The Texas Rangers are investigating an inmate death at the Lamar County Jail.
At 11:15 p.m. April 23, a 40-year-old male inmate in the jail took his life by hanging in an isolation cell, Sheriff Scott Cass said. The inmate was not from the area, the sheriff said.
The Lamar County Sheriffâs Office will not release the inmateâs name out of respect for the family, Cass said.
âOur thoughts and prayers are with the family,â Cass said.
Klark Byrd is the managing editor of The Paris News. He can be reached at 903-785-6960 or klark.byrd@theparisnews.com.
A man and a woman are dead, and Lamar County Sheriffâs Office deputies and Texas Rangers are looking for two persons of interest as part of a homicide investigation opened Monday.
James Elrod III and Carolyn Elrod are named as the persons of interest. Both have outstanding warrants for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and are wanted for questioning in the homicide case, Sheriff Scott Cass said in a news release.
James Henry Elrod III is described as a 44-year-old, 5-foot-6 white man weighing 150 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes. Carolyn Lynell Elrod is described as a 39-year-old, 5-foot-4 white woman weighing 146 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.
A rare frigid blast of arctic air coupled with an overnight snowstorm brought historic wintry conditions to Northeast Texas, taking out power for tens of thousands of homes and businesses while also closing schools and businesses.
Electric delivery company Oncor warned early Monday of rolling blackouts ordered by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, some of which could last up to 45 minutes at a time. ERCOT issued the order as Texans strained the stateâs electric grid trying to stay warm as temperatures fell into the single digits and wind chills dipped to below -10.
Lamar Electric Cooperative on Monday said blackouts should last 15 to 20 minutes at a time, and there was no set schedule for when blackouts would occur. Feeders were selected base on varying orders of load to reduce, the company stated in a Facebook post. At the time, ERCOT demand forecasts indicated load would peak around 71,000 MWh on Monday and today, about 8% higher than the all-time 15-minute
EDITOR S NOTE: This story was revised Wednesday to include a comment from City Manager Grayson Path.
Once thought to be a hoax, Paris city leaders and law enforcement are preparing for an announced âWhite Unity Conference,â set for Oct. 9 in Paris and organized by the Church of the Ku Klux Klan. The event was announced on the chapterâs website, and screenshots of the eventâs flyer have been shared across social media. A representative of the klan, who would only identify himself as Brother Frank, confirmed the planned event to The Paris News. Although advertised as taking place âin Paris,â Frank said the conference will be hosted by a property owner with land outside city limits.
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