Jeff Spivey
Elder Jeff Spivey, Sr. was born on August 2, 1937, to the parentage of Pink Spivey and Annie Mae English. He transitioned peacefully from this life to his heavenly home on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Elder Spivey accepted Christ at an early age and was called into the ministry at the age of 56 by the Order of Church of God in Christ First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Southern California. He pastored several churches before becoming a...
Ruby Stone
January 24, 1934 — July 12, 2025 Sulphur Springs Funeral service for Ruby Stone, age 91, of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at Spence Chapel – First Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Sam Johnson, Shane Stone, James Imhoff, Mike Petty, Jeff Orwosky, and Jose Moreno serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearer will be Sam Stone. Visitation...
Emersyn Rose Gilmore
Our precious, beautiful baby girl, Emersyn Rose, touched our lives and filled our hearts with so much joy and love. Her life was short, but she was loved beyond measure and will be missed everyday and will forever be remembered. Our sweet baby girl, Mommy and Daddy love you more than words can say and will cherish the moments we had with you forever. Emersyn Rose Gilmore was born July 12, 2025, and passed away on July 12, 2025. She is...
Louise Armstrong Loggins
Louise Armstrong Loggins, 91, passed away peacefully at home on July 11 following a brief illness. She was born on April 15, 1934, in Paris, Texas to Elvis Hugh and Eula Belle Armstrong. Louise graduated from Paris High School and attended Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. She married James Clifford Loggins on Aug. 28, 1952 in Paris. They raised 5 children, and moved to Sulphur Springs in 1972 when James was transferred...
Divorce Between Ken and Angela Paxton Will Proceed Outside Public View, Reports Say
July 12, 2025 – By Jessica Shuran Yu – The Texas Tribune “Divorce between Ken and Angela Paxton will proceed outside public view, reports say” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. A state district court judge in Collin County agreed Friday to seal all...
Illegal Aliens Cut From Certain ‘Federal Public Benefits’
July 14, 2025 – On July 10, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a major policy reversal intended to prevent undocumented immigrants from accessing certain taxpayer-funded healthcare and social services. The new directive rescinds a 1998 Clinton-era interpretation of the 1996 PRWORA welfare law, which had previously narrowed “federal public benefit” and allowed undocumented individuals to...
Animal Shelters in Texas Get Relief
July 13, 2025 – Adoptable pets from Central Texas flew into the Susquehanna Valley Saturday, touching down at Lancaster Airport and heading straight to the Humane Society of Harrisburg Area for adoption this week. The rescue mission—coordinated by Wings of Rescue in partnership with Brandywine Valley SPCA—marks a second relief flight, following an earlier arrival in Delaware. Multiple flights carrying hundreds of pets have...
Indiana Task Force 1 Sends Additional Help To Texas
July 13, 2025 – Indiana Task Force 1, Indiana’s urban search-and-rescue team, has dispatched an additional 35 members to Kerr County, Texas, to bolster ongoing flood-response operations following catastrophic flash flooding that inundated the Hill Country region earlier this month. The deployment comes amid intensifying recovery efforts after several rounds of torrential thunderstorms, which have repeatedly inundated local...
SID MILLER ADDRESSES PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VISIT TO KERRVILLE, TEXAS
July 13, 2025 – “President Trump’s visit to Kerrville comes at a crucial time as Texans are suffering from historic and devastating flooding. This is the leadership Texans know to expect from President Trump: present, proactive, and ready to act when disaster occurs. President Trump is committed to strengthening emergency response efforts so that what happened in the Hill Country never happens again, and I will fight with him...
A Message of Inspiration From the Author of Living Loved, July 13, 2025
Read with me! Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing. O Jacob, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights? Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The LORD is the everlasting God, the...
