By Scott Harvey

Paris – A missing Paris resident has been located after having gone missing for over a week. Dawn Yates was reported missing Saturday, but last seen on Monday, November 30.

Few details were provided regarding why she went missing or who she may have been with. Initial reports indicated Yates may have been in the company of Richard Rogers, of Pattonville, but those details were not confirmed.

Yates has requested the situation be kept a family matter.

By Brad Kellar

Hunt County – A Hunt County political candidate has changed his mind.

Incumbent Republican County Commissioner Precinct 2 Ralph Green has announced he will run for re-election after all. Six months ago he said he would retire from the post he has held for 15 years.

Randy Wineinger and Herman Orange have both officially filed for the position on the GOP side. No Democrats had filed as of Monday.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – Shoplifting socks and underwear have earned a Greenville woman prison time.

Cometrice Dannyal Chisolm entered guilty pleas Monday to two felony counts and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Chisolm was alleged to have stolen socks, items of underwear and toothpaste on two different occasions in October.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – A local teenager will spend the next several years in prison after pleading guilty to a drive-by shooting in May.

Ryan Thomas McConley, of Greenville, was one of three to have previously pleaded not guilty to a total of 18 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

He pleaded guilty Monday to six counts of deadly conduct. Under a plea bargain arrangement, he was given 13 years in prison.

The remaining defendants in the case still have trials pending.

– Candidates are continuing to file for the March Republican and Democratic Party Primary.

By Scott Harvey

Hunt County – Crews in Hunt County were continuing to clean up parts of I-30 Monday morning after an 18 wheeler ran off the road, slammed into a power pole and erupted into flames.

A passerby reportedly pulled the driver from the vehicle. An ambulance then transported the man to Hunt Regional Medical Center with what were described as minimal injuries.

Westbound I-30 traffic was being diverted to the service road at FM 1570.

By Scott Harvey

– Congratulations to the Greenville Christian Eagles, who won their their third straight TAPPS Division I six-man state championship Saturday by defeating Dallas Covenant 72-40.

Quarterback Jake Schumann earned the game's most valuable player honor, as he completed 9-of-16 passes for 173 yards and three touchdowns. Tanner Barnes also rushed for a game-high 174 yards on 25 carries.

The victory is the school's fourth state football title in the team's history.

By Scott Harvey

Paris – Police are seeking the whereabouts of Paris resident Dawn Yates, who was last seen Monday, November 30 when she left her home in the 1100 block of SE 6th Street.

Yates is a white female, with short brown hair with grey streaks. She stands 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs about 150 lbs. At the time of her disappearance she was wearing a red sweat shirt, black jeans, brown jacket, black boots, and a pink cammo cap.

Reports show Yates may have been in the company of Richard Rodgers, of Pattonville.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – Services are scheduled for Tuesday for longtime Commerce resident and entrepreneur Robert Peek, who died Thursday after sustaining a serious accident at his home a few days earlier.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – A Commerce soldier, after learning he'll be deployed to Iraq, is forced to put his two pets up for adoption.

The city's animal shelter is now asking for your help in finding a home for Max and Patches; the soldier's cat and dog. Max is a domestic shorthair and Patches is a female Australian Sheppard mix.

As both animals were raised together, it is preferred they go to the same home if possible.

Shelter employee Kat Walsh felt finding a home for the soldier's pets was the right thing to do.