Paris News

    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 …

  A man charged with child criminal negligence and drug offenses is due in court in Lamar County today. 35 year Frank Dozier was arrested in September after his girlfriend’s baby tested positive for marijuana and methamphetamine last summer. He’s also charged with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession …

  The North Lamar ISD is beginning  its search for a new Athletic Director and Head Coach. Current AD  Tim Billings resigned to become Assistant Head Coach at Southern Miss University in Hattiesburg.

  A former Texas Most Wanted fugitive accused of sex crimes in Lamar County pleaded not guilty Tuesday to bail jumping and failing to appear in court. Donald Jack Robertson the Second had been on the run since 2011 but was captured earlier this month in Oregon and extradited back …

  Congratulations to our KOYN Teacher of the Week is Jana Kennedy 1st Grade teacher at Aikin Elementary. She was nominated by Melinda Story who said: “Jana goes the extra mile to make sure that her students excelled.  She takes the extra time to call me at home when she …

  A 43-year-old convicted killer is set to die tonight for the shooting death of a North Texas liquor store clerk during a robbery more than 25 years ago. Gustavo Garcia’s lethal injection T would be the third execution this year in Texas.  The December  fatal shooting of 43-year-old Craig …

  Commerce police say that an unknown person has been targeting UPS and Fed Ex trucks for possible theft.  Detectives recently recovered some packages that were stolen right after they were delivered and  believe someone may have been following delivery trucks on their routes.

  The local Red Cross is assisting a Lamar County family of five who lost everything in a fire at their home on CR 43200 over the weekend. Firefighters from Powderly, Faught, Chicota, Lamar Point and Hopewell battled the blaze for about 3 hours.  The family made it out of …