CASA, Commissioners Court Encourage Community To Help Spread Awareness, Take Action To Help Prevent Child Abuse
Lake Country CASA and Hopkins County Commissioners Court joined forces this week to encourage the community to help them with a very important cause, spreading awareness and acting to prevent child abuse. Several area schools also are standing together with officials in the efforts to protect kids from abuse and neglect, hosting dress up days, posting blue pinwheels of prevention, and making posters to spread awareness about child...
SSISD Trustees Approve 10 Personnel Items
Following an executive session, SSISD Board of Trustees Monday night approved professional employment contracts and approved 10 personnel items. Overall, the board accepted one notice of retirement and four resignations, approved two new hires and three job swaps which will impact five campuses. Kenya Singleton notified the district of her planned retirement as special programs/testing coordinator at Sulphur Springs Middle School. The...
Crain Reports No Problems Noted In County Audit
HVAC Units For Courthouse, Building Consulting Services, Donations, Agreement with City Approved By Commissioners Court Lewis Crain of Rutherford, Crain & Company, PC, when presenting the audit during the April 12, 2021 Hopkins County Commissioners Court, say despite a strange year, Hopkins County’s financials look good as far as the annual independent review. Crain repors the biggest change in revenues between the 2018-19...
Wildcats Baseball Team and Lady Cats Softball Teams Host Texas High on Tuesday
Both the Wildcats Baseball Team and the Lady Cats Softball Team have home games on this game day Tuesday (April 13). Both host district games with Texas High with quite a bit on the line. The Wildcats come into the game in a three-way tie for second place with Texas High and Longview. All three have 5-3 district records. The Wildcats are 9-13 for the season and Texas High is 11-5-1. Plans call for a JV game at 4 p.m. The Varsity game...
Listen to the Phone Scam
Thieves, scams and con artists have been around since the beginning of time. Telephone based fraud really hit it’s stride in the 1980s. Internet based calling, Caller ID spoofing, and the dramatic price drop in acquiring a phone number has allowed thieves ramp up their efforts. “Call Centers” can now exist anywhere in the world, and contact people anywhere virtually free. Some seek personal information, credit cards...
Providers To Pause Distribution Of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine; Moderna, Pfizer Vaccine To Be Administered As Scheduled
CHRISTUS Health: Anyone Receiving J&J Vaccine In Last 2 Weeks Should Monitor For Symptoms, Contact PCP Immediately If Detected The Texas Department of State Health Services issued a statement asking all COVID-19 vaccine providers in Texas to pause all administration of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine following Tuesday’s recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and...
HCGS Hosts Special Zoom Program on April 15 by Texas State Genealogical Society, ‘Underutilized Research Sources’ by Pat Gordon
Although the Society is always seeking new members, you don’t have to be a member of the Hopkins County Genealogical Society to take advantage of their great educational ZOOM programs, like the one planned for 7pm Central on April 15, 2021 on ‘Underutilized Sources’ by Pat Gordon. Register in advance to access the ZOOM program by clicking HERE: Our program will be:”Underutilized Resources,” by Pat...
Newly Released Song by Local Writers to Debut at Reilly Springs Jamboree April 17 at The Roc
It has been 14 months since the Reilly Springs Jamboree was staged before an audience at The Roc near downtown Sulphur Springs, back in the unsuspecting days of early 2020 prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. In fact, only two shows were held during 2020 at the Jamboree’s home stage at the Reilly Springs Community Center before the shut down, musically, across the state. Now, thankfully, the Jamboree is returning starting with the...
2020 PJC Graduates Invited to Walk in May
In 2020, Paris Junior College held virtual graduation ceremonies for the spring and fall semesters due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those graduates are now invited to return and walk in the in-person commencement ceremony slated for 7:00 p.m., May 7, at Noyes Stadium on the Paris campus. While an invitation has been sent from the PJC Admissions and Student Records Office to all 2020 PJC graduates, sometimes addresses change and...
Whitworth Street Traffic Stop Results In 3 Controlled Substance Arrests
Kansas Woman Arrested On Wildcat Way On Methamphetamine Charge A Whitworth Street traffic stop early Sunday morning resulted in three controlled substance arrest. Police also arrested a Kansas woman Saturday on an unrelated controlled substance charge, according to arrest reports. Whitworth Street Traffic Stop Nicolas Anthony Reynolds (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Officer Silas Whaley conducted a traffic stop on a Pontiac...
