State Representative Jill Dutton Helps Secure a $25MM Proposed Investment for Short Line Railroad in Texas
August 23, 2024 – Northeast Texas is one of the fastest growing regions in Texas and freight by rail will play an essential role to our economy, job growth, and transportation safety. The NETEX Rural Rail Transportation District is a multi-county District, enabled by the Texas Legislature, which includes Titus, Franklin, Hopkins, Delta, Hunt, and Collin counties. The NETEX rail currently carries 1,800 – 2,000 cars per...
Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Investigation Into Reports that Organizations May Be Illegally Registering Noncitizens to Vote
August 22, 2024 – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into reports that organizations operating in Texas may be unlawfully registering noncitizens to vote in violation of state and federal law. Investigators from the Texas Attorney General’s Election Integrity Unit recently conducted undercover operations to identify potential voter registration of noncitizens in Texas. The investigation has already...
Governor Abbott Deploys Additional State Firefighting Resources As Wildfire Threat Increases
August 20, 2024 – Governor Greg Abbott announced that he has deployed additional state firefighting resources as wildfire threats continue to increase across Texas. “As the state continues to endure triple-digit temperatures and dry vegetation, Texas is deploying additional firefighting resources to assist communities that have increased wildfire activity,” said Governor Abbott. “Texans are strongly urged to take all...
Venue Changed: Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce to Host Apex Clean Energy at Pacific Park
August 19, 2024 – Due to the level of response to this meeting, the venue has changed. The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce has promised to release that location today. The date and time will remain the same. August 12, 2024 – The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce is set to host Apex Clean Energy for a lunch and learn in September. The informative meeting will help educate the public about wind power plants and their...
Attorney General Ken Paxton and 23 Other States Ask SCOTUS to Allow Arizona Law Requiring Proof of Citizenship for Voting to Go Into Effect
August 18, 2024 – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a coalition of twenty-three other attorneys general to file an amicus brief in support of an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship in order to vote, asking the Supreme Court of the United States for an emergency stay of a federal district court’s injunction against the law. Arizona’s state constitution, like many other state constitutions, stipulates the...
Hopkins County Genealogical Society Joint Meeting with Hopkins County Historical Society to be Held August 22nd
August 18, 2024 – It is August again and time for the annual joint meeting of the Hopkins County Genealogical Society and the Hopkins County Historical Society. The historical society will host the genealogical society once again and dual member, Paula Altenbaumer, will present in first person and costume the early pioneer of Hopkins County and wife of Dr. Stephen Beasley Longino, Mary Edna Young Longino. Mary Edna Young...
Paris Junior College Starts 100th Fall Semester on August 26
This fall semester starting August 26 at Paris Junior College is significant for a number of reasons. One hundred years ago, PJC’s first fall semester began on September 14. Special events and celebrations will be held throughout the 2024-2025 academic year to mark the anniversary. “Last chance registration” will be held August 19-22. In addition to the over 70 certificates and degrees offered, this fall PJC has...
The Meet the Wildcats Gave the Sulphur Springs Community the Chance to see the Athletes, Coaches, and Staff for the Upcoming Season
August 16, 2024 – The Annual “Meet the Wildcats” event was held at Gerald Prim Stadium August 15th, giving the Sulphur Springs community the chance to see the athletes, coaches, and staff for the 2024/2025 Wildcats and Lady Cats Sports season. KSST will continue the tradition of carrying Wildcats and Lady Cats Sports this season, and a lot of the games will be broadcast on Cable Channel 18, and will be available to...
Texas Election Officials are Dealing with a Flood of Challenges to Voter Registrations
By Natalia Contreras, The Texas Tribune Aug. 16, 2024 – County election departments across Texas are trying to reassure voters amid a flood of formal challenges questioning whether their registrations are valid. The challenges, filed by conservative groups and individual activists, seek to remove tens of thousands of voters from the rolls on the grounds that they don’t live in the county, are not citizens or have died. Election...
As the School Year Starts, CBP Intercepts More Fake IDs
August 15,2024 – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have discovered counterfeit driver’s licenses inside inbound packages moving through the International Mail Facility at O’Hare International Airport. During routine examinations of packages, officers focused enforcement efforts on counterfeit documents produced outside the United States that were potentially going to be used to fake an identity of young adults...
