Paris News

This year the East Texas Community Foundation has ten nonprofit organizations in Lamar County participating in “Giving Day.” While the big day is Tuesday, Apr. 25, the online portal has been open since early April. As of Friday morning, 204 of the 350 organizations participating in a 31-county area, “Giving …

State Senator Bryan HughesA bill authored by State Senator R-Mineola Bryan Hughes which would make fathers owe child support starting at conception, passed the Texas Senate floor by a 31-0 vote on Thursday. The bill creates the case that the cost of caring for a child begins at conception rather …

Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton will continue another four-year term. Wednesday was the last day to file to run in the Choctaw Nation’s July election, and Batton had no challengers. He’s been Chief since 2014.

The widow of an Oklahoma man who died last year has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit. Forty-five-year-Bobby Barrick died in a hospital days after McCurtain County Deputies shocked him with a stun gun. The case against Sheriff Kevin Clardy, three deputies, and a state game warden filed Thursday comes …

Christus Trinity Mother Frances and Children’s Miracle Network dedicated a corner in the Children’s Center in Tyler to Brookshire’s Grocery Company for their 35 years of partnership Thursday afternoon. The hospital and organization recognized BGC by unveiling the new Brookshire’s Grocery Corner in the Children’s Center. The Brookshires Grocery Company …

Tornado seen south of Tyler’s hospitals over Tyler Junior College. Thunderstorms Thursday evening were hail makers with reports up to tennis ball size, 2.50”, at some locations. Tyler Junior College reported damage from a tornado at 7:10 pm. Because of the slow movement of thunderstorms, the National Weather Service in …

Tornado Warnings in White with damage reported at Tyler Junior College in Tyler.

TYLER, Texas – The Eastern District of Texas, U.S. Attorney Brit Featherstone says the court indicted a Mount Vernon man on federal child exploitation charges. Zachary Arzola, also known as Zachary Castenada, 26, was named in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on April 19, 2023, charging him …

Ninety-four Paris ISD students competed in the global issues competition in Waco this past weekend. The following students placed at the state competition, with eleven advancing to the International Conference at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst on June 7-11, 2023. In Individual Global Issues Problem Solving (GIPS), Anna Echols …