The Paris News: Paris Economic Development Corp. celebrated the expansion of J. Eagan Street through the Northwest Industrial Park with a ribbon cutting Thursday morning attended by several local and state dignitaries.

The expansion, along with infrastructure improvements and a deceleration lane on the loop leading to 34th Street, was made possible by a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce through the Economic Development Administration and roughly a half-million in-kind contributions by the PEDC and the City of Paris.