Monday | Paris Texas
The completion of the most recent Texas 24 expansion north of Cooper to Texas 19 whets the appetite of Northeast Texans, particularly those in Delta and Lamar counties.
Class covers duties of four departments
Week two of the Citizens Police Academy took participants through emergency communications, the records division, animal control services and crime prevention.
Downpours of rain and blowing winds have made October in Paris a record month. The .82 inches of rain recorded Thursday at Texas Department of Transportation's weather monitoring station on North Main pushed the monthly total for October to 15.92 inches.
Voters to decide on constitutional amendments
Lamar County voters will go to the polls Tuesday to cast votes on 11 constitutional amendments, all of which have gained the support of state Rep.
Commissioners support Rails to Trails project
Lamar County Commissioners put their stamp of approval on a Rails to Trails project Monday by voting support of an application for a grant for funds for a pedestrian, biking, equine trail from the eastern city limit of Reno to the eastern boundary of the county.
Leaders, businesses noted at banquet
No matter what size a community, the rules for a Chamber of Commerce never change, keynote speaker Art Roberts told a packed audience at Love Civic Center on Tuesday at the 105th annual Lamar Chamber of Commerce banquet.
LC Commissioners to ponder grant applications
Lamar County Commissioners will be busy at their regular meeting Monday in the Lamar County Courthouse with consideration of several grant applications.
ATCOG to review grant applications
The executive committee of Ark-Tex Council of Governments is to consider several area grant applications when it meets at 10 a.m. Thursday in Omaha.
LC Chamber prepares for annual banquet
The Lamar County Chamber of Commerce begins a new fiscal year with a celebration of achievements of the past 12 months.
Fulbright pleads guilty, sentenced to 30 year
An 18-year-old Paris man has pleaded guilty to robbing a convenience store on Loop 286 and beating the clerk with a shotgun in April 2008.
Clarence Wesley Haley, sentenced to 45 years in prison by a Lamar County jury for failing to register as a convicted sex offender, has lost his appeal before the 6th Appellate District of Texas in Texarkana.
Outstanding educators reflect well on NE Texa
It is no small accomplishment for a school administrator to be named Outstanding Assistant Principal of the Year from one of the state's 20 regions.
Bad times aggravate domestic violence
It has been 15 years since the Violence Against Women Act was signed into law, and by all accounts the long-over due, and sadly-needed legislation has more than proven itself effective.
LC Commissioners approve road closings
Lamar County Commissioners gave their approval to close some county roads near Roxton for a Saturday, Nov.
The rain falls in record amounts
With almost three months to go in 2009, Lamar County residents already have watched the skies dump record rainfall.
Lamar County Commissioners to meet Monday
Appointments, grants and unforeseen revenues top the Lamar County Commissioners agenda Monday.
Special concert honors first voice teacher
Michael Brown has gone on to a successful career as a gospel singer, but has never forgotten who gave him his start.
In the face of domestic violence
Jennifer Stephens will be the first person to admit her marriage was on the rocks, but she will also be the first person to say she did not deserve the physical abuse she allegedly fell victim to Sunday afternoon from her soon-to-be ex-husband. While the couple's 3-year-old son and the husband's two daughters alledgedly watched, a yelling match ...
Chisum ISD closes campuses until Thursday
Chisum Independent School District is closed today and Wednesday due to excessive illness.
Long-time Paris attorney Jess Nickerson has announced he will seek the Democratic nomination for County Court at Law Judge in the March 2 Democratic primary.
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