DSHS Confirms First Monkeypox Case In Texas In 2022
DSHS News Release — Tuesday, June 7, 2022 The Texas Department of State Health Services is working with Dallas County Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate a single case of monkeypox virus infection in a Dallas County resident with recent international travel. The patient is isolated at home. The public health investigation has identified a few people who may have been exposed in...
What To Do About Filamentous Algae In Ponds
By Mario Villarino, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Hopkins County, [email protected]. As the hot days of summer reach Hopkins County, it is just gratifying to spend more time outdoors and is common to conduct recreational activities around ponds and lakes. It is common then to notice plant and algae growing in them. Filamentous algae starts growing along the bottom in shallow water or...
Paris Junior College Students on President, Deans Lists
Paris Junior College-SSpgs Public Information Services PJC Students on President, Deans lists Paris Junior College is pleased to announce that 184 students were named to the President’s and Dean’s lists for academic achievement during the Spring 2022 semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average, (straight A’s) on a minimum of 15 semester hours. Those on the dean’s list must have a...
Paris Junior College Offering Free Robotics Coding Camps
Paris Junior College – Public Information Services Parents should enroll children now Paris Junior College is holding a robotics coding camp made possible by the Texas Workforce Commission at five locations in June, July and August. The free camp is for students entering the sixth, seventh, or eighth grades, or those who have completed eighth grade in the 2021-22 school year. The Robotics Coding Camp is designed to allow...
Good News for Solar Farm Companies
June 7, 2022 – It’s good news for solar farms across the United States as President Biden offers a two year reprieve on potential tariffs on solar panels imported from key Asian countries. The four countries named in the order are Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Reports abounds that these countries are complicit in helping China avoid tariff on panels headed to the USA, a practice fist describe in 2012. In 2012,...
Sulphur Springs City Council To Consider Plat For New Housing Development, 5 Rezoning Requests
Harrison, Spraggins To Take Oath For Council Council; Officers, City Boards and Commissions To Be Selected Sulphur Springs City has a packed agenda Tuesday night; the Council members are being asked to consider a plat for a new housing development, five rezoning requests, and requests to establish a reinvestment zone and an Advisory Sidewalk Committee. Tommy Harrison and Garry Spraggins who were unchallenged in the spring for Places 4...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report –May 30-June 5, 2022
Winnsboro Police Department each week provides a media report with information about department activity. WPD activity for the week of May 30-June 5, 2022 included: Arrests Winnsboro Police Department Thomas Fitzgerald, 55 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on May 31, 2022, for Driving While License Invalid with previous convictions.Jessie DeLa Cruz, 43 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on June 2, 2022, on...
June 2022 Grand Jury Indictments
A Hopkins County Grand Jury during the regular June 2022 session signed 18 indictments, pushing those cases forward for prosecution. Ten people were named in the charges, including five people accused of two or more more offenses. Charges ranged from controlled substance and stolen vehicle offenses to burglary of habitation, escape and continuous sexual abuse of a child offenses. Mauro Lopez‐Perez AKA Mauro Lopez-Lopez and Mauro Perez...
No Tuition Increase for 11 Universities in Texas A&M System
No Tuition Increase for 11 Universities in Texas A&M SystemBy: The Texas A&M University System BRYAN/ COLLEGE STATION, Texas —The Texas A&M University System’s Board of Regents will not increase tuition for Fall 2022, Chairman of the Board Tim Leach said today. “The Board is very focused on making a college education affordable for all Texans and pledges to make accessibility and fairness our highest priority,” Chairman...
Rep. Slaton Plans To File Bill Banning Drag Shows In Presence of Texas Minors
News Release, Greenville, Texas, – June 6, 2022 Texas House District 2 Representative Bryan Slaton Monday morning announced plans to file legislation which he will be “protecting kids from drag shows and other inappropriate displays as soon as the next legislative session begins.” According to a news release from Slaton’s office, the state representative’s decision was made “following several news...
