Local Civil Air Patrol Cadet remembered
Charles White grew up in a dairy-farming family in Hopkins County. In fact, his family’s business, White’s Dairy on I-30 West, is one of the oldest continually-operating farms in the county. But Charles never really wanted to be a farmer: the boy from the country met his life’s work.. ..flying… when he was still a student at SSHS. He already had an after-school job at the local airport, doing odd jobs,...
PJC Announces Graduation, Early Registration, Winter Mid-Term for All Campuses
Paris Junior College will hold fall semester graduation on Friday, Dec. 16 in the Hunt Center beginning at 7 p.m. Students who plan to be in the ceremony are encouraged to come at 6 p.m. to the Rheudasil Learning Center to begin lining up. Early registration for spring classes on the Sulphur Springs campus is underway. Early registration is also going on for the winter mini-term, which starts on Dec. 19, and the spring semester that...
Lights of Life Tree Lighting at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Sulphur Springs–Video Presentation
Lights of Life Tree Lighting celebrated its 21st anniversary Thursday night and having benefited the local hospital with over $2.1 million during those years. Markeda Fisher, Chair of the Foundation Board, recounted some of the equipment that has been purchased for the hospital with donated funds. She told of a friend that benefitted from the Tele-Medicine addition to the hospital. Paul Harvey, CEO of the hospital, thanked members of...
2016 Hopkins County Livestock and Forage By Mario Villarino
Relevance: Beef and Dairy Production is a 2.96 billion dollar industry in the East Region of Texas. The most common beef producer in the region is a cow/calf producer with less than 100 head. County-based Program Area Committees (PAC) firmly establish the need for educational programs targeted for beef and dairy producers enabling them to increase knowledge as well as adopt best management practices and new technologies improving...
Tira News
By Jan Vaughn Kim Beck reported that Tira, North Hopkins, and Brinker volunteer firefighters, and the Hopkins County Fire Chief responded to a fire on County Road 4612, just behind her home, on Sunday afternoon. The house was not occupied and was in a state of disrepair. William and Joyce Dodd hosted a Thanksgiving celebration at their home. Those attending were Michael McNiel and friend, Jayna Shull, Rob Dodd, Tonja Jones, Alyssa,...
Miller Grover News
by Brandon Darrow This week I’m back to writing some MG news after a two week absence. It’s a busy time of year and a lot has been going on in the community lately. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I had one with my mother’s side of the family the Sunday before Thanksgiving. There weren’t as many there as usually but I think everyone there had an enjoyable time and we all left full of good food. Sympathy goes out to the...
Pet Photos With Santa Benefits Hearts of Life Animal Rescue
Pet Photos with Santa at PetSense is a fund raiser for Hearts of Life Animal Rescue. The whole family is invited to have their pictures made with Santa and their favorite pet. Even if you have no pet, you and/or your family can have a picture made with Santa for a $10 donation. You can adopt a pet at Hearts of Life Animal Rescue, if you don’t have a pet, yet.
No Name Remains on Senior Citizens’ Center Golden Agers Tree
As of 1 p.m. Wednesday, the final name had been plucked from the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens’ Center Golden Agers Tree, according to Director Karon Weatherman. This year over 160 names were placed on the Golden Agers Tree. Those who picked a name from the tree have until December 16th to return the wrapped gift for the Hopkins County Senior named on the card. The Senior Citizen Center will arrange deliveries for the gifts in...
