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  Between 8:30 and 12:30pm tomorrow, there will e a Fly-In at Cox Field in Paris presented by Cox Field and Airport Coffee. There’ll be Live Music, Food Trucks, Discovery Flights for Kids, a Bounce House, and Trolley Rides to Downtown. The First Annual Paris Kite Fest, presented by the …

The Annual Sulphur Springs City-Wide Spring Clean-Up will begin on Monday and run through Saturday, April 27. Sulphur Springs’ residents may bring large items to discard from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm to the city collection site, located about a quarter mile east of Flowserve, on East Jefferson St. The …

Early voting begins Monday, April 22 and runs through April 30 for the May 4 Municipal Election in Texas. AT stake are City Council, School Board and some hospital board seats.  Some school districts are holding bond elections.  The early voting location is in the JP Courtroom on Jefferson Street.  …

Moisture lifting over a cold front will produce scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms Friday through Sunday with the best storm chances on Saturday. There will likely be periods of light rain or breaks in the rain, but confidence is low in where or when these will occur. Severe storms …

A 21-year-old Marshall man has been arrested in Daingerfield following a multi-agency investigation into child sexual abuse. Twenty-one-year-old Cameron Payton was booked into the Morris County jail for sexual assault of a child and evading arrest/detention with a vehicle. THe investigation was conducted by the Marshall PD , the Joint …

Steven Bornfeld was booked into the Hopkins County jail Thursday on US Marshals Charges. The charges relate to Amphetamine. NO other details were available.  Dametrick Javon Hall was arrested Thursday in Hopkins County for Possession of a Controlled Substance. No bond information was available and he remains in the county …

The Mount Pleasant Tigers Boys Basketball Camp will be held again this summer on May 28-29, from 8:30 am to 11:30 am at Willie Williams Gym. It is open to completed 1st-6th grade students. The cost will be $40, including a shirt and ball. To register, use the QR code …

  Wednesday, officers contacted Damien Jace Freisen in the 100 block of E. Houston for a traffic offense. Freisen gave officers several different names, but they eventually identified him by paperwork in his possession. Friesen had drug paraphernalia in his possession, indicating that he may have been trafficking in narcotics. …

North and Central Texas A cold front will arrive this afternoon, bringing thunderstorm chances back to the region late afternoon through this evening. A few severe storms with large hail and damaging winds are possible. Cooler air will enter tonight behind the cold front. The graphic depicts the latest thinking …

Fifteen men, including a pastor, are in jail after the Collin County Sheriff’s Operation “Home Alone 2024.” Sheriff’s Sergeant Jessica Pond says the men made arrangements to meet up for sex with someone they thought was underage. Pond says it took two to three weeks to make contact with the …

The Sam Bell Maxey House invites homeschool families and groups across North Texas to ‘Homeschool Day’ on Wednesday, May 1. From 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, homeschooled students, teachers, and parents can enjoy educational programs from local organizations, games, house tours, and more. Admission is $1 per person, and you …

North Lamar ISD is hosting a Free Game Night this afternoon from 4:30 to 6:00 pm at the High School’s “A” gym. There will also be a “Sensory Friendly Time” from 4:00 to 4:30 pm. Highlights of the evening include the opportunity to challenge the North Lamar Panther baseball and …

  The first Manly ‘Bingo or Mingo,’ a fundraiser for the Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation, is Thursday, April 18. It provides free Heart Calcification Testing for men. Call 903438-4799. You can also email Kayla.Price@Christushealth.org for more information.

The Sulphur Springs High School Jazz Band will perform on Celebration Plaza on Thursday, April 18. The program begins at 7:00 pm and includes music by Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Dave Brubeck, the Temptations, and Frank Sinatra.

The afternoon spots are full, but a handful of tee times are still available in the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament morning flight on Friday, May 3, at the Sulphur Springs Country Club. A six-member team costs $750, which includes three carts and six lunches. Call the chamber …

Three new inductees into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame were announced Wednesday morning at the Hall of Fame’s headquarters in Carthage. The Hall honors “those who have made outstanding contributions to country music and were born in the state of Texas.” This includes singers, songwriters, disc jockeys, and …

  Andrew Michael Magnuson was arrested on Wednesday in Hopkins County for felony assault. They charged him with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon of a Date, Family, or Household with Serious Bodily Injury. No other information was available, and he was in the county jail at the last report.

A Ham Scramble will be held on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 on Celebration Plaza in downtown Sulphur Springs. For those unfamiliar, a Ham Scramble is a giant game of musical chairs. Participants bring their chairs, and everyone will win a prize. Prizes range from small novelties or snacks to more …

  Oklahoma and Texas are looking for an armed and dangerous sex offender. They want 33-year-old Rondal Scrogum for escaping from the Department of Corrections and making lewd or indecent proposals to a child under 16. He had been previously convicted of rape in Tishomingo and failing to register as …