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North Lamar ISD Superintendent Kelli Stewart reported at this week’s school board meeting that 83  students had been quarantined as the result of 4 High School students testing positive for the coronavirus. Another high school student tested positive, and the number of quarantines will increase.  Each campus has a 4 ...

Ryan McCray On September 17, Paris Police Detectives executed a search warrant in the 1600-block of Belmont. Detectives located Ryan McCray and found that he had outstanding warrants out of Grayson County Sheriff’s Office for Aggravated Kidnapping with a Deadly Weapon and Aggravated Robbery (2 counts). McCray had possession of ...

The Bogata City council is two members short, after Mayor Vincent Lum and councilman Don Roach resigned and needs a special election to fill the board. The Red River County Commissioners Court could call a special election if they receive a petition with at least 26 signatures. In Bogata, city ...

North Lamar ISD Superintendent Kelli Stewart reported at this week’s school board meeting that 83 students quarantined because of four High School students testing positive for Coronavirus. Another high school student tested positive, and the number of quarantines will increase. Each campus has a four-person committee established to conduct contact ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Education Agency has launched its coronavirus dashboard showing Texas public school case data. As of Thursday afternoon, the dashboard shows 2,344 positive cases out of 1.1 million students learning in-person. DSHS says that’s less than .5 percent of the total ...

The Governor issued Executive Orders expanding occupancy levels to 75% for restaurants, retail stores, office buildings, manufacturing facilities, gyms, exercise facilities, classes, museums, and libraries. He also announced re-authorizing elective surgeries for a majority of the state of Texas. Additionally, the Governor said that visitation could resume September 24 at ...

Brenham, Texas-based Blue-Bell Ice Cream, has been ordered to pay a record $17.25 million in criminal penalties after shipments of contaminated products were found to be linked to a 2015 listeria outbreak. Blue Bell pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of distributing adulterated ice cream products. They linked at least ...

They officially renamed Interstate 30 between Dallas County and the Hunt County lines as Ralph M. Hall Highway. A ceremony commemorating the congressman’s naming occurred at Rockwall County’s Courthouse.

Xavier Lavar French Bowie County A Northeast Texas man pleaded guilty in Bowie County to Aggravated Robbery and Aggravated Kidnapping. Reportedly, 20-year-old Xavier Lavar French held a gun to a two-year-old’s head while demanding money from the child’s mother. He also allegedly pistol-whipped the mother. French opted to have a ...

The Hughes Springs Volunteer Fire Department has received a federal grant of more than $56,000. The funding comes from the FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Program.

(AUSTIN) — The Texas Comptroller’s office approved and paid $300 million in unclaimed property claims during the past fiscal year, Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today. The second time the Comptroller’s office has returned more than $300 million in unclaimed property in a fiscal year. In fiscal 2019, the Comptroller’s office returned ...

  Would-be Murderer and Child Rapist used the Dark Web to try Necrophilia and Cannibalism. A 23-year-old Joaquin, Texas man has been sentenced for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox. Alexander Nathan Barter pleaded guilty on December 20, 2019, to attempted ...

5 – new positive cases 0 – new recoveries 291 – cumulative cases 219 – recoveries 72 – active 8 – patients in the COVID Unit Positive antigen tests from testing facilities within Hopkins County from September 4, 2020 to September 11, 2020 at 3pm: 20… Not updated! *These reflect ...

TIME: 9:00 am DATE: Monday, September 21, 2020 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 ...

Notice, now given that a Special Meeting of the Lamar County Commissioners’ Court will be on the 21st day of September 2020, at 9:00 am. It is in the Commissioners’ Courtroom located on the first floor of the Lamar County Courthouse, 119 North Main Street, Paris, Texas, at which time ...

ENLOE, Texas – The 10 department members of Enloe Volunteer Fire Department used their talents to convert a 2.5-ton Stewart Stevenson into a firefighting apparatus.        ENLOE, Texas – The ten department members of Enloe Volunteer Fire Department used their talents to convert a 2.5-ton Stewart Stevenson into a ...

Legendary Texas High School Football Coach Ken Purcell will be at Paris Wildcat Stadium, Monday night September, 21, at 7:30 pm. There is no charge, and we invite the public along with all area coaches and athletes. Purcell is also a FOX Sports Southwest commentator.

  From Sulphur Springs ISD Assistant Superintendent Josh Williams In keeping with SSISD’s practices to respond to COVID-19, we are notifying you that a lab-confirmed a student to have COVID-19 was present at our middle school on September 11. A student at Douglas ECLC also tested positive and was on ...