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The Texas Education Agency has yet to release guidance for public schools on mask wearing, but at least one Red River Valley school district has already taken action.
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“We don’t want to be a 4-A school; we are simply out of room,” Prairiland Superintendent Jeff Ballard said Monday night about an upcoming $7.5 million bond election.
Prairiland ISD officials will share information about an upcoming May 1 bond election at a 6 p.m. public meeting Monday in the high school cafeteria.
As of 10 a.m. Thursday, a boil notice has been lifted in Paris, but others remain in place in Bogata, Blossom, Deport, Pattonville and Reno, as well as for all customers served by the Lamar County Water Supply District.
PATTONVILLE — Prairiland ISD trustees are expected to adopt a set of codes to govern the implementation of a $7.5 million bond election scheduled May 1, and are to name a committee to evaluate proposals when the board meets at noon Wednesday in the Administration Building, 466 FM 196 S.
Inclement weather will delay this week's Covid-19 vaccination clinics in Paris and in Fannin County. Recipients will be called for rescheduling.
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.
After a tumultuous 2020, governmental officials look forward to the end of Covid-19 and are taking an optimistic look at the new year with anticipation the country will both prosper economically and connect again socially.
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.
The National Weather Service in Dallas-Fort Worth has issued a Flash Flood Watch for portions of North and East Texas, including Lamar, Delta and Fannin counties, in effect from this evening through Thursday.
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.
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.
Prairiland trustees to hire bond consultant, architect for $6 million proposed bond election in May 2021
Texas Ramp Project volunteers came together Dec. 4 to help a local resident regain her mobility. They installed a wheelchair ramp, free of charge, at her home in Pattonville.
Prairiland ISD trustees gave a nod to further study of a $6 to $6.5 million bond election as Superintendent Jeff Ballard presented a wish to take the district “up a notch.”
Prairiland trustees finalized a deal for a massive solar farm project in Lamar and Red River counties.
Prairiland ISD trustees are expected to approve a tax limitation agreement with Delilah Solar Energy at a Tuesday meeting, and reorganize the board after the Nov. 3 election.
Incumbents in Place 2 and Place 3 on the Prariland ISD board of trustees face challengers in the Nov. 3 General Election.
A Prairiland Junior High School teacher who tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday has been quarantined. Superintendent Jeff Ballard said the teacher wore a mask “100% of the time."
The active Covid-19 case count in Lamar County is falling after spending weeks rising to a high of 226.
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