CTE: Human Services Endorsement Changing To Family, Community Services
Students Who Want To Help Others Benefit from Program, New Practicum Sulphur Springs High School is restructuring one endorsement area to better meet current needs and provide more opportunities for students interested in careers in fields that help people, including counselors, marriage and family therapists and personal financial advisers. The family and consumer services program will now replace the human services endorsement plan....
First Presbyterian Church Sign Being Installed
First Presbyterian Church should soon be able to list service information on the new church sign, which a crew was installing earlier today. New sign being installed at First Presbyterian Church on College Street The sign was donated to replace an old sign that was in such bad shape it had to be taken down. However, the church’s initial request to the city zoning board to put up the sign was denied. The sign required approval of...
2 Candidates Vying For Place 2 On Cumby City Council
Filing Deadline For A Place On May 2 Ballot Nearing As of Friday, two candidates had filed for candidacy for Place 2 on Cumby City Council. Sheryl Lackey is the only candidate to file for the Place 1 on the city council. Cumby sign Amber Hardy and Audri Mayo are the candidates for Place 2. Candidate filing for Places 1 and 2 for the May 2 election will continue from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through March 3 at the Cumby Municipal...
Paris Junior College – Sulphur Springs Center Energy Food
ENERGY FOOD Students at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center recently enjoyed a special treat when the PJC Student Life Department set up a free hot chocolate and brownie bar. Charles French, Cassidy Davis and Giovanni Villegas took advantage of this energy food snack before going to class. PJC students Charles French, Cassidy Davis and Giovanni Villegas.
DeLoy Wilson
Mr. DeLoy Wilson, age 92 of Winnsboro, passed away on Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 at his home. He was born on August 19th, 1927 in Winnsboro to the late Julious Wilson and Nola Neyland Wilson. D.L. was a baptist and a retired Production Engineer for LTV in Grand Prairie. He was a member of the Gus Garrison Masonic Lodge #1273, Eastern Star #967, Wood County Scottish Rite, Dallas Scottish Rite and VFW #8780. He was preceded in death...
Cumby Building Collapses During High Winds
The side of a brick building on West Main Street in Cumby collapsed Wednesday and is being torn down Thursday. No one was injured. The side of this building in Cumby collapsed Wednesday. (Courtesy City of Cumby) The building at 124 West Main Street in Cumby, next to the city park, has continued to deteriorate over the years. During high winds Wednesday, one wall of the building collapsed, according to Hopkins County Fire Chief Andy...
Dallas Man Arrested In Cumby For Suspected Cocaine Possession
February 27, 2020 – Cumby Police Sgt. Ray Embro arrested 20-year-old Tristan Lee Allman of Dallas at 11:50 a.m. Feb. 27, after finding a bag containing suspected cocaine, Xanax and a marijuana pipe in his vehicle during an Interstate 30 west traffic stop. Tristan Lee Allman Embro said the beige Oldsmobile caught his attention as he was walking back to his patrol vehicle from another traffic stop at mile marker 110 on Interstate...
Fort Worth Man Sentenced For Theft Of Trailer From Apartment Complex
A 41-year-old Fort Worth man was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in a state jail for a 2019 theft of a trailer from a Sulphur Springs apartment complex. Rusty Allen Fisher was stopped on State Highway 11 by troopers around 9:30 p.m. March 27, 2019 for not having brake or trailer lights. The vehicle’s registration also reportedly expired in February 2019. When asked by the trooper why the unit he was driving didn’t have a front...
Kenneth “Ken” Pescod
Kenneth “Ken” Pescod, 71, of Winnsboro, Texas, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2020 with his devoted wife and family by his bedside. Ken was born to father Thomas Pescod and mother Helene E. (McGrath) Pescod on January 18, 1949 in Mineola, New York. Ken and Sandy have lived in Winnsboro for the past 15 years and he was a member of the Hawks Gun Club in Winnsboro. Ken was a Regional Sales Manager for MEI group for 20...
