Lamar County News

Students at Chisum Elementary listen to Mark Parsons, Criminal Investigator with the IRS talk about the tracker they use to find the "bad guys". Students learned about his training and how he uses skills he learned in elementary to help him in his current job.

Healthcare has recently become a concern on a national level and with the many options out there for a family practitioner or medical Doctor; it is difficult to decide which is best for you and your loved ones.

What a gorgeous Mother's Day weekend! Paris, Texas was alive with spring time joy and the weather was perfect for shopping at the 52nd Annual Paris Art Fair.

Paris Texas has "lotz" to celebrate! On May 10, 2013 the line was thick as people gathered for their chance to win a year's worth of free sandwiches from our newest addition of food choices "Schlotzsky's" & Cinnabon.

Over seven days of early voting during the past two weeks, 86 residents of City Council District 5 went to the polls to choose between incumbent councilman Matt Frierson, 38, and challenger Danny Booth, 42.

Spring is here and with the sunshine comes the bounty of the earth. Sprouting from the ground and reaching for the sky, the bounty is plentiful this year at the Farmers Market! On May 4th, 2013 shoppers and merchants from all over the area gathered at Market Square to celebrate the seasonal opening of our local market.

Two persons were arrested on Thursday afternoon by Reno Police officers, after being found to be in possession of prescription drugs without the prescription and drug paraphernalia, according to Reno Police Chief Matt Birch.

Boulware also made a vague threat about churches and schools in the area. Police say he'd been on the run for nearly a day and had taken several weapons from his brother's home in Paris.

State sales tax revenue in March was $1.98 billion, up 5.5 percent compared to March 2012 - the 36th consecutive month that sales tax revenue has increased in Texas.

Grab you little cowboys and cowgirls and head down to the 54th Annual Paris rodeo this weekend, May 2-4, at the Lamar County Fairgrounds.

On April 23, 2013 Lamar County Detectives executed a search warrant in the 3500 BLK of FM 196 North in the Blossom community and recovered a stolen welder reported to the Lamar County Sheriff's Office in a Burglary of a Building.

He cried while re-living the incident through the voice recorder in his truck taken at the time of the killing.