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  Thursday, a Paris Captain with Criminal Investigations continued the investigation into the Arson and Terroristic Threat reported on Wednesday night. It was in the 500 block of NE 12th Street, where a subject had started a fire from a small pot with the intent to set fire to a …

The Social Security Administration (SSA) says millions of Social Security recipients will receive a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January. Agency officials said retirees’ cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, translates to an average monthly increase of more than $50. About 72.5 million people, including retirees, disabled people, …

The Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) said that work continued on Thursday to demolish Hallsville’s H.W. Pirkey Power Plant. According to SWEPCO’s parent company, American Electric Power, the retiring and dismantling of the lignite plant’s stacks and boiler in Hallsville is part of their plan to transition to net-zero carbon …

After a North Richland Hills man, Lonnie Dorsey, 72, died this week in ICU from a horrific bee attack. He had been in the hospital for two weeks after doing yard work outside his home when the swarm of bees came out of a tree and attacked him. Witnesses said …

  COMET Tsuchinshan (SUCH-suh-CHAIN)-ATLAS is coming to our western evening sky. The comet will be visible in the evening for several days, beginning on Friday, October 11. It would help if you looked toward the sky to the west near the horizon above where the sun sat. Each successive night, …

  Paris Wildcat football players helped students during parent drop-off Thursday morning at Lamar County Head Start. The players not only assisted but also brought a sense of excitement and joy to the morning routine. Their presence was a delightful surprise for the young children, who looked up to them …

  Paris Independent School District is proud to announce the selection of Junior Police Officers from their elementary campuses. This selection was a collaborative effort, with the principals and campus police officers working together to choose one junior officer from each campus. They recognized each junior officer at a recent …

Paris High School Blue Blazes Band will host the first “Kitty Litter Klassic,” Paris Wildcats, North Lamar Panthers, Sulphur Springs Wildcats, and Celina Bobcats on Saturday, October 19. They give each band a morning time slot for a clinician with judges. Throughout the morning sessions, each band will have the …

  DALLAS – October 10, 2024– We are saddened by the recent news regarding our home, Fair Park. We want to reiterate that the State Fair of Texas is not involved in the dispute between Fair Park First, OVG360, and the City of Dallas. This dispute is related to Fair Park’s …

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is deciding the fate of a controversial immigration program. DACA shields illegal immigrant kids who their parents brought into the U.S. Texas is suing to stop it. However, Nina Perales, who heads the civil rights group MALDEF, denied claims that Texas uses state resources for …

  The 2024-25 season of the Paris Community Theater continues this weekend with the comedy “Over the River and Through the Woods” at the Plaza Theater in downtown Paris. Show times are 7:30 pm Friday, October 11, and Saturday, October 12, on Sunday at 2:30. Tickets are available at pctonstage.com, …

The American Red Cross of Greater North Texas desperately needs volunteers and donations as the organization provides relief to hurricane-ravaged areas in the southeast. The region is still in recovery from Hurricane Helene, which killed more than 230 people and devastated parts of Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, and Tennessee. …

St. James Catholic Church in Sulphur Springs is sponsoring a Hurricane Relief Drive to help those in need following the devastation caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. They’ll be accepting donations at the church on Texas St. this Sunday from 2:00 pm until 7:00 pm. In addition to monetary donations, …

Prepare for a spine-tingling adventure at the Haunted Stage at Main Street Theatre in Sulphur Springs. The “Ghost’s Lock In” is not for the faint-hearted. The Escape Room adventure is tonight, at 5:30, 7:00, and 8:30 pm, and tomorrow every 90 minutes from 10:00 am until 8:30 pm. For more …

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING TIME: 9:00 AM DATE: Monday, October 14, 2024 PLACE: In The Commissioners’ Courtroom On The First Floor Of The Hopkins County Courthouse Located At 118 Church St., Sulphur Springs, TX. Invocation Pledge Of Allegiance To The Flag AMERICAN FLAG: TEXAS FLAG: “Honor The Texas Flag; I Pledge Allegiance To …

The Salvation Army continues to provide widespread support in multiple states impacted by Hurricane Helene while Florida responds to the aftereffects of Hurricane Milton. They have deployed Lt. Paul Chisholm from The Salvation Army of Paris to support the ongoing relief efforts. Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a …

The 2015 black Chrysler 200 reported stolen on Tuesday from the 2300 block of North Main Street was recovered in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Officers arrested the suspect in Vicksburg, and the Northeast Texas Auto Theft Task Force will follow up on the investigation.   Wednesday afternoon at 12:58, an officer spotted …

MLB Wednesday ALDS Game 3 Tigers (2-1) 3 – Guardians (1-2) 0 Yankees (2-1) 3 – Royals (1-2) 2 NLDS Game 4 Mets (3-1) 4 – Phillies (1-3) 1 Dodgers (2-2) 8 – Padres (2-2) 0 A group of nearly 12 Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers walked toward Petco Park’s center-field …

  The impacts of Hurricane Helene can be felt even in areas that weren’t in the storm’s path. They are closely monitoring a nationwide shortage of IV fluids caused by Helene and the damage it caused to a significant manufacturing facility. Meanwhile, Hurricane Milton landed near Siesta Key in Sarasota …

A Miller County man, Lee Wallace Erwin, Jr., 66, of Texarkana, AR, is facing 231 counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child on the arraignment docket for Tuesday. They arrested Erwin on September 12 and charged him with internet stalking of a child, …