Paris News

The Texas Power Grid is urging generators to come back online and stay online through Monday because of a demand that will likely break records this weekend. Professor Bob Hebner at the University of Texas says there are concerns about rolling brownouts because no system is perfect. The national weather …

The City of Paris Sanitation Department’s trash pickup schedule will change to one day a week beginning Monday. They initiated the change because of the increased worker shortage caused by declining morale. City Manager Grayson Path said of the 59 hires made last year, 56 have resigned. The new service …

E-Paris Extra is reporting in its online edition that the Paris Police Department released bodycam video of an officer-involved shooting that occurred last year. Officers worked a single-vehicle crash, and later located the alleged driver, Coco Carico, who brandished a handgun and threatened to blow his head off. He reportedly …

The Animal Protection League will set up at Atwood’s in Paris Saturday with low-cost dog and cat vaccines and spay/neutering. Vaccinations are available between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm and surgeries are only by appointment. For more information, call 903-439-2953 or 903-753-7387.

Much-needed baby formula has arrived in North Texas. A plane carrying a shipment of baby formula landed at DFW airport Thursday afternoon. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says the aircraft from Germany delivered 110,000 pounds of formula with more on the way. The baby formula will be available …

Gonzalo Lopez State Senator John Whitmire says prison escapee and murderer Gonzalo Lopez smuggled prison-made weapons aboard a bus on May 12 and used them to stab the driver and flee near Centerville and Texas says the Texas prison system dropped the ball. Whitmire says the other 15 inmates created …

North and Central Texas  Today and Tonight Thunderstorms are possible across parts of North Texas overnight into early Friday morning. Strong or severe wind gusts are possible across the Texoma region. Saturday through Thursday Expect exceptional heat on Saturday and Sunday, with temperatures between 100 and 108 degrees. Heat index …

INDICTMENTS – JUNE 9, 2022 29838 BOLYARD, TOBY DALE PCS < 1G 29839 CARTER, RONNIE GENE UUMV 29840 COWARD, WILLIAM CODY EVADING W/VEH W/DW 29841 DWYER, NICOLE MARIE EVADING W/VEH – C1 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF > $2,500 < $30K 29842 ELLIS, JASON WILLIAM PCS > 1G < 4G 29843 EVANS, SAMMY …

Guy William Younger Guy William Younger, 48, of Paris, was arrested at his residence at 3:20 Wednesday afternoon on a felony warrant charging him with publishing or threatening to publish intimate photographs. The warrant stemmed from a May 2022 investigation. They placed him in Lamar County Jail. Eric Dewayne Dillard …

On Tuesday, June 7, and Wednesday, June 8, 2022, Special Agents with the Texas Department of Public Safety conducted a solicitation of prostitution that led to seven arrests. The Texas State Penal Code 43.021. SOLICITATION OF PROSTITUTION. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly offers or agrees …