Solar, Wind, and Carbon, OH MY!!
August 29, 2024 – Hopkins County residents have been inundated with the promise (or threat) of green energy projects needing thousands of acres in different parts of the county. Many solar plant projects already have been approved, built, and operating, but more solar companies are leasing land and asking for tax abatements. The green energy projects keep expanding and now include wind (huge windmills), Carbon Capture (C02...
Big Lots Stores May Close Soon
August 29, 2024 – Big Lots Stores may soon be a thing of the past. The discount giant is considering a potential bankruptcy filing and may seek court protection within weeks. The company is scrambling to find investors with cash in hand to prop up the company and avoid Chapter 11. Share of BIG fell 27 percent in extended trading and have lost nearly 88 percent of their value this year. The closest Big Lots store in operation is...
CHRISTUS Health Celebrates Community Partners for Fighting food Insecurity in Northeast Texas
August 29, 2024 – (TYLER, Texas) – CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System recognized 10 organizations from Northeast Texas as part of the annual community benefit breakfast this week. . The groups were honored Tuesday for their work in fighting food insecurity in the region. “These organizations play a vital role in meeting community needs, and we are blessed to partner and collaborate with them in changing the...
EDC Executive Director Chris Brown sat down with John Mark for an Update on this Second Cup Of Coffee
Sulphur Springs EDC Executive Director Chris Brown saw down with John Mark Dempsey on the latest episode of A Second Cup Of Coffee With John Mark Dempsey. John Mark and Chris Brown talked about Paris Junior College and the role Colleges play in preparing the workforce, the construction of two facilities for growth in local industry, an upcoming visit with some international business personal, and much more. Be sure to check out the...
A Message of Inspiration From the Author of Living Loved, August 25, 2024
Hey Friends!! I read a quote this morning that said “Through your greatest setback can come your greatest comeback!” And the Lord began speaking to my heart about this. He said “what feels like a setback I say is a SETUP! I can use all those things that feel like setbacks to SET YOU UP for the greatest COME BACK!” Isn’t that what His word says? That He will cause...
A Message of Inspiration From the Author of Living Loved, August 18, 2024
Hey friends!I love the book of Psalms. I love the heart of that book. Besides King David being one of my favorite people of the Bible, I love the poetic way it is written, and I love how relatable it is to life. And friends, today I really feel like there are some of us that are just struggling; feeling like everything is falling in around us and we are tired. Maybe you feel like the enemies are surrounding you and you wonder...
A Message of Inspiration From the Author of Living Loved, August 11, 2024
Peace Hey friends! Anyone else find that Friday came a lot quicker this week than usual. There I was minding my own business and Friday snuck up on me this afternoon. The theme for this week seems to have been worry and peace, and the fact that they have a hard time coexisting. Don’t we all have things we “worry” about? Bills, our kids, our jobs, our cars, our family, the random lady at the store. Sometimes we worry about nothing just...
Department of Labor Fines East Texas Pallet Maker $250,000
M&H Crates Inc. faces $254K in penalties after 2024 follow-up inspection. JACKSONVILLE, TX – Despite receiving warnings and citations for more than a decade, a Jacksonville pallet manufacturer’s history of failing to protect employees from the risk of amputation continues, a U.S. Department of Labor follow-up inspection has found. Inspectors with the department’s Occupational Safety and Health...
A Message of Inspiration From the Author of Living Loved
Hey friends! Last week when the student ministry met on the square to have some ice cream and do some street ministry, we read in Luke 19 about Zacchaeus the tax collector. Read with me in Luke 19:1-10. As we can see in the reading Zacchaeus was not a very popular guy with the citizens as he was a tax collector. And we see that he was also short and because of that, he couldn’t see over the...
Foundation Designer Handbag Bingo Sponsors
August 1, 2024 – Alliance Bank, Alliance Bank Financial Services, and Galyean Insurance, as part of their title sponsorship of Designer Handbag Bingo, are sponsoring a Bonus Round bag. Keith Shurtleff, Alliance Bank’s market president – Hopkins County; Jennifer Gregory, Galyean Insurance president, and Chettamra Alexander, Alliance Bank Financial Services’ branch manager pose with a beautiful YSL bag that will be won by one...
