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Tajuan Montrell Morgan Paris Police responded to the 1300-block of Clarksville Thursday morning at 7:40 about a criminal trespass. Officers learned that Tajuan Montrell Morgan, 42, of Paris, had outstanding felony warrants. Morgan tried to run, but they apprehended him with a brief altercation. Officers charged him with failing to ...

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING TIME:                   9:00 A.M. DATE:                   Monday, January 25, 2021 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 ...

Lamar County COVID-19 Report for 1/20/2021 thru 1/21/2021: No additional deaths. There are 11 new cases. Total cases: 5,141 Total PCR: 2,352 Total antigen: 2,696 Total antibody: 138 There are 89 total deaths.

Texas reported 21,878 new COVID-19 cases and 444 deaths Thursday. The rolling 14-day total is 297,836.

If you are diagnosed with having COVID by a doctor, you can qualify for an IV treatment that should make your illness easier and keep you out of overcrowded hospitals. There are many, many places, all over Texas administering Bam-lan-ivi-mab and the Regeneron cocktail. You will need a doctor’s prescription. ...

Officials at Paris Regional Medical Center say the number of COVID patients at the hospital dropped this week. Last week, there were 60 COVID patients in the hospital, and this week the number is between 35 and 40. PRMC Communications Director Savannah Abbott says that number is still high and ...

President Joe Biden The Biden Administration officials moved Thursday quickly to reverse Trump administration policies on energy and the environment. They announced a 60-day suspension of new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits for U.S. lands and waters. The order did not ban new drilling outright. It also applies ...

Maureen Hammond Paris Economic Development Corp. Executive Director Maureen Hammond told directors that Skinner Bakery is eligible for a $300,000 job retention program at this week’s meeting. The money is in connection with a rail spur project to the plant. According to Hammond, Skinner currently has 244 full-time employees, and ...

Brant Lee McGinnis A District Court sentenced 38-year-old Brant Lee McGinnis, of Hopkins County, connected with his nine-year-old daughter’s life and injuring his 11-year-old daughter. McGinnis pleaded guilty to Intoxication Manslaughter with a Vehicle and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. District Judge Eddie Northcutt gave him ten years’ probation ...

Officials arrested two Wood County men for failure to register as sex offenders. Deputies placed Lonnie Drury of Alba, and Adam Pate, of Mineola in the Wood County Jail. Drury and Pate are each held on a $75,000 bond.

A 16-year-old Northeast Texas capital murder defendant will be moved from a juvenile detention center to the Bowie County Jail next month on his birthday. Antonio Grigsby Jr. and his adult co-defendant, 20-year-old Christopher Cross, are accused in the December 2019 fatal shooting of 18-year-old Amilleon Jackson.

All students and staff on campus at Baylor will have to get tested for COVID-19 once a week. The school is operating its testing lab to streamline that process, and it’s working with Dallas-based “My Labs Direct” to operate three testing sites on campus. They can handle up to three-thousand ...

JOINT AGENDA NORTHEAST TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND ARK-TEX COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING January 28, 2021, The Northeast Texas Economic Development District (NETEDD) and the Executive Committee of the Ark-Tex Council of Governments (ATCOG) will meet at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, January 28, 2021, via teleconference/webinar. Use the following ...

Lions welcome UT Tyler for the weekend set. COMMERCE – The Texas A&M University-Commerce men’s basketball team returns to action in the Field House this weekend, hosting UT-Tyler for a pair of games on Friday and Saturday.  WHO: UT Tyler at A&M-Commerce  WHERE: Commerce | The Field House WHEN: 7:30 pm on Friday, ...

No new additional deaths. There were 11 new cases. Total cases: 5,141 Total PCR: 2,352 Total antigen: 2,696 Total antibody: 138 There are 89 total deaths.* *Texas DSHS Coronavirus Dashboard lists 117 deaths

SHERMAN, Texas: According to Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei, the Eastern District of Texas sentenced a 47-year-old Arlington, Texas woman to federal prison for a bankruptcy fraud scheme. Cotriena Machelle Embers pleaded guilty on August 10, 2020, to bankruptcy fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft and was sentenced to ...

Instructor Bryce Walker, right, points out important aspects of a truck to a class of future operators as he conducts a truck driving school at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center. Observing Walker’s instructions are, from left, Stanley Tolbert, Roy Brannon, Jeremey Herndon, Jeremy Davis, and taking a close look in front ...

We’ve been busy here at the Chamber to start the 2021 year! I have a ‘Save the Date’ for you! Please save the date for our annual Chamber Golf Tournament on Friday, April 9, and let’s hope for beautiful weather and so much fun! Ribbon-cuttings: Rythmic Productions Music Studio hosted ...

Thursday, Jan 21 – 4:00 pm Where Confirmed Decease Recovered Active Worldwide` 97,938,465 2,095,566 70,096,410 25,465,722 The U.S. 25,125,694 418,615 15,034,561 9,672,518 Texas 2,192,450 33,702 1,776,393 382,355   Sunday, Dec 20 – 7:00 pm Where Confirmed Deceased Recovered Active Worldwide` 77,149,840 1,699,099 53,563,165 21,725,321 The U.S. 18,260,106 342,844 10,617,646 7,317,616 ...

Molecular & Antigen Cumulative Cases: 2,530 Molecular & Antigen Cumulative Recoveries: 2,293 Fatalities: 87   DSHS Coronavirus Dashboard shows 89 deaths Total Active: 150 There are 26 patients in the COVID Unit. As of 6:00 pm Wednesday, January 20, 2021, a total of 8,418 COVID tests have been performed at the ...