Paris News

Paris and Lamar County narcotics officers and the Felony Crimes Unit served a felony warrant in the 300 block of 17th St.

Paris and Lamar County narcotics officers and the Felony Crimes Unit served a felony warrant in the 300 block of 17th St.

A final chapter was written this week in a multi-agency drug task force operation that cleared Lamar County roads and streets of some of the most active methamphetamine dealers of this decade.

A rise in burglaries and thefts in Lamar County is keeping the Lamar County Sheriff's Department and Paris Police Department busy, but there are ways to avoid being victimized, said Lamar County Sheriff B.J. McCoy.

Action by state lawmakers Thursday should release bond funds necessary for Texas Department of Transportation Paris District to assist in a proposed extension and straightening of South Collegiate Drive from Jefferson Road to Loop 286.

Both City Manager Kevin Carruth and Paris City Council members can glean useful information from the city manager's latest performance evaluation as well as from Carruth's formal response to its contents.

Residents and visitors can celebrate Independence Day both Friday and Saturday in Paris.

The search for a new police chief has narrowed to two high ranking Paris law enforcement officers - Bob Hundley, interim chief with the Paris Police Department and Ted Gibson, an investigator with Lamar County Sheriff's Department.

Doors to the new Choctaw Casino Resort opened here early today on U.S. 271 south of Hugo with hundreds of people trying their luck in the expanded facility, which the Choctaw Nation hopes to rival its Durant, Okla.

It's all about the chrome, the shine, the details, the rumble and a casual celebration of America's love affair with cars and Friday nights.

At a time Paris and Lamar County can use a little good news, the Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross has much to share.

A proposed $600 million expansion of Lamar Power Partners has been put on the back shelf, says Pete Kampfer, executive director of the Paris Economic Development Corp.

I, like many Americans, have reflected on the state of our Union recently. It seems hard not to, with all the talking heads and shouted opinions on both conservative and liberal 24-hour news programs.

All is not well with City Manager Kevin Carruth and two members of the Paris City Council as evidenced by the manager's latest six-month evaluation.

Concerned citizens against taxation will carry their concerns against government spending at a Paris TEA Party at the Lamar County Courthouse Saturday.

Cory Ward of Yantis and Scott Landers of Cooper, Project STEEM mentors at Texas A&M University-Commerce, are headed to Massachusetts Institute of Technology this fall.

The Paris City Council responded to property owner concerns Monday and tabled action on a new fire code, deciding instead to appoint a committee to study the proposed adoption of the 2006 International Fire Code.

And why wouldn't they? If you believed everything you saw and read in the national media, you wouldn't think it was still possible to publish a newspaper anymore.

Paris City Council members appear to be in agreement this week about an extension of South Collegiate Drive to S.E. Loop 286 to accommodate traffic to the new Paris High School, but how to finance the project estimated at more than $4 million remains uncertain.