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Photo by Tony Corso tonycorsoimages.com The Paris City Council has approved a Tax Increment Re-Investment zone for the downtown area and five contiguous areas. Funding for the zone will be from city taxes on the increased property values in the area for the next 30 years. The council also voted …

North Texas-based Dean Foods, America’s largest milk processor, filed for bankruptcy Tuesday as the average consumption of milk dropped from 24 gallons per person per year in 1996 to 17 gallons now. Despite the announcement, the company plans to continue operating its facilities nationwide. The company said it may sell …

No arrests have been made but the investigation is continuing into the fatal shooting of a Northeast Texas man in a home invasion robbery. Reportedly, 29-year-old Craig Garner was murdered after the suspect kicked in the door of his apartment in Texarkana. Garner had just gotten married and his wife …

A house on CR 3608 off FM 71 near the Sulphur Bluff community was destroyed by fire on Tuesday afternoon. Hopkins County Fire Chief Andy Endsley said heat from the blaze ignited ammunition inside the house. The cause of the fire was undetermined. Fire officials will be on the scene …

Two men are dead after a collision south of Mabank Tuesday afternoon between a pickup and an SUV. Troopers say for an unknown reason, the driver of the SUV lost controlled and hit the pickup head-on. The driver of the SUV, 20-year-old Jeremy Lee Case and 18-year-old passenger Everett Rains …

Dameon Mosley Smith County jail The Smith County jury in the Dameon Mosley capital murder trial is set to hear closing arguments and begin deliberations today. Mosley, who is 28, could be sentenced to death if convicted in the shooting death of 62-year-old Billy Stacks of Tyler. Stacks, a former …

Harrison County Jail An East Texas woman is guilty of posing as a registered nurse to work at Davita Dialysis in Marshall. Reportedly, 31-year-old Stephanie Garcia pleaded guilty in Harrison County to violation of nursing regulations and fraudulent use of information. She had used another person’s nursing license number to …

Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum November 12, 2019 HOPKINS COUNTY, TX –   On Friday, November 8, 2019, at approximately 3:07 pm, Linda Vaughn contacted the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) requesting assistance at her son’s residence. Vaughn stated that she did not know what had occurred but that her daughter-n-law, …

  3— from left, Jessica Mejia, Giselle Arrellano, Maria Carrillo, and Daisy Urista hold a sleeping pup 8—from left Khia Shaw and Mahogany Grundy take their turn with the animals available for adoption   Contact: Kelly Cowan   Mount Pleasant High School Furr Ever Friends  Mount Pleasant High School’s newest …

A regular meeting of the Sulphur Springs ISD school board was held Monday, November 11, 2019. PUBLIC FORUM No one requested to address the Board. Sherry McGraw conducted a public meeting regarding the 2019 Financial Accountability Rating, which is based on the school year 2017-2018 data. The District received a …

The Police Chief of Mannford, Oklahoma, was killed in a Florida hotel room over the weekend. One of his officers has been arrested in connection with his death. Investigators say the men had been staying at a Hilton on Pensacola Beach for a law enforcement conference when a fight broke …

The Rotary Club of Paris United achieved the Citation Award with two Presidential Distinction Awards for the 2018-2019 year. The Citation was presented to current year President Alex Fowzer at the Rotary District meeting. He then presented the award to last year’s President, Andy Cobb.

The Paris Economic Development Corporation will meet at 5:30 this evening in a special session and immediately convene into a closed Executive Session. The topic, according to the agenda is Executive Director Michael Paris. The agenda calls for the commission to “deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or …

Fire heavily damaged a building Monday morning at 7:00 on Plaza Street across from the Grand Theater in downtown Paris. The blaze broke out at about 6:45 am Monday and firefighters responded with multiple trucks. Early reports indicated the building as unoccupied and no injuries were reported. Significant damage was …

It was an epic Monday night football game between Seattle and San Francisco. The 49ers tied the game at 24 with six seconds left to send it to overtime. Then, a 42-yard field goal from Seahawk Jason Myers and SF suffered its first loss of the year, 27-24. The College …

SWEPCO wants to use more wind power to generate electricity. They are proposing to purchase enough wind facilities to power 200,000 homes. Hearings will begin in February before the Texas Utility Commission and a decision is expected by July.

Mugs Shots Not Available Hopkins County Deputies arrested 32-year-old Amber Rebecca Lee for Possession of a Controlled Substance with bond set at $5,000. She was also charged on two Hunt County warrants for bond forfeiture for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Marijuana. No bond amount was set …

State Troopers arrested a Big Sandy man for felony possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana. Reportedly, 39-year-old Johnathan Curtis Vinson faces fines on warrants for no hunting license, agriculture trespass, and no hunter’s education and three outstanding traffic tickets. Bond i  $11,000.