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The NAACP Heritage Banquet scheduled Saturday has been postponed due to Covid concerns, according to information from local chapter president Robert High.

Today is the start of February, and that means it’s the start of Black History Month.

Longtime community activist and promotional guru Ronnie Nutt is this year’s History Maker of the Year.

One of Lamar County’s brightest lights is now shining in Heaven with the passing of Marva Green Joe last week.

The Paris Chapter of the NAACP will hold a second vaccination clinic April 17. The Johnson & Johnson one dose vaccine will be given. “We believe some individuals will be interested in the, ‘one and done’ scenario now that J&J is available in Lamar County,” NAACP Paris Chapter president Robert High said. To reserve a dose, call 903-784-8728. The clinic will open at 8 a.m. at 1490 Fitzhugh Ave. in Paris. Klark Byrd is the managing editor of The Paris News. He can be reached at...

Despite Covid-19 shutting down regular meetings, the Paris Chapter of the NAACP continues its work toward reaching goals civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. established for the nation more than 55 years ago. The nation pauses Monday to celebrate the beloved leader, who, had he lived, would have celebrated his 92nd birthday Jan. 15. He died of an assassin’s bullet April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, three years after President Lyndon Baines Johnson pushed through massive civil righ...