Paris News

‘Kids Safe Saturday’ is an annual event sponsored by Think Child Safety and the City of Paris. It promotes education about children and safety. This year’s event will be on Saturday, May 4, from 9:00 am til 1:00 pm at the Love Civic Center.

North and Central Texas Confidence has increased regarding the potential for flash flooding starting tonight through tomorrow afternoon. The area highlighted in green will most likely see totals ranging between 2 and 4 inches, with a low chance (10%) of locally higher amounts between 4 and 6 inches. This area …

As I have previously stated, any attempt to shut down or disrupt UT operations will not be tolerated. There is no rationale whatsoever that justifies the endangerment of our students and campus environments. Massive crowds of students, along with outside groups with absolutely no connection to UT, have intentionally caused disturbances with plans to …

  As the result of an ongoing investigation, Bobby Joe Tipton, III, of Hunt County, was booked into the Hunt County Detention Center on Tuesday for  Continuous Sexual Assault Of Child: Victim Under 14. Tipton’s bond is $250,000.

PARIS, TEXAS—A Paris Firefighter was injured while fighting a structure fire at the Patio Apartments, 510 Bonham Street, early Tuesday, April 30. The injury occurred inside the engulfed structure when an area of the second floor where the firefighter was working collapsed. Other firefighters extricated the injured firefighter, who was …

  In a ceremony filled with tradition and community spirit, Paris High School junior Jaelee Johnson was crowned the 2024-2025 Crape Myrtle Queen. The forty-seventh annual coronation, a much-anticipated event in the community’s calendar, took place at the First United Methodist Church on Friday, April 26, 2024. The ceremony was …

North and Central Texas There is a low chance (~10-20%) of isolated thunderstorms across our northeastern counties late tonight as dry line convection fires off in the west. Coverage will be limited, and confidence in storms reaching this far east is low. However, there is potential for strong to severe …

Oregon’s $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot winner was Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, 46, of Portland. He is a Laos-born immigrant who has been fighting cancer for the past eight years. He says he and his wife would split the prize with a friend who had chipped in to buy lottery tickets. They are taking …

A crash on Interstate 35 in Fort Worth on Tuesday morning has killed one and injured another. It was on I-35 at TX 121 at 1:00 am. Police think the vehicle lost control, crashed into the concrete barrier, then went over the overpass. The passenger was pronounced dead at the …

On Monday morning at 11:20, a Paris Officer was dispatched to the scene of a Burglary of a Habitat in the 400 block of SW 19th Street. They observed an open window with a cut screen at a guest house. A $30 black in color guitar, along with the surveillance …