CHRISTUS Health Encourages Safe Fireworks use for Independence Day Celebrations
June 27, 2024 – (EAST TEXAS) – CHRISTUS Health is encouraging everyone to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday safely by providing fireworks safety tips. The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports there were eight deaths and nearly 10,000 people treated in emergency rooms due to fireworks in 2023. Injuries from fireworks have increased since 2008. “Fireworks are extremely dangerous if used incorrectly,” said Julie...
PJC Offering Free Robotics Coding Camp For Area Middle School Students
June 26, 2024 – Paris Junior College is offering six free, week-long Robotics Coding Camps that take an interactive approach to designing and coding robots through coding and use of Sphero BOLT and VEX V5 robots. Campers will be presented challenging and innovative concepts in learning, problem solving and analytical skills while fostering an interest in computer coding/programming. Each one-week, no-cost day camp is for...
NETBIO and Quality Preconditioning of Cattle
June 26, 2024 – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offers a comprehensive program for the preconditioning of cattle. Preconditioning involves a series of management practices implemented prior to weaning to prepare calves for the next phase of production. These practices aim to improve the health, growth, and marketability of calves while reducing stress and illness. For more than twenty years, the North East Texas...
Multiple Arrests for Organized Crime Connected to Local Stolen Vehicles
Richard “Richie Rich” Lopez Facebook Photo June 24, 2024 – The stolen vehicles case continues to unfold with more charges being levied against an expanding circle of suspects. Richard “Richie Rich” Lopez has been arrested on two counts of Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity. Lopez’s bond has been set at $300,000 on the two charges. Chelsea Clark was arrested and charged with two counts of...
TAMUC Student Captures Team Roping Championship at College National Finals Rodeo
June 24, 2024 – TAMUC’s Profili Captures Team Roping Championship at College National Finals Rodeo The title is the third individual National Championship for A&M-Commerce Rodeo in the last three years COMMERCE, TX, June 24, 2024—Texas A&M University-Commerce Rodeo Team member Kaden Profili highlighted the Lions’ success at the 2024 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) with a National Championship victory in the...
Enhanced DWI enforcement on Texas roads ahead of July 4
June 24, 2024 – Law Enforcement agencies across Texas are stepping-up their efforts to catch drunk drivers as Independence Day nears with all of its celebrations that often include alcohol. State troopers, sheriff’s deputies, local police officers, and other lawmen began their enhanced DWI enforcement on Friday, and it will remain in place until July 7. At the same time, the Texas Department of Transportation is rolling out its...
Majority of Texans Say an Electrical Grid Failure Could Come This Summer
Nearly three years after Winter Storm Uri, Texans have little faith that the state’s electrical grid can weather the coming summer months. Luca Cacciatore | June 21, 2024 Tree and power pole damaged by strong thunderstorm. Photo by Chad Young. A new poll from the University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Politics Project found that a majority of Texans believe an electrical grid failure could occur this summer. Conducted between May 31...
Tables Go on Sale for Designer Handbag Bingo
June 21, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – Mark your calendar for Saturday, June 22 as that is the day tables for Designer Handbag Bingo go on sale. Tables, which are reserved, cost $575 and seat 8 players. Each player will receive a packet that includes cards for the 10 rounds of regular play, a drink ticket that can be used for a soda, wine, or margarita, a drawing entry for the door prizes, a Plain & Fancy sandwich with...
Pacific Park Damaged: Sulphur Springs Police Need Your Help
The Sulphur Springs Police Department is requesting the public’s help in identifying the person(s) responsible for criminal mischief that occurred at Pacific Park on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at around 8:24 p.m. The police department does have video of the incident but due to the suspects appearing to be juveniles the video will not be posted. There were numerous people that observed this offense, and we are asking anyone with any...
Dinner Bell for June 26th, 2024
The Mother’s Culture Club is the Community Partner for June 26, 2024. The Mother’s Culture Club was established September 20, 1929 for the mutual improvement of “our children, ourselves and our homes”. Fund raisers have included bake sales, golf tournaments, charity auctions, cookbook sales, and the yearly much loved Father-Daughter Dance plus many more. Amounts raised each year are in the multi thousand dollar...
