A Message of Inspiration From the Author of Living Loved, July 27, 2025
Hey friends!! Just a word of encouragement today!Cultivate Peace! 1 Peter 3:11 NLT[11] Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it. Sometimes we think of peace as the absence of conflict, and we think of peacemaking as a passive role. But we are to be peacemakers that actively pursues peace not by being a door mat but by bringing our Jesus and Holy Spirit into all situations . A peacemaker...
Hopkins County United Way Excess Allocation Check Distribution with the 2023-2024 Campaign
July 21, 2025 – This is KSST’s coverage of the Hopkins County United Way 2023-2024 Campaign excess allocation check distribution. Hopkins County United Way received contributions exceeding original allocations for the 2023-2024 Campaign, Co-Chaired by KK McKenzie and Jessica McInnis. Hopkins County United Way Board Members are pleased to distribute the additional donations to non-profit organizations that serve people in...
Federal Mandate Requires Changes to In-State Tuition Eligibility at East Texas A&M
July 21, 2025 – COMMERCE, TX, July 21, 2025— In compliance with a recent federal court order and guidance from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, East Texas A&M University is making required changes to in-state tuition eligibility beginning in the Fall 2025 semester. These changes affect students who previously qualified for in-state tuition under Texas Education Code § 54.053(a)(3) but are unable to demonstrate...
A Message of Inspiration From the Author of Living Loved, July 20, 2025
Friends, let me encourage you if you have felt like nothing is right, nothing is as it was. If you have experienced some changes in relationships or dynamics in your world, let me share with you what the Lord shared with me; the Lord is separating and sifting and moving things around. The situation you are in may be difficult, it may seem like you are knocked down or thrown aside. BUT He says you are SET APART, you are moved to where...
Paris Junior College-Greenville Center Gains two new Faculty
July 18, 2025 – Last fall’s opening of the new Workforce Training Facility at the Paris Junior College – Greenville Center created a need for new Electrician and Mechatronics program faculty. Ready to begin this fall are Electronics faculty David Hartman and Mechatronics faculty Isabella Sanchez-Haynes. Both are eager to begin teaching fall classes beginning August 25, 2025. “We’re excited to have...
CHRISTUS Health Dedicates Conference room to Joe Bob Burgin in Honor of Decades of Service
July 17, 2025 – (SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas) – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital- Sulphur Springs honored the remarkable legacy of Joe Bob Burgin this week by dedicating an executive conference room in recognition of his decades of service to the hospital and the broader health care community. Burgin served on the Hopkins County hospital board for nearly three decades, playing a crucial role in the hospital’s...
A Message of Inspiration From the Author of Living Loved, July 13, 2025
Read with me! Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing. O Jacob, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights? Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The LORD is the everlasting God, the...
A Message of Inspiration From the Author of Living Loved, July 6, 2025
Question: Who do people say you are? Hey friends! This is a question I have asked our youth group a lot. A question that I have asked myself. You see, people have an idea of who they “think” we are. They may say I am a mother, maybe they say I am a prayer warrior; perhaps they say I am Ronnie’s wife. Or maybe they say I am a terrible friend. They may say I am a bar hopper or a gossip, depending on...
EDC ED Chris Brown had a Second Cup Of Coffee With John Mark Dempsey Recently to Chat About Business News in Sulphur Springs
July 4, 2025 – Hopkins County Sulphur Springs Economical Development Corporation Executive Director Chris Brown dropped by and had A Second Cup Of Coffee With John Mark Dempsey. The two chatted about Liberty Trailers and their ribbon cutting, a possible business prospect looking at the area across from JB Weld to place a new home, the new interest in the thermal mine, and so much more! Be sure to check out this episode and learn...
United States Postal Service Job Fair in Sulphur Springs July 10th
July 3, 2025 – SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX — Postal officials invite job seekers to learn more about USPS employment opportunities on Thursday, July 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at the Sulphur Springs Post Office, 320 Church Street, Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. For almost 250 years, the U.S. Postal Service has delivered information, connected families and friends, and powered the engines of commerce and industry. The U.S. Postal...
