Paris News

The Delta Waterfowl Lamar County Chapter “End of Season Extravaganza” is Friday, March 15, at Love Civic Center. Doors Open at 5:30, and dinner is at 7:00 pm. The evening features live and silent auctions, dinner, and prizes. Tickets are available at deltawaterfowl.org.

Because of the weather, the United Way of Lamar County’s “Kids Marathon Kick-Off”‘ was rescheduled for Tuesday, March 19, at 5:00 pm. The Kick-Off will still be at the Trail de Paris, Love Civic Center entrance. Participants will receive a free t-shirt and their running log and run the first …

What would your child put in their very own museum? Join the Maxey house during Spring Break to find out! Kids ages 5 to 13 can make their mini-museum with mini artifacts. The mini museums will be shoebox size. We will talk about the different types of museums and what …

Friday afternoon at 3:35, Paris ISD’s Resource Officer (SRO) requested assistance in the 600 block of South Collegiate Drive. Officers found a traffic hazard, a subject in his motorized wheelchair had wheeled down the sidewalk in front of the school and had stopped in the exit driveway to the school, …

The Weather Prediction Center has a slight risk of excessive rainfall on Thursday. Friday into the weekend, expect heavy rain farther south. The Storm Prediction Center has refigured the Slight Risk for Severe Storms on Thursday to cover almost all of our area. It will bear watching. Otherwise, be prepared …

On Thursday, a semifinal game of “Jeopardy’s” Tournament of Champions aired in which Jared Watson of Greenville earned a very hard-fought second place. Watson’s reputation as a heavy hitter on “Jeopardy!” began in June last year, when he had a three-game winning streak, followed in December by an invitation to …

Saturday, Alesha Marie Sexton, 33, of Caddo Mills, falsely informed Hunt County Sheriff’s Office, along with Caddo Mills Police Department units, that a man with a gun was chasing her on CR 2134. Other calls started coming in that a female subject in the area of CR 2134 was beating …

The Texas Tribune reports that a federal judge in Texas rejected a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday. It was against a Biden administration immigration program that allows up to 360,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to legally migrate to the U.S. U.S. District Judge …

A 28-year-old Antlers woman has died after a crash in Pushmataha County Sunday morning. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports Brittney Kazy was driving her SUV on Oklahoma Hwy-3 when she ran off the road, overcorrected, and then drove off the other side. The car overturned, ejecting her. They pronounced her …

The Paris Junior College Board of Regents met Thursday, March 7 and received the formal recommendations from the PJC Presidential Search Committee of three finalists for the next President of the College. The Paris Junior College Board of Regents met Thursday, March 7, and received the formal recommendations from the …