offender Captured In Southern California

  A North Texas man wanted for sex crimes against children has been arrested by US Marshals in Rancho Cucomonga, California. Thirty-three-year-old Raul Castorena of Collinsville was charged on Grayson County warrants with Sexual Assault of a Child and Indecency with a Child. He is awaiting extradition back to Texas.
• 20 December

  Paris Sanitation Schedule For Christmas Holidays

  The City of Paris Sanitation Department will close on Thursday, December 23, and Friday, December 24Regular collection will resume on Monday, December 27. Workers will open the Compost Site on Wednesday, December 22, and close it on Thursday, December 23, and Friday, December 24. The Compost Site is closed every …
• 20 December

  Southern Faith Ministries Providing Free Christmas Meals In Deport

  Southern Faith Ministries of Texoma in Deport will offer free hot, traditional meals for anyone in need on Christmas day. Meals will be ready for pickup by 5:00 pm or delivery to anyone located in Deport. To request a meal, you can call, text, or email Amber at 903-395-5822 or …