Seat Belts, Cooking, Sewing; Agrilife June 2, 2017
WHAT YOU MAY BE MISSING AT NIGHT! By now, you are probably familiar with the “Click it or Ticket” campaign. Taking those few seconds to buckle your seat belt is the most important step you can make to protect yourself in a crash. Fortunately, most Texans now buckle up, but some groups of motorists continue not taking the message to heart and not consistently using their seat belts. The demographic of motorist most likely to be...
Friday Forecast
30% chance of showers and thunderstorms increasing to 40% in the evening; High: 82; Low: 69; Wind: East, southeast around 5 mph
More Than 500 Graduate From PJC in May Ceremony
By Paul Bailey The west stands of Noyes Stadium was packed as Paris Junior College held its 92nd spring graduation ceremony Friday evening, May 12. PJC had 512 students graduating from PJC with a certificate or associate degree, and nearly 260 students chose to participate in the graduation ceremony. The ceremony opened with an invocation by Student Government Association president Logan Thomas and a song performed by PJC alumna and...
Local Sports Camps Preview: Baseball, Softball June 6-9
There will be two Sulphur Springs ISD youth sports camps coming up next week. Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack will be offering his Baseball Hitting Camp next Tuesday through Thursday in the Multipurpose Building. There will be baseball camp for students entering first through the third grades from 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. each day. Then there will be camp for those entering the fourth through the ninth grades running each day...
Alliance Bank’s 90th Anniversary
On June 13, 1927, then Sulphur Springs State Bank was chartered by two of the largest shareholders of First State Bank which had been closed for insolvency. The original Sulphur Springs State Bank opened at the Southeast corner of Main and Gilmer streets with Jim Lindley as President and Charles Ashcroft as Vice President. The first year the bank turned a profit and paid a dividend, a trend that has been sustained for 90 years. In...
Community Calendar June 1-5, 2017
Kindergarten Registration for SSISD is open online through Friday June 2 via Skyward Family Access. For more information, go to ssisd.net. Registration is now open for all grade levels for the coming school year at ssisd.net. There are a few slots available for the Genealogy Detective children’s workshop on June 10. Contact the Hopkins County Genealogical Society at 903-885-8523. You can enter your homemade ice cream recipe now,...
Second Arrest in Three Days; This Time in DFZ
Skye Lynn Hargett, 26, returned to Hopkins County Jail early Thursday morning after one day away. Hargett had been arrested Tuesday, May 30th, along with another woman for possession of methamphetamine less than one gram. Her Thursday, June 1, 2017, arrest was for the same amount of meth but this time in a drug free zone and this time, she was with Michael Wade Mauldin, 39. Thursday morning between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m. a Hopkins County...
A Chat with 2017 Dairy Festival Board President
For the 2017 Dairy Festival, Carolyn McKinney is wearing two hats…at least! She is the President of the Dairy Festival Board of Directors and she is the Director of Administration of the Southwest Dairy Museum, which is a top sponsor of the Dairy Festival. In fact, she invites you to the Southwest Dairy Museum during the week of June 12-17 for a free junior size ice cream cone, served from 11am-4pm to museum visitors. In her...
Brookshire’s Donation Supports the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum
As Brookshire’s Grocery carts travel at the Children’s Museum, the “Customer in Training” sign can be seen just above the heads of the young customers. Since 2009, the Brookshire’s Grocery area has been one of the most popular areas in the Children’s Museum. Their continuing support goes toward supporting this exhibit. “As the items are constantly purchased and then restocked, many of the...
