Hopkins County United Way Over 50% of Goal; Give Back Event at Muddy Jake’s
Official donations to Hopkins County United Way counted Tuesday day totaled $53,915.40 making the grand total thus far into the campaign $94,550.40. The local campaign is now over half-way to their goal of $175,000. The next campaign meeting is Tuesday, October 31 at 9:30 at the Texas AgriLife Extension office. The final campaign meeting is Wednesday, November 8 at 9:30 a.m. when workers hope to wrap up the Campaign and distribute...
Wildcat Football Head Coach Owens Calls Mt Pleasant “Scrappy”
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said the Wildcats had a good bye week last week. He called it the most productive that he can recall. Coach Owens praised the players’ attitudes. He said they got to work on fundamentals and conditioning. Coach Owens said he hoped it would help during the last three weeks of the season. He said the Wildcats need to win all their remaining games to make the playoffs. Coach Owens said the team...
Lady Cats Dominate MP; Ready for District Championship Game
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness said it seems every time his team steps on the court, they get little bit better. He had just watched the Lady Cats dominate Mount Pleasant, 3-0 on senior night Tuesday night in Wildcats Gym. Coach Maness said he was glad to see his team improving heading into the playoffs. He said he knew his team would be hard to beat on senior night. Coach Maness said he had six seniors who wanted to leave...
Chamber Board Members Getting Ready to “Do the Stew!”
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Board Members Kim Beck and Amber Gilbert will be on duty before daylight on “Stew Day” in Hopkins County, October 28, 2017. By that time, the stew grounds in Buford Park will house 165 different stew sites. A walk-through of the sites is always interesting because you meet new cooks and familiar, even famous ones, too. Winners of the Super-Stew contest in Beef and Chicken categories and...
Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County EDC Receives Texas Economic Development Council’s 2017 Community Economic Development Award
The Texas Economic Development Council announced the recipients of its annual Community Economic Development Awards for 2017. The awards were presented at a special awards luncheon at the TEDC’s Annual Conference in Houston. Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County EDC received the CEDA award for communities with a population of 10,001 to 20,000. Sulphur Springs was in competition with Anna, Athens, Bay City, Brenham, Brownwood, Converse,...
Early Voting Underway for Constitutional Amendment Election
Early voting in the November 7th Constitutional Amendment Election is underway at the Justice of the Peace Courtroom on Jefferson Street. The ballot contains seven (7) propositions. Early voting began Monday, October 23rd and continues through November 3rd. Currently, 31 early votes have been cast through end of day Tuesday. Hours for early voting are 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily except Tuesday, October 31st and Thursday, November 2nd...
PJC Has Implemented Reforms Being Embraced Nationally
Many higher education initiatives touted at the recent American Association of Community Colleges annual meeting have already been implemented or are underway at Paris Junior College, according to three regents who attended the meeting. Beginning with participation in Achieving the Dream over a decade ago to PJC’s current participation in the national Pathways Project, PJC has been using data to improve student success to allow...
Help-A-Child Chili, Brisket, Ag Mech Contest Winners at 2017 Benefit
2017 HELP A CHILD CHILI & BRISKET WINNERS AND PRIZE SPONSORS 1st Place Chili –INTERSTATE BODY SHOP Sponsored by: INTERSTATE BODY SHOP 2nd Place Chili—SULPHUR SPRINGS PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS Sponsored by: Association Local 3237 3rd Place Chili—SULPHUR BLUFF EASTERN STAR Sponsored by: Sulphur Bluff Eastern Star CHILI PRIZE SPONSORS: INTERSTATE BODY SHOP CNB of YANTIS JAY HODGE CHEVROLET 1st Place Brisket—DEEP SOUTH Sponsored...
Lady Cats Defeat Mt Pleasant to Assure at a Least Tie for District Lead
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team dominated their final regular season district game at home on senior night Tuesday (October 24) against Mount Pleasant, 3-0. The Lady Cats jumped out to an 8-1 lead in set one and never took their foot off the gas pedal winning, 25-8, 25-16 and 25-11. With the result of Texas High’s match with Greenville pending, the win by the Lady Cats assured that the worse they could be at the end of the...
