MG, NH, Saltillo ISDs Earn As On Report Cards; All Other Rural Hopkins County Schools Earn Bs
Yantis ISD Receives C Accountability Rating Miller Grove, North Hopkins and Saltillo all earned As on school report cards, while all of the other rural Hopkins County schools received Bs from the state. Yantis ISD, located in nearby Wood County but which serves some Hopkins County students, received a C 2021-2022 accountability rating from Texas Education Agency. Some were ranked strictly as a district, while others had campus raked...
DSHS Confirms First Texas Death Of A Person With Monkeypox
News Release — Aug. 30, 2022 The Texas Department of State Health Services has confirmed the first death of a person diagnosed with monkeypox in Texas. The patient was an adult resident of Harris County who was severely immunocompromised. The case is under investigation to determine what role monkeypox played in the death. “Monkeypox is a serious disease, particularly for those with weakened immune systems,” said Dr. John Hellerstedt,...
5 Jailed In Hopkins On Felony Controlled Substance And Marijuana Charges
At least 5 people were jailed in Hopkins County over the last week on felony controlled substance and marijuana charges, including a woman found partially covered with towels and adult toys, a man with nearly 33 grams of THC edibles in his backpack and a teen with THC vape pens, according to arrest and jail reports. North I-30 West Service Road Welfare Check After completing a call for service, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report — Aug. 22-28, 2022
Winnsboro Police Department each week provides a media report with information about department activity. WPD activity for the week Aug. 22-28, 2022, included: Arrests No arrests Calls for Service The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a total of 100 calls for service during this reporting period. Citations The Winnsboro Police Department issued 24 citations and 25 warnings during this reporting...
AG: 2 Indicted In Connection With $6.9 Million Medicaid Fraud And Kickback Scheme
News Release — Aug. 29, 2022 AUSTIN –An investigation by the Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the FBI, Department of Health and Human Services – Office of the Inspector General, and Customs and Border Protection has led to charges being brought against two Houstonians for their role in a nearly $6.9 million Medicaid fraud and kickback scheme. Ifeanyi Ndubisi Ozoh, 51, and Rene Fernandez Gaviola, 65, acted as...
Student Preparing for the Fall Semester at Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs
PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Education Adviser Maria Zuniga works with new student Ethan Soto and his mom, Maribel Vazquez as he prepared to start the fall semester at the Sulphur Springs campus. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Soto and Vasquez
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News — Aug. 29, 2022
By Jennifer Heitman, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Sulphur Springs, Texas, August 29, 2022 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. Mobile Athletic Training Room and Wildcat Tailgate Thank you to all who came by our CHRISTUS tent at the first Wildcat football home game....
A Scarlet Fire Dogwood Is Ideal For Small Spaces
By David Wall, Mount Pleasant Master Gardener Scarlet Fire Dogwood (Photo: Arbor Day Foundation) Horticulturists are always trying to find something better with regard to plants of all types. Sometimes a “new” variety can be developed in just a few years, but others take much longer. Such an example is the Scarlet Fire Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa ‘Rutpink’), which took Rutgers University 45 years to develop. It first appeared in 2016,...
Flag Flying Parade Planned For Sept. 11
A “Flag Flying Parade” is planned for Sept. 11, 2022, in Sulphur Springs by a local group called Freedom Flyers. All are encouraged to show their patriotism by turning out along a designated parade route with flags starting at 4 p.m., with a flag parade slated to begin at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, according to Mark Maddox, president for the local group. “My goal is just for us to roll, have a good time, putting a...
Michigan Pair Arrested After Counterfeit Cash; Marijuana Found During I-30 Stop
5 Memphis Men Jailed On Multiple Charges Each, Including Marijuana and ID fraud A Michigan pair was arrested Friday morning after a trooper found counterfeit cash and marijuana in their vehicle during an I-30 traffic stop, according to arrest reports. Five men out of Memphis, Tennessee were also arrested one week earlier for having contraband that included a stolen firearm, marijuana, a controlled substance and ID that didn’t...
