Paris News

The Paris Junior College Choir performed at a previous event in the DeShong Chapel. A busy week is on tap from the Paris Junior College music department, with free events on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings.The Spring Voice, Piano and Guitar Student Recital will be held at 7 p.m. on …

McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel reports a bomb threat was called in by an unidentified individual last Thursday, and they initiated an emergency evacuation. They evacuated all patients, doctors, nurse practitioners, and nursing staff to an off-site location. Idabel Police, McCurtain County Deputies, and the Choctaw Nation Tribal Police searched …

East Texas authorities are searching for 56-year-old Larry Bob Ballard, Jr. of Cass County. He’s a person with diabetes who has been missing since Thursday. He’s a white male, 5-8, weighing 200 pounds. Friends last saw him near County Road 2116 and 2118, where his truck was stuck. Missing Person. …

Stacey Ladell On Thursday, April 27, officers worked a disturbance in the 900 block of Dixon. Upon arrival, they met two victims who informed them that Stacey Ladell had threatened one of the victims with a baseball bat. Ladell was still on the scene and detained. A warrant check revealed …

They reached a $7 million settlement concerning the death of a female inmate at the Bi-State Jail in Texarkana. The suit was against Louisiana-based LaSalle Corrections, Bowie County, and several guards and medical staff. In 2019, Holly Barlow-Austin, 46, died at the Bi-State Jail in Texarkana after they arrested her …

The Paris News reports that retired Paris Fire Department Captain Corey Johnson was attacked with a baseball bat by a Red River County man at the beginning of April. Lamar County Deputies responded to an address in Pattonville and found Johnson lying on the ground. They arrested Adam Joseph Bean …

The annual Sulphur Springs Rotary Club’s “Claws with a Cause” benefit crawfish boil is Saturday beginning at 5 on Celebration Plaza in downtown Sulphur Springs. In addition to all the crawfish you can eat  there will be potatoes sausage and corn. Adult beverages will be available and music will be …

North and Central Texas Expect numerous showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Storms will develop west of the I-35 corridor by mid-afternoon and spread eastward through the evening along a cold front. Large hail and damaging winds are the primary threats, but a few tornadoes are also possible. After …

Michael Short Wednesday morning at 9:54, an officer arrested Michael Short on N. Main at the Parole Office for a Parole Violation warrant. Short was booked and placed in the Lamar County Jail. Officers made 25 traffic stops, arrested four, and answered 109 calls for service on April 26, 2023.

Paris High School UIL academic students recently competed at the Regional meet in Commerce. Five students, some in multiple events, will compete at the State UIL meet held in Austin on May 17, 2023. The top two finishers in each event advance to the State Academic Meet. The Paris High …