t was a good night for bridge building as dozens of families flocked Tuesday to Love Civic Center for National Night Out.
National Night Out is an annual community-building event that promotes community policing and neighborhood camaraderie, according to the National Association of Town Watch website.
The Paris Chapter of the NAACP and its Abandoned Black Cemetery Association plans several upcoming work days devoted to the cleaning of one of the three known abandoned cemeteries in Paris.
Local taxpayers can expect to receive this year’s tax bills by mail by the end of October, a statement expected to be the last to reflect increasing property values that have plagued property owners for the past several years.
Close to 1,600 people packed into the fields surrounding Richard Drake’s Party Barn in Powderly to witness the front porch singing of the Oak Ridge Boys, who performed at the Red River Valley Veterans Memorial Museum’s yearly fundraiser Saturday.
After skipping last year due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Paris Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy is rapidly approaching with its first class slated for Oct. 11.
Paris Junior College Department of Drama opens its 2022-23 season of shows on Thursday with “Sherlock Holmes and the 1st Baker Street Irregular.” by Brian Guehring.
The thrill rides and carnival games that produced squeals, screams and laughter during the run of the Red River Valley Fair have left the fairgrounds.
The Thompson Executive Leadership Institute in Austin, Texas has announced that Paul Jones, Superintendent at Paris ISD, is the recipient of an academic scholarship to attend the 30th annual Superintendent Academy sponsored by the Thompson Executive Leadership Institute at Education Service Center Region 13 in Austin, Texas. The TELI Superintendent Academy is a nationally known advanced leadership development program for school superintendents from Texas and surrounding states.
On Tuesday, James Heath Elrod, III, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole, according to Lamar County District Attorney Gary Young.
Paris Emergency Medical Services Staff will help raise breast cancer awareness this month with pink shirts and gloves through the end of the month, which has been designated as national Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
A large portion of Stone Avenue, the roadway that wraps around the back of Paris Regional Medical Center between the hospital and several North Lamar ISD campuses, will be closed for major road repair effective 5 a.m. Thursday.
For the first time, a comic convention is coming to Paris, complete with appearances by comic book artists, professional wrestlers, TV animators and voice actors, and many others.
First Federal Comm-unity Bank recently honored the following employees at a luncheon for years of service.
Sticks & Stones Contracting, LLC, 903-452-1499
An optimistic Democratic candidate Mike Collier predicted a win in November against incumbent Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at a campaign stop in Paris on Tuesday afternoon, a day after his opponent made a similar stop at Love Civic Center.
The Oak Ridge boys will put on a show Saturday in Drakes Party Barn in Powderly beginning at 6 p.m.
A rapidly growing trailer tire and wheel manufacturer plans to locate in Paris with an investment of roughly $20 million and a promise to bring roughly 40 new jobs to the area over the next five years.
When Crockett Intermediate School student Cristina Montesinos began to choke during lunch, teacher Rod Rammage knew what to do.
What? Crappie for Christmas presents? Well, maybe but if you are a crappie angler, you can find them “lighting up” your sonar around isolated submerged trees.
The city of Blossom has scheduled a bulky item pickup for Saturday for the town’s residents.
It was Elvis Week on Dancing with The Stars and Paris’ D.J. Pierce, as Shangela, performed a quick step to “Shake, Rattle and Roll” that earned him a spot in sixth place, tied with Selma Blair and Heidi D’Amelio.
