TxDOT Centennial Northeast Texas Celebration at Paris May 8, 2017
PARIS – This year marks a centennial milestone of achievement for the Texas Department of Transportation and its employees statewide. To celebrate the agency’s first 100 years of service to Texas, the nine-county Paris District in Northeast Texas will host a Centennial Open House from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 8 at the Love Civic Center in Paris. The event will feature a traveling historic exhibit with a refurbished 1918 Liberty Truck,...
Sophomore Baier Qualifies for State 300-Meter Hurdles
Sophomore Lady Cats’ track athlete Abbi Baier qualified for the state meet in the 300-meter hurdles at the regional meet Saturday at UTA Stadium in Arlington. Baier, was seeded fourth in the field for the final on Saturday but took second. Lady Cats Coach Triston Abron said Baier just beat out a Royse City hurdler to earn the state berth. The state meet takes place May 12-13 in Austin. Coach Abron believes Baier is the first...
James Clayton “Jimmy” Young
Memorial service for James Clayton “Jimmy” Young will be held Thursday evening, May 4, 2017, 6:00 pm, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Jimmy, age 38, of Alba, passed away Saturday evening, in Canton, during the midst of the horrific tornado that took the lives of some 5 people, Jimmy being one of those. Jimmy was born August 4, 1978, in Carlisle, PA, to James Harold and Linda Kay Morrison Young.He was...
Joe Keith “Bear” McIntyre
Celebration of Life for Joe “Bear” McIntyre, age 68, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 1200 301 Luke (Acme Trading Company), Sulphur Springs, Texas. There will be no visitation. Joe “Bear” McIntyre passed away Friday, April 28, 2017, at Christus Mother Frances in Sulphur Springs, TX. Arrangements are under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home
Barbara Thompson King
Funeral arrangements for Barbara Thompson King, age 79, of Forney are pending with Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Ms. King passed away Saturday, April 29, 2017, at Ridgecrest Health & Rehab, Forney TX
Sheriff’s Office Responds to Out of County Tornado Damage
Hopkins County Sheriff along with investigators, deputies, and a number of trusted inmates traveled to Canton and Emory Saturday evening after tornadoes ripped through the Van Zandt and Rains County area. They were involved in immediate clean-up and rescue. The Sheriff took chain saws and other equipment to assist the neighbors to the south. They spent several hours immediately following the destruction left in the wake of the...
Wisenbaker Hired to Assist County in Securing FEMA Funds
With several counties having difficulty receiving funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Hopkins County has employed former commissioner for Precinct 1 Beth Wisenbaker to assist with getting the paper work satisfactorily through the FEMA process according to County Judge Robert Newsom. Wisenbaker’s experience with FEMA will prove to be an asset according to Newsom. The work that FEMA will reimburse has already been...
Lightning Strikes Disable Three City Warning Sirens Saturday Evening
According to Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders, two emergency warning sirens in the City of Sulphur Springs failed to sound Saturday evening when an imminent warning for a tornado was issued. Both had been struck by lightning before the warning was issued. Also during the siren’s sounding, a third siren was struck by lighting and was disabled. Chief Sanders stated that the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) was officially opened...
