Paris News

  Students in Sandra Patterson’s Biology I class at North Lamar High School got creative when learning the parts of a cell.  They decided to bake a cake for the class and decorate it like the inside of a cell labeling the mitochondria, nucleolus, cytoplasm, ribosome and other parts.  Pictured …

  Members of the North Lamar UIL Academic Team returned with medals and plaques after competing at the UIL Academic meet in Quitman on February 13. Takeyah Griffin earned fourth in Science and top chemistry score; Heather Armstrong earned third place in Math and fifth place in Number Sense; Brittany …

    Some around the area are receiving calls from the IRS. The IRS does not call you on the phone, they contact you by mail. The scam hit a Winnsboro resident yesterday and it came in on his cell phone. Winnsboro’s Police Department stated that was not their first …

  A jury has been selected and testimony will begin Monday in Lamar County in the trial of a Paris man charged with injury to a child and criminal negligence. Frank Dozier Junior was arrested after police executed a search warrant on his home and found drugs and weapons. Dozier’s …

  Fire officials say a house fire in the 1900 block of East Cherry was accidental, and appears to have started in the kitchen. Everyone living at the home got out safely and there were no injuries. The amount of damage to the home has not been determined.

  Gasoline prices nationwide are up by a couple of pennies in the last week but they’re holding steady in Texas. Triple A-Texas says average prices range from a low of $1.41 in Amarillo to a high of $1.58 in Dallas.

  The North Lamar ISD Board of Trustees has unanimously voted to call a $56 million  bond election for May 7th.  If the measure passes, a new elementary and new intermediate school would be built to replace two aging campuses.  Renovations would also be done to the athletic and band …

    Agenda Ark-Tex Council of Governments Executive Committee Meeting Thursday (Feb 26) The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Ark-Tex Council of Governments will meet at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, February 25, 2016, at the Titus County Extension Office, 1708 Industrial Rd., Mt. Pleasant, TX 75455. (See …

  Joseph Adam Mattaliano, 26, of Paris, was arrested at 9:28 A.M. in the 1400 block of Church St. on warrants charging him with accident involving injury and tampering with physical evidence. The warrants stemmed from a December 15, 2015 case where Mattaliano’s vehicle struck another vehicle in the 2800 …

  At 8:33 P.M. on February 17, 2016, Paris Police stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation in the 1500 block of Lamar Ave. The driver identified himself by giving a false name. It was later found that the driver, 24 year old Keitric Zonderius Reynolds, of Paris, had an …