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Saturday, Nov 28 – 8:00 pm Where Confirmed Deceased Recovered Active Worldwide 62,550,616 1,457,505 42,691,845 18,323,809 The U.S. 13,608,696 272,254 8,041,238 5,295,204 Texas 1,240,273 21,918 980,622 237,733 Friday, Nov 20 – 8:00 pm Where Confirmed Deceased Recovered Active Worldwide 57,895,314 1,376,806 39,611,505 16,722,478 The U.S. 12,274,702 260,283 7,316,307 4,498,112 Texas ...

Detroit ISD will remain closed to students until December 8 because of concerns about COVID-19 exposure during Thanksgiving. Superintendent Kathie Thompson said they would not offer remote learning. The district had December 7 scheduled as teacher in-service day.

TxDOT Paris District For Nov. 29 – Dec. 5, 2020 TxDOT LAUNCHES DIGITAL HIGHWAY SIGN CONTEST Electronic highway signs statewide will display the top three winning messages AUSTIN – By now, most Texans have seen the informative and often witty messages above Texas highways on digital message boards that encourage ...

November 27, 2020 COVID-19 Update As of November 22, 2020, DSHS will be providing weekly updates to the county instead of daily. The DSHS reported numbers are as follows: Molecular: Cumulative – 800 Recoveries – 691 Active – 58 Fatalities – 51 Antigen since June 23: Cumulative – 776 Recoveries ...

Opportunities for dual credit students at Paris Junior College continue to expand, according to a report presented Monday evening, Nov. 23, to the PJC Board of Regents. Dual credit provides high school students the opportunity to earn both college and high school credit while enrolled in high school. The school ...

In June, former Marion County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Tina Harris threatened to sue Walmart and Marshall Police after leaving the store without paying through the self-checkout. Harris has now pleaded guilty to taking more than $750 in items without paying.

Dayton Shai Bonner Marshall Police arrested Dayton Shai Bonner, 21, of Longview, for criminal solicitation of a 13-year-old. The girl’s mother handed police social messages sent to her daughter by Bonner. He is in Harrison County Jail.

Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor Tuesday for violating his stay-at-home order this spring and will pay a $1,000 fine, court documents show. During the stay-at-home order in April, they caught the judge on camera going to his grandson’s birthday party. He was wearing firefighting equipment ...

Paris Police responded to a theft in the 1200-block of NE 20th St at 3:56 Tuesday afternoon. The victim said someone over the past month took approximately $10,000 worth of building materials. Missing are siding, flooring, and paint. The incident is under investigation. Paris Police responded to 69 calls for ...

For more than 30 years, the professionally trained turkey experts who make up the Turkey Talk-Line have answered turkey-related questions each holiday season. Open every November and December. Our 50+ experts answer more than 100,000 questions for thousands of households around the United States and Canada. It all began in ...

Are you planning on using your 6-Quart Express Crock Multi-Cooker for your Thanksgiving dinner? Home appliance maker Sunbeam has recalled more than 940,000 of them. They sold the products in the U.S. and Canada at Walmart, Target, and other retail stores nationwide and online at Amazon and other online retailers ...

Cheri Bedford, City of Paris’ Main Street Coordinator and Historic Preservation, says Paris canceled the Christmas Tree Lightning for Saturday (Nov 28). Instead, it will be virtual lighting because of COVID in the community. Paris is working with a company and plans something virtual and fun with the city employees. ...

COVID forecasts from now until February are dire. Dr. Peter Hotez, with the Baylor College of Medicine, expects 400,000 Americans will have succumbed to the virus by February. The good news, of course, is vaccines are coming. He says the difference between now and before word of vaccines is in ...

Jessica Ashley Rodriguez During a chase, Hopkins County Deputy had to stop and get gas. However, Lamar County picked up the slack with a stop stick on US 271 north of Paris. The chase ended Monday night in a wreck and felony arrest of Jessica Ashley Mannino, 28, who gave ...

The 123rd District Court accuses Gregory Newson, 48, of Louisiana, shooting and killing Panola County Deputy Christopher Dickerson last New Year’s Eve. Allegedly, Newsom abruptly jumped out of his vehicle and opened fire when Dickerson pulled him over around 2:00 am in Carthage. Officials captured Newson following a chase and ...

Thanksgiving Day should be pleasant and dry. High temperatures will range from the upper 60s in the northeast to near 80 in the west. Clouds will increase from the south throughout the day with southerly winds near 5 to 15 mph. A healthy storm system will move through the Southern ...

Tuesday, a fisherman found the body of Brenda Leftwich, the missing Lone Star woman Tuesday, six days after she disappeared. Last Wednesday evening, friends and video saw Brenda walking south on Highway 259 back to her apartment complex in Lone Star south of Daingerfield. Her body was on the shore ...

Lamar County COVID-19 report for 11/24/2020: 31 – New Cases 2,628 – Total Cases 55 – Deaths

Texas reported 20,398 new Covid cases on Tuesday. Texas also reported 194 deaths.