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Henderson County deputies made a major drug bust involving the deadly fentanyl.  Investigators executed a search warrant on a residence in Malakoff and seized a large quantity of blue M30 fentanyl pills, suspected cocaine and a large amount of cash. Thirty-two-year-old Vanoid Leroy Dawson Jr. of Malakoff, is charged with …

By Kristen Segar Making financial literacy accessible Historically, financial literacy has been out of reach for many students in the U.S. At A&M-Commerce, around 67% of students are first-generation, which means their families may not be familiar with the economic aspects of higher education and, therefore, cannot provide information or …

  Wednesday night at 10:42, Paris Officers conducted a traffic stop in the 200 block of Lamar Avenue for traffic violations and smelled a strong odor of marijuana emitting from the vehicle. The passenger, Jataurius Keshaun Council, 24, consented to search his person. Officers found a baggie containing a usable …

  A 19-year-old man could face a second capital murder charge after the death of the second victim in a July 6 robbery and shooting. Malaki Scott Beckham remains in custody at the Bi-State Detention Center on a $2 million bond. The victim, Nicholas Webster, 19, died July 18 at CHRISTUS …

Showers and embedded thunderstorms will increase today across much of the region ahead of an upper-level disturbance that will remain stationary across Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas. Given the very moist and unstable air mass in place, locally gusty winds and heavy rainfall will be possible in stronger storms, with …