BBQ Cook-Off At Sulphur Springs

Meal-A-Day is in desperate need of an in-town route driver for Thursdays. You would pick up the meals at 9:30, and it takes about an hour or so to drive the route. If you could donate a few hours of your time, call Karon Weatherman at 903 885-1661.

Returning student Addyson Lamb, left, of Sulphur Springs is checking her schedule with PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Office Manager Dana Smock. Registration for fall classes is continuing during August. Fall 1 eight-week and Fall 16-week classes begin on August 29.

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The Paris Lamar County Health District’s latest COVID report published Monday afternoon shows 314 active cases of the virus and one new death from the disease. There were 27 new positive PCR tests and 96 positive Antigen Tests.

The OSBI has joined in the investigation of a missing Louisiana woman. Thirty-three-year-old Caitlyn Rose Case left Louisiana on August 4, and her family says they lost contact with her while she was traveling on Hwy 271 between Paris and Hugo. They found her vehicle Friday along the banks of the Kiamichi River south of Fort Towson. Caitlyn Case is 5′5″ and 140 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

Law enforcement officials are searching for a missing teen from Lindale. Madison Adams has been missing since last Wednesday. She is 16, a white female with brown hair and hazel eyes, about 5’2″ and 143 pounds. Officials say that Adams may be in the Lindale area, or she may have traveled to Tyler, Whitehouse, or Frankston.

Titus County will receive $6.3 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, with $2 million used for road funding. It will keep the county within its planned budget. The four precincts requested $500,000 each for road materials or equipment.

Titus County arrested 32-year-old Zachary Allen Wheeler of Henderson on a warrant for Aggravated Assault Causing Serious Bodily Injury. They are holding him on a $20,000 bond. Deputies arrested 33-year-old Bianca Haynes of Monticello on an Ouachita County Arkansas warrant for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. She is in Titus County Jail without bond.

Monday, Karon Weatherman announced on her Facebook page that she had quit her job as Director of the Senior Citizens Center after 21 ½ years. She said in her post that she had done something the City didn’t like and had gone against City policy. She said they gave her the option of resigning or being fired.

Paris Police responded to a theft in the 1900-block of Lamar Ave at 8:33 last Friday morning. Officers identified the suspect as Charles George Bell, Jr. They located Bell in a room with other people, having an outstanding Lamar County felony warrant charging him with the Sex offender’s duty to register. Bell also had two outstanding misdemeanor warrants. Bell was arrested and later transferred to the Lamar County Jail.

Paris Police responded to shots fired call in the 300-block of E. Grove Friday morning and found the body of 39-year-old Alicia Marie Turner lying in the yard. Officers located a second victim, Jakellia Turner, with a gunshot wound to her legs, who is the daughter of Alicia. Officers arrested 34-year-old Lilandria Shiaire Bell of Paris. They charged her with murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after she admitted to the officers that she shot the two victims.

A Rains County Jail inmate who escaped Saturday was captured at about 5:00 pm Sunday by Texas Rangers. Sean Douglas Alsip was transported back to the Rains County Jail without incident. According to the Sheriff’s Office, Monica Robertson is in custody for allegedly assisting in Alsip’s escape.

The budget proposed by Paris City Manager Grayson Path includes a one-cent drop in the tax rate to about 44 cents per $100 valuation, with property owner’s tax bill going up, however, because of the increase in property values. The budget includes hiring two new employees and pay raises for staff. They plan several capital improvement purchases.