Amid the fun, fireworks and festivities, the Fourth of July holiday weekend sees some of the most alcohol-impaired accidents of any time period in the country. Driving safe and making sure to get a sober ride can keep loved ones safe and able to continue enjoying many fun holidays in the future.
I’m about to open a box of worms with this week’s column (pun intended). I love catching and eating what I and most folks call “perch” or bream. Light tackle, a long shank”perch” hook, a box of worms and we are ready to go “perch” fishing, right? Come to find out, to properly categorize the …
A sudden summer rainstorm forced the cancellation of the first 903 Sun Sets concert Thursday evening, but event organizers called the happening “very cool” when music lovers lingered on the square despite the absence of live music.
Paris Junior College is holding Kids College for four fun-filled days in mid-July. Classes for children in kindergarten through fifth grade will address a wide range of interests. All classes are at the Paris location.
The United Way of Lamar County will host a community health fair at the Love Civic Center July 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
I have had a lifelong love of catching catfish and… eating them! I guess my passion for catfish comes naturally, as a boy growing up on a poultry farm in Red River County; catching catfish was a way of life. Every nine weeks or so when the chickens sold, we would pack up the old 1950 International pickup with tarps, Coleman stoves, cast iron skillets, bedding, etc., and head up to a little lake in southeast Oklahoma that was chock full of channel catfish. I would begin catching bait, small perch from our farm pond, the day before. Upon arriving at our fishing hotspot, the drill was to set up camp quickly, which was easy to do. We had no tent, just tarps or, as they were called back then “wagon sheets.” Tarps on the ground with a blanket served as bedding.
Since 2000 there have been more than 300 gun-related incidents on school campuses or at school-related events in the United States, according to various sources. The two most recent happened in the last days of May and claimed 23 lives in Uvalde, Texas, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Nineteen of the dead in Uvalde were elementary students
Legend Bank, with a location in Cooper, Texas, has been selected as a recipient of the Cornerstone Award by the Texas Bankers Foundation for their “Snack Bar of Support.”
A gallon of gas for $4.40. A carton of eggs for $3.20. A pound of ground beef for $6.13. Record high inflation without record high pay increases is pushing area wallets to the breaking points, especially in rural Lamar County.
Horizon House opened its doors Thursday evening to show the community all it offers to help weather the storms of life.
Of the thirteen counties served by the North Texas Food Bank, Lamar County suffers the most from food insecurity, with a record 23% or 11,440 people lacking reliable access to adequate amounts of food. Food insecurity can range from rationing to having empty cupboards, Feeding America reports.
Penning a weekly outdoors column is an endeavor I have enjoyed for the past 36 years but at times, I find it a challenge to come up with a topic that I hope to be interesting and maybe even informative. Oh, those weeks when I am busy catching fish or hunting new places the words seem to just appear on my computer screen. But in real life, I’m not always catching big stripers or hunting; there are those weeks when I stick close to home and that’s when I have to”wait” for a topic to hit me.!
What better place to enjoy all summer has to offer than Cooper Lake State Park! The lake water temperature is just perfect in June to cool off, splash around, and enjoy! Our amazing park rangers have finished prepping the swimming beaches for you through the addition of soft white sand just in time for the summer season. With high gas prices this year, make Cooper Lake State Park your nearby destination for summer fun.
The Dr. Joanne Olivard Scholarship Foundation handed out more than 60 scholarships earlier this month to deserving students, according to Phyllis Brumley, executive director of the foundation.
The cost to fill up your vehicle continued to climb this past week, with average gasoline prices jumping roughly 13.9 cents per gallon in Texas over the last week.
When the weather heats up, many people and pups love getting in the water to cool down. Whether a dog enjoys swimming or just splashing in the shallows, there are several things to keep in mind to ensure they stay safe this summer.
A paradise for garage sale aficionados, the Highway 82/287 yard sale makes a two-day run June 3-4 through roughly 15 towns and across more than 400 miles of highway.
Be sure to leave some nonperishables in your mailbox or on your porch Saturday so that your letter carrier can take them to later donate all the goods gathered to the area food pantries as the National Association of Letter Carriers, Paris Branch 501 is holding its annual Stamp Out Hunger Fo…
Paris Junior College will hold its graduation ceremony Friday.
I love catching catfish when they are biting on “tight line”’ on bottom, when they are in the flooded grass and willows during the spawn, over holes baited with soured grain and when they are “on the rocks” feasting on gar eggs. I love the tug of a catfish on a trotline. But my biggest thril…
The Market Square Farmers Market in Paris opened its regular season Saturday with excited vendors looking for a productive year greeting customers and selling products.
