Seat Belts Only Work if you Wear Them
May 15, 2025 – TxDOT and law enforcement remind Texans to Click It or Ticket during increased enforcement period PARIS – It doesn’t matter who you are. It doesn’t matter what you do. Everyone needs to buckle up. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is working with law enforcement to remind Texas drivers to wear their seat belt every ride, every time. First responder learns life lesson In May 2023, Polk County...
Alliance Bank Donates Medically Equipped Golf Cart to Sports Medicine Program at CHRISTUS
May 15, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, TX – Alliance Bank, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, and the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation have joined forces to protect the health of local student athletes. Alliance Bank has donated a medically equipped golf cart to the Sports Medicine program at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs. The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation worked with Alliance Bank and...
May’s Meeting of the Breast Cancer Support Group was Joyful
May 15, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, Texas – The Hopkins County Breast Cancer Support Group, sponsored by the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation, held their monthly meeting on Monday, May 12. Jalayne Minter presented the program with help from her friend, Stephanie Cohen. Jalayne presented a devotional on joy. The presentation was followed by a fun and joyful activity, which was cookie decorating. Stephanie taught the women how to...
Charles Levy
August 21, 1970 ~ May 13, 2025 (age 54) Graveside Services for Charles Levy of Jamestown, TN will be at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, 2025 at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery. With our condolences.
Dairy Festival 2025 Parade Information
May 14, 2025 – It’s time to mark your calendar for the HOPKINS COUNTY DAIRY FESTIVAL PARADE! This year’s theme is “Udder the Big Top”. We are planning for another big parade which in the past few years has had around 100 entries. We would like to take this opportunity to invite you and/or your organization to participate in the Parade, Saturday June 7, 2025. One of the many entries from a previous parade. To further enhance the...
Paris Junior College’s TRIO Upward Bound Student Ethan Dao Selected for Prestigious Gates Scholarship
May 13, 2025 – Paris, Texas – Paris Junior College’s TRIO Upward Bound program is celebrating a tremendous milestone: student Ethan Dao has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious Gates Scholarship. This elite, full-ride scholarship is awarded to just 300 exceptional high school seniors nationwide each year, out of thousands of applicants. Dao’s selection is a testament not only to his academic excellence, drive, and...
Sulphur Springs Emergency Sirens Will Be Tested May 13
May 13, 2025 – Emergency sirens will be tested in Sulphur Springs at noon today by the Sulphur Springs Emergency Management Office. The test is to gauge the reliability of the emergency warning system and is conducted to find any potential flaws in the system so they can be corrected prior to a real emergency situation. The sirens could be sounded not only for weather warnings such as tornadoes, which are the most common in the area,...
Pastor Thomas Peters Homegoing Celebration
May 13, 2025 – Homegoing Celebration for Pastor Thomas Peters will be held May 17, 2025. Public Viewing: 11:00am until 12:50pm Service Time: 1:00pm Church Name: Cypress Baptist Center Address: 901 Como St. Sulphur Springs tx. 75482 Pastor Thomas Peters
Sarah Evonne Edwards
Sarah Evonne Edwards was born in Sulphur Springs, Texas to Billy Wayne Sr. and Cassie L. (Clayton) Edwards on November 9, 1972. She went to Lamar Elementary, Douglas Intermediate, and Sulphur Springs High School, and later graduated from Paris High School in 1993. She gave her life to Christ at an early age at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of her late grandfather, Rev. Elgie Clayton, Sr. After moving to...
Texas Education Agency Says Less Than Half of New Texas Teachers are Certified
May 13, 2025 – The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has raised concerns over a troubling trend: a significant decline in the number of certified teachers in Texas classrooms. For the 2024–2025 school year, Texas schools hired approximately 43,800 new teachers, but only 45% of them were fully certified. This marks a sharp drop in the proportion of credentialed educators entering the profession, a development that officials say could...
