Rep. Ratcliffe Announces Rising Lone Star Winners In Hopkins County
Brennon Newell and Caitlin Weatheread, Sulphur Bluff High School WASHINGTON – Rep. John Ratcliffe announced Brennon Newell and Caitlin Weatheread from Sulphur Bluff High School as the 2019 Rising Lone Star winners from Hopkins County today. “I’d like to congratulate this year’s winning students for standing out as the best and brightest in their class. I wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors as they graduate high...
Monday In-town Route Driver Needed For Meal A Day Program
“Meal A Day is in desperate need of a Monday route driver,” said Karon Weatherman, program director.” The current driver had back surgery and needs to be off about 2 months. ” The route is in-town, and takes approximately 1 hour, starting a between 9:30 and 10 a.m. Mondays. Meal A Day is staffed by volunteers who donate their time to prepare and deliver food to senior citizens and individuals who are unable to...
A&M-Commerce Hosts Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Research Conference
A&M-Commerce hosted the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Research Conference on May 21 and 22. Event coordinator Dr. Brent Donham, dean of the College of Science and Engineering, explained that the conference “brings together engineering and computer science researchers from the A&M System schools and other TEES members across the state.” Representatives from 13 Texas colleges and universities participated...
Conchita McDaniel
Conchita McDaniel, age 91, of Canton passed away on March 21, 2019 at UT Health East Texas, Tyler. Conchita was born on April 23, 1927 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico to Epifania Morales Maldonado. She married John McDaniel, whom preceded her in death. She worked as a cook at Burton’s for many years. Conchita loved to garden, do crosswords and watch her favorite soap opera “The Young and The Restless”. She is survived by her sons, Tommy...
Ellie Sue Walton
Funeral services for Ellie Sue Walton, infant daughter of Jason and Stefany Walton, of Cumby, will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Friday, June 7, 2019 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. David Burns officiating. Interment will follow at Sunny Point Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time at 1:00 p.m., at West Oaks Funeral Home. Ellie passed away on June 2, 2019. She was born on March 9, 2019. In addition to...
Welding Shop At The PJC Sulphur Springs Campus
PJC SSpgs Weld DemonstrationParis Junior College Sulphur Springs Center welding shop instructor John Plemons, left, demonstrates an effective metal cutting process to structural welding students, from left, Brennon Newell, Colten Nolan and Jonathan Johnson. Paris Junior College — located in Paris, Texas, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas — has been a part of the Lamar County community since 1924. Paris Junior...
Paris Junior College Offering Dental Assistant Course
The Paris Junior College Workforce and Continuing Education Department is offering a Dental Assistant program that will be offered on the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center campus. Registration is now open for the course that will be taught from August 27 to November 26 on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 6 to 9 p.m. To learn more about the program call 903-885-1232 or go by...
Nuisance Abatement Act, TCEQ Contract Approved by Commissioners Court; Update Given on NET Data
Hopkins County Commissioners Court during their regular session Monday renewed a Nuisance Abatement Act and a contract with Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Commissioners also heard an update from company officials regarding i3 Vertical’s acquisition of NET Data. Citizen Comments Dave Graves updates Hopkins County Commissioners Court about NET Data following the company’s acquisition by i3 Verticals. During the...
June 9 Mahoney Homecoming is 70th Annual Event
Jerry Voss, native of Mahoney, Texas Jerry Voss is a third-generation farming landowner in the Mahoney community of Hopkins County, and a member of the Mahoney Cemetery Association. He recounted a bit of history during a KSST Good Morning Show interview on Friday May 31, 2019. “The rural area became a community after Colonel Mahoney settled there in 1857 on ranching land. During it’s peak years, it boasted a school, two...
