Oil Spill Closes Section of Cumby Street For A Few Hours Monday Afternoon
Cumby Residents Can Now Sign Up For Emergency Alerts From The City Cumby City Hall, 100 East Main Street, Cumby, Texas Cumby residents who signed up for the new alert system were notified by call, and others learned via Facebook post to avoid Main Street at Commerce Street for a few hours Monday afternoon. Emergency officials were alerted at 12:55 p.m. Aug. 26 that a vehicle hauling 5-gallon buckets of hydraulic oil had spilled...
Mount Pleasant Man Jailed For Second Time This Summer In Hopkins County
A 42-year-old Mount Pleasant man’s trip to Sulphur Springs included a visit to the county jail, after he claimed drug paraphernalia found in the sport utility vehicle he was driving Monday night. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Lance Burdick reportedly stopped a gray Ford SUV at 11:49 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26, on the north Interstate 30 servie road at mile marker 134, after allegedly noticing it had defective stop and license...
Winnsboro Man Jailed On Hopkins County Warrant
Timothy Allen Gordon A 54-year-old Winnsboro man was taken into custody Monday afternoon on a felony Hopkins County warrant, according to arrest and jail reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office was alerted Timothy Allen Gordon would be released from another facility. Deputy Dan Turrentine was dispatched to Greenville, where he took Gordon into custody at 12:45 p.m. and transported him to Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center,...
Lady Cats Volleyball Team Plays at Paris on Tuesday Game Day
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team is back on the court on this Tuesday game day (August 27). The Lady Cats will have a non-district game against Paris on the road. The schedule calls for a JV game at 4:30 p.m. and a varsity game at 5:30 p.m. Paris does not have a freshmen team. The Lady Cats varsity comes into the contest with a season record of 14-8. The Lady Cats are coming off of a fourth place finish at an Edgewood tournament last...
Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Alex Guerra Comments on Wildcats Defense and Wakeland’s Offense
Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Alex Guerra said he liked what he saw from his defense during last Thursday’s (August 22) scrimmage. He said his #1 unit did a good job while his #2’s answered a lot of his questions and stepped up. Coach Guerra said his defenders played fast and aggressive. He said the defense is right where it needs to be right now. He said Frisco Wakeland has a lot of offensive weapons. They feature senior...
With Season Opener Coming Up, Wildcats OC Talks About His Offense and Wakeland’s Defense
Wildcats Offensive Coordinator Matt Young weighed in on the Wildcats offense and the Frisco Wakeland defense that will collide Friday night (August 30) at the season opener at Gerald Prim Stadium. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. Concerning last Thursday’s scrimmage at Liberty-Eylau, Coach Young said he liked the execution by the Wildcats offense and how well they communicated. He noted only a couple of busts where plays were not run...
PJC Employees Receive Service Pins
Fall convocation was held recently as Paris Junior College welcomed faculty to campus in preparation for the fall semester that began August 26. One of the highlights of a day of meetings and training was recognition of faculty and staff for their time of service at the college. Receiving service awards included: Ten year service pins were awarded to English Instructor Dr. Marian Ellis, Plant Operations and Maintenance Secretary Tina...
PJC Board of Regents Approves Tax Rate, Budget
The Paris Junior College Board of Regents held a public hearing on the proposed tax rate and the 2019-2020 budget. No public comment was received. After adjourning the public hearing, the Regents went into the regular meeting and gave formal approval to the tax rate of $0.084/$100 valuation, a reduction from the previous year’s rate of $0.85, and the 2019-2020 budget. The 2019-2020 PJC budget will be $36,320,422, up $1.7 million...
Sulphur Springs City Council Aug. 30, 2019 Meeting Agenda
CITY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL12:00 P.M. (NOON) AUGUST 30, 2019 A special meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council will be held at 12:00 P.M. on Friday, August 30, 2019, at 201 North Davis Street. The following items will be discussed: Call to order.Conduct a Public Hearing for the proposed tax increase.Adjourn. A public hearing will be held for a proposed tax increase will be held at noon...
