Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is sending cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $906.6 million in local sales tax allocations for October, 20.6% more than in October 2020. The allocations are based on sales made in August by businesses that report tax monthly.

“It was a fantastic night,” Red River Valley Veterans Memorial spokesperson Johnny Williams said about a Neal McCoy fundraising concert Saturday night at Drake’s Party Barn in Powderly.

Breast cancer survivor Paulette Burchinal was first diagnosed in November of 2019 after she found a lump in the left side of her left breast.

Paris native Daphne Harris, 56, is not the type of woman to complain. But she does want people informed about checking for breast cancer.

Members of the cast of the Paris Junior College Drama Department production of “Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic,” entertained library patrons young and old Tuesday evening with a sneak preview of the show as they rehearsed scenes from the play on the library’s outdoor deck.

Susan Hamilton wants Texans to sign a petition calling for a Convention of States in the hopes that enough will want to limit the federal government’s power with a constitutional amendment.

This weekend belongs to Red River County as its annual fair got off to a start Wednesday at the Clarksville fairgrounds with livestock and produce check-ins, horticulture judging, and early parade and entertainment provided by the Paris band Common Ground.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has sent cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $893.2 million in local sales tax allocations for July, 20% more than in July 2020.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar distributed $908 million dollars to cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts this month, a 31.5% increase over last year during the same time period. 

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.

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…