All PJC Campuses Offers Seniors Up to Six Hours of Free Tuition
Senior citizens may start the spring semester at Paris Junior College with up to six hours of free tuition. The offer applies to classes with open seats on the first day of the semester. “Multiple studies have shown that education maintains intellectual activity essential to brain health, similar to exercising for heart health,” said PJC President Dr. Pam Anglin. “We see this as part of PJC’s mission to serve the...
Wildcats Power-Lifting Team Opens Season Saturday
The Wildcats’ power-lifting team opens their season Saturday at an 8:30 a.m. meet at Lindale, weather permitting. Casey Jeter is the new Wildcats Power-lifting Coach. Jeter was a power-lifter at Lindale High School. His coach was Greg Owens. Jeter was a 4 year qualifier for the Regional Meet and a 2 time state qualifier. Jeter said he was ranked #1 in state in his weight category his senior year but ended up finishing fourth....
Game Day: Game Times Changed For Lady Cats, Wildcats
Freezing weather and the chance of precipitation Friday have caused changes to the Wildcats and Lady Cats’ basketball plans. The Wildcats are now scheduled to play a varsity only game at Texas High starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The Wildcats enter the game with a 2-0 district record with a road win at Pine Tree and a home victory over Marshall. The Wildcats are 17-4 for the season. Weather has also impacted the Lady Cats home...
Hoover’s “It Ends With Us” Premiers at Civic Center This Summer
A production of Colleen Hoover’s “It Ends With Us” will be presented at the Regional Civic Center this summer. Triston Pullen will direct the play. The first three nights and the last two performances of the play are already sold out. KSST News interviewed Hoover and Pullen...
Texas Residents Asked to Assist in Documentation of Bat Species and Populations
COLLEGE STATION — The Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources bat research team is asking Texas residents to help document bat species and populations throughout the state. The institute’s Bat and Hibernacula Surveys team is conducting surveys statewide to determine the location of wintering bats and their roosts. “We are trying to get baseline numbers in anticipation of white-nose syndrome, a deadly, cold-adapted...
Money Laundering Charges Filed on Denton Man
Cumby Police stopped a 2017 Lexus RX330 for doing 88 mph in a 75 mph zone Thursday at the 110 mile marker on I-30. After a roadside investigation, a positive alert was made on the vehicle using a K-9. A probable cause search resulted in two weapons and $12,300 in cash found in the vehicle and $1700 carried by the driver. Charles Hershel Compton, III, 21, of Denton was arrested for money laundering and place in Hopkins County Jail...
DPS Traffic Stop Results in Drug Arrest
When the DPS Trooper stopped the 2016 Mazda 6SP for speeding, the odor of marijuana was apparent. The trooper found marijuana and a substance containing cannabis oil. Gregory Mack, 38, of Little Rock, Arkansas was arrested and charged with Possession of Marijuana under 2 oz and Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 2 less than 1-gram. He is in Hopkins County Jail on $11000 in bonds.
Meth and Weapons Found in Vehicle in Ditch
January 6, 2017 – Hopkins County Deputy was dispatched to a suspicious vehicle in the ditch at FM 69 and FM 71. Christopher Corey Connally, 36 of Pickton, was showing signs of recent narcotics use. Christopher Corey Connally Connally denied Cpl. Koby Hume of the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office permission to search his 2006 Ford F-150. The DPS K-9 unit was called and the K-9 alerted on the vehicle. A small clear plastic baggie...
Tira News January 6, 2017
by Jan Vaughn The [Robert Weir family] spent New Years Eve with Brenda Allen, Kesley Laurence, James, Malorie, Daniel, Desirea, and Denise, Sarah Lucas and Dakota . Yvonne commented, “We had lots of fireworks and food.” Chip and I took our daughter, Tiffany, and grandchildren, Kenden and Jaidyn, to Piney Shores Resort on Lake Conroe, over the New Year’s weekend. On Thursday, we took our time driving to the resort. We stopped to get an...
