Lamar County News

Entries are being finalized for the annual Paris Rodeo and Horse Club Rodeo parade set for 10 a.m. Saturday.

A group of Lamar County citizens is seeking to have a vote for liquor sales in the City of Reno on the November General Election ballot.

Patients who received treatment at Paris Regional Medical Center North Campus between November 2007 and June 2008 may have been exposed to tuberculosis - or "TB" - and are encouraged to receive free testing at ...

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, aided by the Lamar County Sheriff's deputies, executed a search warrant on a Blossom home Thursday, confiscating dozens of items and arresting a 59-year-old man.

As children, we cringed in fear at the thought of getting back-to-school immunizations.

Some major hurdles lie ahead in producing a budget for the upcoming fiscal year in Lamar County, hurdles that could bring about a tax rate hike.

Retail sales and services in Lamar County for May beat the state average slightly while Paris sales showed notable gains over prior months, according to a report issued Friday by State Comptroller Susan Combs.

Lamar County has joined the state's victim notification system that allows victims of crime to track the movement of criminals and suspects in the jails and court system.

A Paris News reporter was arrested early Wednesday morning resulting from what may be a case of identify theft.

A mysterious rash of Whooping Cough in one North Texas county. Pertussis, known as Whooping Cough can be especially dangerous to young infants who are too young to receive a vaccine.

Lamar County Fairgrounds is expecting an invasion of 4,000 green turtles, at noon, on Saturday, July 19.

Representatives from Lamar County churches, civic organizations, Red Cross and government officials met Thursday at Lamar Avenue Church of Christ with military representatives from revitalized Camp Maxey.

Out of six newspapers this week, we had to publish corrections in four of them. It's the gremlins; and, I'll be glad when they leave.

Rachel and Nathan are the children of Syd and Kathleen Newman and live in Roxton with their six siblings where the family just recently completed building their own home.

A Paris man who prosecutors labeled a "significant drug dealer" admitted his guilt Thursday and was sentenced to 45 years in prison in a plea bargain.

There's a silver lining in every cloud. Through miscommunication between organizers and The Paris News, the e-cycle day sponsored by Keep Paris Beautiful and Make Lamar County Shine came a month early.

Keep Paris Beautiful and Make Lamar County Shine sponsors an "e-cycle day" from 8 a.m. to noon Thursday in the Home Depot Parking lot.

Paris Community Theatre is offering a series of four-day summer drama workshops, July 7 through July 25.

The budgets as submitted by Pete Kampfer, president and CEO of the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce Thursday, also must be approved by the City of Paris before the fiscal year begins Oct.

Long an influence in Paris and Lamar County, the Paris Business and Professional Women's Club officially is no more, but its contributions to the community will be remembered through an endowed Paris Junior ...