Paris District Road Report for Week of February 3, 2025
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district for the week starting February 3, 2025. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel through work zones. They should also avoid distractions...
Lone Oak Native Serves Aboard USS Wayne E. Meyer
January 31, 2025 – U.S. Navy sailors serve and protect from around the globe, and every sailor got their start somewhere. Cryptologic Technician (Technical) 2nd Class Ricardo Vasquez, from Madera, California, and Cryptologic Technician (Technical) Seaman Tyler Williams, from Lone Oak, Texas, heave mooring line on the foc’sle of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) while departing Naval...
Governor Abbott Directs Texas State Agencies To Reject Woke Gender Ideologies
January 31, 2025 – Austin, Texas – Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to Texas state agency heads directing them to follow state and federal law, including President Donald Trump’s executive order, in rejecting radical sexual orientation and gender identity ideologies. “The State of Texas recognizes only two sexes—male and female—and sex discrimination consists in treating a member of one sex less favorably than the other,...
Chamber Connection – January 30, 2025
By Butch Burney You have just a little over a week to get your tickets for the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce’s 98th Annual Banquet and Community Awards. We will celebrate Hopkins County and Sulphur Springs as we recognize our 2024 Citizen of the Year, Woman of the Year, Caregiver of the Year, Community Pride Award, Agriculturist of the Year, Growth and Renewal, Outstanding Professional Educator, Outstanding ParaProfessional...
Dinner Bell for February 5, 2025
DINNER BELL, First United Methodist Church SPONSOR: _Christus Health Systems_ The doors to the kitchen of the First United Methodist Church will reopen at 11:00 a.m., for meal service beginning at 11:30 a.m. Doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us, along with personnel from Christus Mother Frances Hospital, to share a meal. Christus Health was founded on January 28, 1999, with the merger of Houston’s Sisters...
Texas A&M Forest Service and the Texas Forestry Association Received Blue Legacy Award
January 29, 2025 Texas A&M Forest Service and the Texas Forestry Association received Blue Legacy Award COLLEGE STATION, Texas Texas A&M Forest Service and the Texas Forestry Association received the 2024 Blue Legacy Award – Legacy of Commitment at the Water for Texas Conference today. Given by the Water Conservation Advisory Council, the award recognized the Texas Forestry Best Management Practices program which...
Attorney General Ken Paxton Stops Austin Business from Operating International Human Trafficking Scheme
January 30, 2025 – Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $250,000 settlement of the State’s labor trafficking lawsuit against Austin Eco Bilingual School, a Spanish immersion preschool, and its owners and operators, Adriana and Enrique Rodriguez. The settlement amount is equal to the maximum fine for a violation of Texas’s civil anti-trafficking law. In 2021, Attorney General Paxton brought a civil racketeering...
Two New Commissioners Ready for New Terms
Prec 3 Travis Thompson January 29, 2025 – Hopkins County elected two new commissioners last year and those new terms started January 1st for Wesley Miller (Precinct 1) and Travis Thompson (Precinct 3). Both newly elected commissioners have already been to training in their first month of service and have hit the ground running with several regularly scheduled commissioner meetings and work sessions. Prec 1 Wesley Miller During...
New Beginnings Healing and Deliverance Ministries Plans Two Exciting Events in February
January 27, 2025 – New Beginnings Healing and Deliverance Ministries will host their monthly “The Lord’s Supper” free community wide meal February 1, 2025, from 11am to 2pm. The February Menu includes meat loaf, green beans, and more. The event will be held at 717 East Jefferson St., in Sulphur Springs, Texas. For more information, please call 903-335-7689. New Beginnings Healing and Deliverance Ministries...
Paris Junior College Seeking Playwrights for 10th Annual Pyro Playfest
January 27, 2025 – Paris Junior College is gearing up for the 10th Annual Pyro Playfest and is asking playwrights to submit their unpublished works for performance. The theme is, “Where There is a Will, There is a Way.” “This year we are inspired by the Bard himself, William Shakespeare, so we are looking for unpublished 15-to-20-minute plays that can be performed by two to eight actors using minimal sets,” said PJC Drama...
