Edward Jones Ranked Top Full-Service Firm
Investors Rank Edward Jones a Top Full-service Firm in Hearts and Wallets Survey Investors rank Edward Jones as a top full-service investment firm in providing clarity about fees as well as unbiased and understandable advice and service for investors, according to research firm Hearts & Wallets. The study, which ranked 24 financial firms based on more than 10 different attributes that investors deemed most important, found that...
Animals of the Week: Every Animal at the Shelter
by Steven Payne As a result of having reached maximum capacity for both cats and dogs, the Sulphur Springs Animal Shelter has chosen to highlight every animal in the shelter in order to stimulate adoption rates and find homes for more animals. “We have limited space here, and we’re about to start using our outside kennels for holding, but we have to get shelters in them first,” Animal Shelter Officer Barbi Blanch...
Registration Underway for Summer Sessions at PJC-Sulphur Springs Campus
Justin Radney of Como, left, with the help of Academic/Financial Aid Advisor Carey Gable, registers for a summer class at the Paris Junior College-Sulphur Springs Center. Radney is a student at the University of Mary Hardin Baylor and will be home for the summer, so he is taking the opportunity to get ahead in his education process. Registration for Summer I and Summer II semesters is underway. Summer I classes begin on June 6 and...
SSHS Coaches Offer Youth Sports Camps
Again this summer, the Sulphur Springs ISD will offer sports camps in baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, volleyball, football and tennis. Two camps will be offered next week. Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack will offer baseball hitting camps Monday through Wednesday mornings in the Multipurpose Building. One camp is for youngsters entering first through the third grades and there is another for children entering fourth...
Ladies Love Taildraggers Fly-In is Saturday
The Ladies Love Taildraggers Fly-In is set for this weekend, rain or shine, June 3-5, 2016. Ladies Love Taildraggers is group of ladies who love to fly. Their mission is to introduce women to the world of aviation and have fun in the meantime. Early arrivals are set for Thursday, June 2nd. Arrivals are also expected throughout the day on Friday and Saturday. On Saturday, a Poker Run to benefit the Ladies Love Taildraggers Scholarship...
Agrilife: Preserving the Harvest
Preserving the Harvest With all the rain we have received lately, gardens are flourishing and produce is already being harvested! Our office has received some phone calls about home food preservation, and I wanted to share some basic information to get you started in the right direction. Organisms that cause food spoilage – molds, yeasts, and bacteria – are present everywhere in the air, soil, and water. Enzymes that may cause...
Dumpster Dive Leads to Arrest
June 2, 2016 – While going through dumpsters behind a closed business on Gilmer Street Thursday morning, June 2, at 12:43 a.m., Sharon Ann Ball, 67, met Sulphur Springs Police Department Special Crimes Unit Investigator Harold McClure. The result of the meeting was a charge for possession of a controlled substance (Methamphetamine) over 4-grams and less than 200-grams, a Felony 2. In light of the suspicious activity, McClure...
Floods and Wildlife: Catching Snakes
by Mario Villarino During severe days of rain, the accumulation of water in the ground creates a problem to native and non-native plants and animals in our county. Because a high percentage (depending on the size of the component of the soil) of the soil is air, when air gets displaced by water plants can get water logged and animal dens can get flooded too. A common unwanted visitor to higher areas of you properties can be snakes...
Jose Enrique Tovar
Rosary and visitation for Jose Enrique Tovar age, 61, of Pickton will be held from 6 to 8 PM Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the West Oaks Funeral Home. Mr. Tovar died Tuesday, morning at the Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. He was born in San Jose de Viborillas, San Miguel Allende, GTO, Mexico the son of Patricio and Maria Guadalupe Correa. He married Nieves Gallegos on October 23, 1987 in San Miguel Allende and she survives. Mr. Tovar...
