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Judge hands out 40-year sentence for DWI verdict

Commissioners start budget hearings; Sheriff asks for more patrol cars, deputies

Following first-round budget hearings for the 2021-2022 fiscal year, Lamar County Commissioners are faced with pay increase requests from the sheriff’s department, supplemental pay for district judges and the district attorney along with a plethora of requests from other elected officials and county-supported non profit agencies. Commissioners’ Court ended first round hearings Thursday and will resume budget workshops July 6 after commissioners and the county judge spend a week in training at the 87th South Texas County Judges and Commissioners’ Association Conference on South Padre Island. Sheriff Scott Cass, whose public safety expenses make up 30% of the budget, is requesting, among other things, five new patrol cars, two additional deputies and an 8% increase in both deputy and detention officer pay, a request he said is

Paris man up for possible 55-year sentence in family violence case

A Lamar County jury Thursday convicted Richard Dee Perry, 49, of Paris, guilty of family violence assault with a prior conviction and recommended a 55-year prison sentence.

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Jury sentences Powderly sex offender to 75 years