Nick McGrew organized Wednesday night’s vigil. He says Sims was instrumental in helping him connect with the community.“And I thought because he doesn’t have family in the city, and even though they say the brain activity is not there, I remember when I was in a situation and it was the love of my family that pulled me through.”
Prominent representatives from sectors across the community gathered in Paris Regional Medical Center’s Lewis Hall for a Poverty Task Force meeting hosted by the United Way of Lamar County on
The Poverty Task Force, organized by the United Way of Lamar County, identified early this year the need to address a possible city ordinance to regulate payday lending and car title loans, known as "predatory lending." On Friday, August 12th at noon in Lewis Hall (behind PRMC) the group will me