The city of Paris issued 53 building permits in August for a total of $792,520. Of those, $732,866 were for nine commercial repair permits. Paris Cancer Center at 3550 Loop 286 N.E. is preparing for a new, updated radiation treatment machine.

Melba Jewel Watkins Harris passed away Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, at Grandview Healthcare Center in Washington. Mrs. Harris was born Feb. 10, 1926, on a farm near Jonesburg the daughter of John Sutor and wife Leora, nee. Graue.

August 2010 has been an interesting month. A few weeks ago I noticed a slight twinge in the right shoulder. The twinge soon became an ache, followed by loss of mobility and muscle tone in the right arm. The pain varies but is always there. As this is being written, I can raise the right arm less than halfway to shoulder height, and can't come near straightening it in front of me. I can flex the ...

Clauda Dalynn Brummett, 57, of Portage, Indiana passed away Friday, August 20, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois after a courageous health struggle. She was born January 1, 1953 in Perryton, Texas, to Orvil and Colene Brummett.