Paris News

Charles George Bell, Jr. Paris Police responded to a theft in the 1900-block of Lamar Ave at 8:33 last Friday morning. Officers identified the suspect as Charles George Bell, Jr. They located Bell in a room with other people, having an outstanding Lamar County felony warrant charging him with the …

Yaqub Salik Talib Lancaster Police are searching for a man suspected of shooting and killing a youth football league coach on Saturday evening. It occurred before 9:00 Sunday night at Lancaster Community Park. Police named Yaqub Salik Talib as the suspect in the shooting and issued a warrant for his …

A father accidentally shot his nine-year-old son last Tuesday, killing him. It happened at home on Abbey Park Court in the Acton Area of Hood County. The Texas Rangers are investigating alongside the Hood County Sheriff’s Office. They took the boy by air ambulance to Cooks Children’s Hospital in Fort …

The Texas Health and Human Services Department has been awarded a two-year, $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It’s to ensure funds used in the SNAP or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program go only to those in need of them. HHSC’s Kelly Weldon says her agency has prevented more …

Lilandria Shiaire Bell Paris Police responded to shots fired call in the 300-block of E. Grove Friday morning and found the body of 39-year-old Alicia Marie Turner lying in the yard. Officers located a second victim, Jakellia Turner, with a gunshot wound to her legs, who is the daughter of …

Paris City Manager Grayson Path The budget proposed by Paris City Manager Grayson Path includes a one-cent drop in the tax rate to about 44 cents per $100 valuation, with property owner’s tax bill going up, however, because of the increase in property values. The budget includes hiring two new …

Caitlyn Rose Case The OSBI has joined in the investigation of a missing Louisiana woman. Thirty-three-year-old Caitlyn Rose Case left Louisiana on August 4, and her family says they lost contact with her while she was traveling on Hwy 271 between Paris and Hugo. They found her vehicle Friday along …

The Paris Economic Development Corporation will meet at City Hall at 5:30 Tuesday, August 16. Members will award a contract for a new website for the PEDC. Members will also meet in closed executive sessions to discuss economic development projects.

Titus Regional Medical Center has confirmed that a person treated as an outpatient has the monkeypox virus. TRMC is working closely with the Department of State Health Services and following their guidance for individuals who were at risk of possible exposure. Monkeypox spreads by direct contact from person to person, …