Texas sales tax collections for sales made in March and for sales made in the first quarter of the year by quarterly filers topped more than $1 billion.
May 29 through 31 is the annual Texas Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday weekend.
All Lamar County communities continued to see strong sales, particularly in Roxton. Most county seats also saw sales tax revenues grow.
Texas cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts will receive $762.5 million in local sales tax allocations for March, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said. That’s down 0.5% from March 2020. The allocations are based on sales made in January by businesses that repor…
The lifting of Gov. Greg Abbott’s statewide mask mandate Wednesday as active Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to fall has left the decision as to whether to require students to wear masks up to local school boards.
Anita Gail Moody, 57, of Cooper, was sentenced Tuesday on charges she pleaded guilty to on June 5, 2020. Moody also agreed to pay more than $11.13 million in restitution.
Although many area schools were off today for President's Day or for a teacher in-service day, some are planning to stay physically closed for the week due to the severe winter weather that's blanketed Texas in ice and snow.
With winter weather coming and after a deadly 130-vehicle pileup on an icy Interstate 35 near Fort Worth, NWS meteorologists are warning that today may be the last good day to prepare for several days of snow and ice.
It was Mardi Gras in Delta County on Saturday evening, as the Delta County Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual celebration.
A year-long investigation into allegations of animal abuse in Cooper is now in the hands of the county attorney, according to local law enforcement.
This story is part of a multi-story project on the Top Ten stories of 2020 as chosen by the newspaper’s editorial staff, based on online readership statistics, hard copy sales and community feedback.
This story is part of a multi-story project on the Top Ten stories of 2020 as chosen by the newspaper’s editorial staff, based on online readership statistics, hard copy sales and community feedback.
Consumers in the Red River Valley have not been deterred from shopping local during the Covid-19 pandemic, and that’s led to continued growth in sales tax collections for cities, counties and other taxing authorities.
Firefighters from four counties spent more than a day working a fire that started Wednesday at the PPF Cotton Gin, according to Delta County Emergency Services Coordinator Tanner Crutcher said.
The Texas Department of State Health Services recently updated the way it reports statistics about the Covid-19 health pandemic, and that’s led to a change in The Paris News’s Covid-19 tracking graphic.
Contractor O. Trevino Construction LLC was awarded the contract to complete this project in these counties valued at more than $300,000. The target completion date for this project is January 2021, officials said.
Tomorrow is the last day to buy a “Pink Out” shirt in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month from the Cooper High School varsity cheer squad. The $15 shirts will be worn at Cooper’s Oct. 22 football game and all proceeds will be donated to a breast cancer charity.
City officials opted for the effective tax rate, which, given rising property values, considerably lowered the rate to $0.871290 per $100 valuation.
Cooper ISD sophomore Journi Ingram took grand champion for her polled Hereford Cadi on Saturday in Texarkana’s Four States Fair.
Departments around the state have a harder time each year finding volunteers who want to spend their free time fighting fires and assisting the department, Cooper Volunteer Fire Dept. Assistant Chief Tanner Crutcher said.
COOPER — The Cooper City Council will hold a public hearing for the tax rate and vote for the budget and tax rate at Monday evening’s meeting.
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