Information From a Truck Driving Class at the Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Campus
TRUCKER CLASS Truck driving instructor Bob Ashbreck lectures to a big class of future truck drivers at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center campus. For information about the truck driving school and other workforce programs, call 903-885-1232. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs truck driving class at the PJC SS campus
The North East Texas Choral Society Presents the Endless Summer Spring Concert May 7th and 8th
The North East Texas Choral Society is pleased to present their spring concert entitled, “Endless Summer.” This concert will be Saturday, May 7 at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 8 at 2 p.m. in the Sulphur Springs High School Auditorium. You are invited to come have some fun. Tickets can be purchased from singers, the local banks, or online at www.singerscount.org. North East Texas Choral Society Endless Summer Spring Concert...
Saltillo FCCLA Members Return From 2022 State Meet With 36 Awards
Saltillo FCCLA members returned from the State FCCLA Meet this week with 36 awards. Among the 18 Saltillo FCCLA Chapter members earning gold were Trinity White, Heston Peeples, Cason Carmody, Nora Martinez, Ethan White, Cindy Alvarez, Gunner Tarver, Yadhira Alonso, Ridge Johnson, Sara Martinez, Julianna Giles, Luis Ortega, Cristian Trejo, Caden McGill, Harley Perez, Gabby Ross, Andrew Redburn and Maysen Pipkin. The 10 students earning...
Unemployment Rates Continued To Decline In Hopkins County, Across Texas In March 2022
Unemployment rates continued to decline in Hopkins County, Northeast Texas and across the state from February to March 2022. The Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area’s March 2022 unemployment rate of 4.1 is still a little bit higher than the overall Texas unemployment rate of 3.9, which was slightly higher than the national unemployment rate of 3.8, according to the March 2022 statistics released by Texas Labor Market...
Alcohol Isn’t The Only Thing A Breath Test Can Detect; It Can Now Detect COVID-19 Too
Alcohol isn’t the only thing a breath test can detect; COVID-19 can now be detected in less than 3 minutes using a breath sample. Not having to stick a long cotton swab up the nose, have a blood sample drawn or cheek swab to check for the virus sounds great, just don’t expect to see the new diagnostic devices readily available to the average consumer anytime soon – or even some locations that previously conducted...
City Receives Official Notification Of $2.42 Million Grant Award For New Senior Center
It’s official. City staff received official notification Thursday afternoon, April 14, 2022, that the City of Sulphur Springs has been approved for a $2.42 million grant award to construct a new senior citizens center. Property where the new senior citizens activity center is to be constructed on Oak Avenue Sulphur Springs Finance Director Lesa Smith just before 5 p.m. Thursday reported city staff got the official word that...
Homeschool Students Will Not Be Allowed To Participate As SSISD Students In UIL Activities
Homeschool students won’t be allowed to participate in UIL activities as Sulphur Springs ISD students in the future, reversing a policy implemented this year by the school board. Sulphur Springs ISD Superintendent Michael Lamb noted that district administrators learned last summer that House Bill 547 changed a policy regarding homeschoolers participation in UIL activities. As they understood the rules in 2021, students would be...
Pair Taken Into Custody Following Two-County Pursuit Which Concluded In Sulphur Springs
Two people, a man and woman, were taken into custody following the two-county vehicle pursuit which spanned at least 20 miles and concluded Wednesday afternoon in the 700 block of East Shannon Road in Sulphur Springs. Law enforcement and emergency responders converge around a white car used in a two-county pursuit Wednesday afternoon, April 13, 2022. According to officials, the chase was initiated by a Hunt County Sheriff’s Office and...
Villarino, Carpenter Recognized As Top Seniors In SSHS Class of 2022
Joel Villarino and Dawson Pace Carpenter were recognized as the top seniors in the Sulphur Springs High School Class of 2022. Villarino, son of Mario Villarino and Leah Larsen, is this year’s valedictorian. Carpenter, son of Rodney and Nikki Carpenter, earned salutatorian honors with a 4.43 weighted grade point average. The pair have been friends since second grader when they were in the same class at Bowie Primary School. While...
Avoid I-30 South Service Road East of Broadway
April 13, 2022 – A multi agency response to a vehicle crash is ongoing. Units from Cumby Police, Sulphur Springs Police, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office and Texas State Troopers worked together to stop a fleeing white sedan. The pursuit of the vehicle started outside Hopkins County. This pursuit covered several surface streets in Sulphur Springs, and at one point went through the Wal-Mart Parking lot. The south service...
