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AUSTIN — The Powerball jackpot is now up to an estimated $1.3 billion for Saturday night’s drawing. The game’s jackpot prize ranks as the fourth largest in Powerball history and the eighth-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. The cash value of the Grand Prize in the next Powerball drawing is …

A fatal accident occurred on TX-37 between Winnsboro and Quitman on Friday. The crash killed the young mother, the husband was seriously injured, and the one-year-old infant was okay.

Walmart shoppers could receive an unexpected cash windfall in a new class-action lawsuit settlement. If you purchased weighted goods or bagged citrus between October 2018 and January 2024, you could be eligible to receive a settlement check. The class-action lawsuit claims Walmart customers “paid more than the lowest in-store advertised price.” The lawsuit, …

Monday, during the eclipse, listen for a jet overhead. According to an email conversation with a spokesperson for NASA Johnson Space Center, two WB-57 aircraft at Ellington will be flying the path of the eclipse! The aircraft will fly the path of totality with science instruments on board. Two test flights …

There was a fatal crash involving a plane south of Antlers Thursday. The Pushmataha County Sheriff’s Office reported that the crash happened near Cornelius Road South of Antlers, and they said at least two people died in the accident. Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers were on the scene investigating by 7:45 …

Trequell Rashawn Brown Thursday, officers responded to a family disturbance in the 100 block of East Booth. A victim advised them that Trequell Rashawn Brown, 28, had assaulted them by throwing grease on them, striking and throwing them to the floor. Officers arrested Brown for family violence assault. Brown then …

A significant car wreck Thursday night has injured high school kids from Winnsboro and Como-Pickton. It was West of Winnsboro and involved four students. A Winnsboro senior is in surgery and is getting an aortic splint and spleen repair.

Lamar County and Paris officials have been preparing for the Solar Eclipse on Monday for months. They feel confident they are ready for the thousands of visitors expected in the area. City employees have been coordinating with the hospital, food and fuel providers, and emergency management officials throughout the county. …

  A man accused of murdering two people in Oklahoma City was executed Thursday morning at the McCalister State Prison. Michael Dewayne Smith was pronounced dead at 10:20 am. Shortly before he was pronounced dead, he took several short, audible breaths that sounded like snores or gasps. The prison director …