NE Tx Choral Society Asks For Assistance in Purchasing New Risers for Concerts
Every first weekend in December and May, the North East Texas Choral Society, which consists of over 100 volunteer singers, presents a seasonal concert for Hopkins County and the surrounding communities. Each performance requires set up and break down of multiple heavy 8’x 10′ platform risers plus chairs for the singers. Members work diligently before and after each concert to complete this laborious task. You can see from...
PJC Homecoming Schedule, King and Queen Nominees Announced
HOMECOMING NOMINEES The 2018 nominees for Paris Junior College Homecoming King and Queen are, from left, Cannon Davis, Julio Jimenez, John Altman, Jaida Muhammad, Kamryn Wimberly, and Katie Cullum. Crowning of the King and Queen will take place at halftime of the men’s basketball game Saturday evening. “PJC through the Decades” is the theme for the 94th annual Homecoming festivities at Paris Junior College...
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Hosts Basic County Corrections Course
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is the site host for Basic County Corrections Course. The class, which is taught through the Kilgore College East Texas Police Academy, covers a wide range of topics that jailers encounter daily. Wednesday, November 7, 2018 was the final day of class room training. Students will be attempting the state test for their jailor license Friday. Seven students, shown here with instructor Hopkins...
Bright Star Christian School Band Earns Honors at All-Region Jr. High Region 4
Assistant Director Jeff Smith pictured with winners L. to R. Adam Arnecke, Stanford Lewis, Mika Petty and Riley Choate. According to Bright Star Band Department’s Richard Shanks and Jeff Smith, four members of the Bright Star Christian School Band earned positions in the Jr. High All-Region Honor Band by competing in try-outs at Pine Tree Junior High School on November 3, 2018. Adam Arnecke was awarded 5th Chair trumpet in the...
Attend ‘Hopkins County Reads’ True Grit Library Program on November 13
Speaker Ken Hanushek ‘Hopkins County Reads’ is a year-long community-wide reading experience. It began this month at the Sulphur Springs Public Library. Librarian Hope Cain says “a community-wide read is most successful if there is lots of participation. It’s as easy as talking to your friends, family and neighbors about the book True Grit and about the local public library. Our library staff loves...
City Council Approves First Reading of Street Maintenance Fees, Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Expansion
In a unanimous vote the Sulphur Springs City Council passed on first reading an ordinance regarding street maintenance fees. A monthly fee of $5 will be added to the single family residential water bill and $3.75 for multifamily, which will generate $467,000 for street improvements during the first year. The council also approved the first reading of an ordinance that will expand the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction to include all of the...
Local Man Arrested on Delta County Warrant Has Meth in His Possession
When Mario Tremaine Small, 32, of Sulphur Springs, was stopped for failure to signal a turn in the proper distance, he advised the Sulphur Springs Police Officer that he had a glass methamphetamine pipe inside the vehicle. It was found that he also had a warrant for his arrest out of Delta County. During a search of it was found Small also had a baggy containing crystal like substance thought to be meth. Small is in Hopkins County...
City Manager’s Report to Council November 6, 2018
CROSSTOWN TRAIL – The flashing lights for the Main Street crossing have been installed and are now operational. The capital construction division installed 596 linear feet of sidewalk divided among Coleman Dam, Peavine Pinion Pond and the high school. SUNSET STREET – We opened bids for materials for this project on October 24th. Of the 5 bid packets, we only had successful bids on 2 of them. We will have to rebid the...
North Hopkins ISD Now Former Employee Arrested for Improper Relationship Between Educator and Student
Janie Lynn Perez In a press release from the office of North Hopkins ISD Superintendent Darin Jolly the district announced that a now former employee has been arrested for “commuicating with a student through electronic media in violation of NHISD policies and regulations. The district instituted an investigation with both Child Protective Services and the Hopkins County Sheriff’s office into allegations regarding Ms....
