Schedule, King and Queen Nominees Announced for 2021 Paris Junior College Homecoming
“PJC in the 1980s” is the theme for this year’s Homecoming festivities at Paris Junior College set for November 4-6. After a final round of voting by students, the Homecoming Court is set as well. Members include Rylie Hardison of Mt. Pleasant, Da’May Jones of Houston, Baylee Metcalfe of Sand Springs, Okla., Jessika Roberts of Forney, Beau Brewer of McKinney, and Nathaniel Windham of Pickton. Hardison is a 2020 graduate of...
TxDOT Urges Drivers to ‘End the Streak’ of Daily Deaths on Texas Roads as 21st Anniversary Approaches
November 7, 2000 was the last deathless day on Texas roadways Nov. 4, 2021AUSTIN – It was late in the afternoon when Isaac Simmons got the call: a vehicle was broken down along a stretch of I-45 in Fairfield, and Simmons, a 35-year-old tow truck driver, headed out to help. While winching the car onto his tow truck, the routine stop suddenly became horrific. A speeding car careened off the road, rolled up the tow...
Industrial Drive Closed From Commercial Services Drive To Bill Bradford Road
Industrial Drive between Commercial Services Drive and Bill Bradford Road is closed due to a gas main being struck. Industrial Drive was closed to traffic and operations at Saputo reportedly halted Thursday afternoon due to the presence of natural gas in the area. The contractor boring under I-30 to connecting the final piece of the Saputo sewer main project reportedly hit the gas main, according to the city manager. First, the far...
Extension Hosts Pesticide Private Applicator Class Hosted At Civic Center
(Left, below) Participants in the pesticide private applicator CEU class register and (above) visit before finding seats to take part in the class Nov. 3, 2021 Texas A&M University-Commerce Agriculture Sciences and Natural Resources Department representatives were also on hand with information as well. The Texas A&M AgriLife-Hopkins County office hosted a 5-CEU pesticide private applicator session on Nov. 3, 2021 at Hopkins...
Hopkins County United Way Within $40,000 Of Goal, With 1 Week To Go In 2021-22 Campaign
Hopkins County United Way 2021-22 campaign workers received another $25,158.42 in campaign donations and pledges over the last week, increasing the total collected after the fifth week of the campaign to $110,441.57. That’s leaves a little over $39,500 still to go if HCU to meet the $150,000 campaign goal to benefit 18 local non-profits. HCUW Campaign Chair Kristy Moseley encourages those who still have donation packets out, to...
Thursday Game Day Brings Wildcats Football Finale in Forney Against the Falcons
Normally the Wildcats football team are the marquee game on Friday game day, but due to Forney and North Forney sharing a football stadium and thus having to block schedule games, this week brings the Wildcats football team having their game day on Thursday. Tonight’s game in Forney versus the Falcons is the regular-season finale for both teams. Sulphur Springs comes in to tonight’s final game of the 2021 season still...
Doin’ It in Style! 2021 DBA Heritage Car Show Saturday November 6 Downtown Sulphur Springs
Final preparations are being set in place for November 6, 2021 by the members of the Downtown Business Alliance to stage the Heritage Car Show, an annual main event on Celebration Plaza. Much pre-show labor is involved for members in setting up and moving barriers, issuing placement to the vehicles as they arrive, and getting the vehicles parked and situated properly around the Plaza. The Car Show has long been a popular attraction...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report – Oct. 25-31, 2021
Arrests Kris Zavalla, 28 years of age, of Quitman, was arrested on Oct. 26, 2021, on a Tarrant County warrant for theft of a firearm.Gary Nichols, 40 years of age, of Kilgore, was arrested on Oct. 27, 2021, for driving while license invalid with previous convictions.Joshua Dunn, 20 years of age, of Mount Vernon, was arrested on Oct. 31, 2021 driving while intoxicated. Calls for Service The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a...
Chamber Connection: Wall That Heals, Car Show, Mabel’s Foundation, Miracles Made On Connally, Turkey Trot
The Wall That Heals By Butch Burney The Wall That Heals, the Vietnam Veterans replica memorial, will be in Sulphur Springs Nov. 4-7, at the Sulphur Springs High School track. The three-quarter sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., along with a Mobile Education Center, arrived in Sulphur Springs on Tuesday, escorted by Patriot Guard Riders, law enforcement, and fire department personnel. This...
15th Annual Sulphur Springs Lions Club Lighted Christmas Parade To Be Held Dec. 3
The 15th annual Sulphur Springs Lions Club Lighted Christmas Parade presented by Carriage House Manor will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3. The showcase of festively lit parade entries designed to bring Christmas cheer to the viewers of all ages will begin at Buford Park and head east on Connally Street to the square. Then, the Christmas parade will head north on Church Street before turning west on Houston Street and ending at...
