Cooper Lake State Park is an awe-inspiring place to experience the winter season. January in Northeast Texas is a special time of year. The leafless post oak forest is dormant but that doesn’t mean you have to be! With clear cold nights and sunny crisp days, you can engage in many outdoor ac…

COOPER LAKE – The body of Gerry Grigg, 73, was found Dec. 20 after 10 a.m., in Cooper Lake, according to Game Warden Chris Fried of Delta County.

Texas cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts will receive $936 million in local sales tax allocations this month, according to information from Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s office. That’s up 18.4% over December 2020, and represents sales made in October by businesses that report monthly, Hegar said.

Dozens of natural gas companies failed to fill out paperwork that would have kept their electricity from getting cut off during February’s deadly winter storm. On Tuesday, Texas regulators tried to ensure that won’t happen again.

Sales tax revenue in Paris took a hit during the filing period, falling 10.38% to $1,040,226.48 for November’s allocation compared to the same period last year. 

Fannin County is leading the Red River Valley in population growth, but Lamar County crossed the 50,000 population threshold for the second time in its history. That may trigger some responsibilities under state law, something county leaders are now reviewing.

Several changes are in store for Red River Valley voters after Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed this year’s redistricting maps.

COOPER - Campbell’s Soup is hosting a job fair Wednesday in Cooper at the pagoda on the downtown square from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., with interviews for machine operators as well as other opportunities that day.

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.