2023 Back-To-School Sales Tax Holiday This Weekend Aug 11-13
Sales Tax Waived On Qualifying School Supplies, Clothes, Shoes and Student Backpacks Priced Under $100 This Weekend in Texas If you’re planning to buy school clothes or supplies, waiting until this weekend to do so could prove monetarily advantageous as this weekend is the annual sales tax holiday in Texas. State law exempts sales tax on qualified items — such as clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks — priced below...
Summer 2023 Featured Multiple Highlights for the Miller Grove FFA
Miller Grove FFA Summer 2023 Spotlight
The Divorce Care Support Group Will Meet Beginning August 16th
The Divorce Care Support Group will meet every Wednesday beginning August 16, 2023. The group will last for 13 weeks and will meet at 6:00pm each Wednesday night. The location for the meetings is the basement of the First United Methodist Church of Sulphur Springs, Texas. There will be signs to direct attendees to the correct meeting room. For more details about the Divorce Care Support Group, contact Debbie Young at 903-303-4771, or...
Learn Vital Skills in Welding and Other Fields at Paris Junior College
WELDING PROJECT Brandon Mitchell of Campbell, a welding student at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Welding Center, is working on a Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding, also known as Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) is an arc welding process that produces the weld. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Brandon Welding
EDC Executive Director to Retire
Roger Feagley Announces Retirement – Chris Brown Chosen As Successor The Sulphur Springs-Hopkins County EDC will see a passing of the torch after almost 2 decades of success with Roger Feagley at the helm. Roger has announced he will retire in January, 2024, which will mark 19 years of service, providing assistance and resources of over $14m to nearly 40 local companies and projects. “It has been a pleasure to serve the Sulphur...
Fleeing From Police Ends In Arrest
August 7, 2023 – A 21 year-old precinct 4 resident was arrest near the intersection of Tate and Craig street this weekend. The man attempted to outrun police because he thought he had forgotten his drivers license at home. At around 10:30 PM Saturday night, Sulphur Springs Police attempted to stop Marcelo Flores for a minor traffic violation. Flores did not immediately stop. He accelerated to a high rate of speed then ran a stop...
Juan Hernandez-Ruiz Charged with Murder
A Sulphur Springs resident was arrested at 4:40am early Sunday morning, August 6, 2023 after a report of a man covered with blood in the 700 block of Texas St. Sulphur Springs police officers responded to the scene at 4:10am to find Giovanni Lopez in the street bleeding from his injuries. Juan Hernandez-Ruiz, 2023 During the investigation, officers learned that the victim had been in an altercation earlier in the evening with a...
Give Back to a Park you LOVE – Centennial Fund-Raising Campaign
Cooper, TX— Celebrating Texas State Parks’ century-long commitment to natural conservation and outdoor recreation, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation proudly announces its Centennial Fundraising Campaign. For 100 years, Texas State Parks have served as a refuge for both wildlife and those who cherish the state’s natural beauty. Today, we invite you to give back to the park closest to your home or heart. Focusing on...
Paris District Road Report for week of August 7, 2023
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district for the week starting Aug. 7, 2023. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel through work zones. They should also avoid distractions such as...
Crickets By Mario Villarino
Crickets are about 1″ long, dark brown to black with large hind legs used for jumping. Female crickets have a large, sword-like structure, the ovipositor, protruding from the tip of the abdomen. The ovipositor is an egg laying structure. Crickets feed on plant material and other insects. They can cause damage to seedlings and be destructive to plants when in high numbers. Males can become a nuisance with their sounds...
