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Jim Chadwick and Ambers "Bucky" Patterson were honored for their years of service to the Boys & Girls Club of the Red River Valley at a Sunday celebration.
With thousands more Covid-19 vaccine doses headed to the Red River Valley this week, vaccine call centers in Paris and Bonham are calling registered residents to schedule their shots during clinics later this week.
“I would love to say it would work for me, but it just won’t,” Commissioner Lonnie Layton told The Paris News on Monday of the commissioners' decision to move forward with a certificate of obligation.
Chisum ISD Beta students will be attending the national competition this summer.
With the Texas-Louisiana Coalition, Ashley Waggoner was to set out originally for Houston but was redirected to Nacogdoches. With her she carried blankets, food and drinks to help those stranded without power or water during Winter Storm Uri.
Gov. Greg Abbott in a press conference Tuesday in Lubbock announced the end of pandemic measures including limitations on business capacity and a statewide mask mandate. With only about 12% of Texans vaccinated, some argue the move is political while others who decried the measures as govern…
“The volunteers, they just come forward and then they do such a great job,” Interim Police Chief Randy Tuttle said. “This could not be as successful as it has been without them."
A Black History Month celebration included singing, dancing, poetry recitations and a roundtable discussion saw children of all ages come together to celebrate.
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.
Blossom City council gave the A-OK to a developer looking to build eight new homes in the city.
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.
Two men charged with separate murders top this month’s Lamar County Grand Jury list of indictments, according to records released by District Clerk Shawntel Golden.
Clay Carsner has been named the publisher of The Paris News. He assumes the role after serving the past three years as advertising director.
As historically low temperatures and several inches of snow battered Texas last week, some of the true heroes were local plumbers who helped residents get their water back on after severe damage.
More than 2,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines are on their way to the Red River Valley this week. Severe winter weather delayed last week’s shipment, which officials expect will arrive with this week’s.
The Deport City Council took steps to move forward with a May election at a Monday meeting, drawing names for city council and mayoral candidates and placing a sales tax rate proposition on the ballot.
Lamar County residents now don’t have to travel hundreds of miles to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington to get an educational experience for Black History Month. They can go to the Valley of the Caddo Museum.
Recent weather has caused a temporary gas shortage in Lamar County, and according to national experts, gas prices are expected to rise.
Lamar County commissioners will be working hard in the coming week to repair county roads damaged during the recent winter storm. “We will have our plates full,” Lonnie Layton said. “We were not expecting this.”
With frozen pumps and loss of electricity this week, the city of Bogata is under a boil water advisory, but the community has pulled together to ensure the well-being of all residents.
Smartphones are relied upon more than ever and now residents and visitors to Paris alike can use their phones to explore everything downtown Paris has to offer with the Distrx app.
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