Texas A&M Forest Service Awards $15.7 Million in Grants to Volunteer Fire Departments
October 31, 2023 – COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M Forest Service awarded 260 rural volunteer fire departments with more than $15.7 million in assistance grants last week through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Grant Program. “Our agency is very thankful to state leadership for allowing us the opportunity to assist volunteer fire departments in Texas,” said Jason Keiningham, Texas A&M Forest Service...
Aspen Institute Names Paris Junior College as a Top 150 U.S. Community Colleges
October 31, 2023 – The Aspen Institute Names Paris Junior College as a Top 150 U.S. Community Colleges Eligible for the 2025 Aspen Prize WASHINGTON D.C., October 31, 2023 – Today, the Aspen Institute named Paris Junior College as one of the 150 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance among...
SSISD Wildcats Face the Anna Coyotes Friday Night
November 1, 2023 – The Sulphur Springs Wildcats travel to Anna, TX Friday to face the Coyotes at Coyote Stadium. The SS Wildcats are 8-1 and the Coyotes are also 8-1. This is a District Game. KSST will interrupt the Texas Rangers, if needed, to broadcast this entire game. Click here for a map and directions to Coyote Stadium in Anna. Game Starts at 7:30PM. You can listen live on KSST AM 1230. We will stream the game via...
Chamber Connection for October 31
Chamber Connection – Oct. 31By Butch Burney Ray Perryman is coming back! The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce and Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County Economic Development Commission are happy to announce that Dr. Ray Perryman, a renowned economist, will be headlining the Economic Outlook Conference scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 12, at the Hopkins County Civic Center. Perryman was a regular speaker at the conference but hasn’t appeared here...
Report From Regularly Scheduled Monthly Meeting of the Paris Junior College Board of Regents
At the regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the Paris Junior College Board of Regents, the contract with the Association of Community College Trustees to conduct a presidential search was approved, as was a motion to have the board president, Curtis Fendley, prepare a contract for an interim president and discuss the position with the candidate interviewed earlier in the meeting. These actions follow the announcement by Dr. Pam...
Daniel Stevens Murray
Daniel Stevens Murray, son of Sue Rowell Murray (Emblem, Tx) and Louis Dan Murray (Sulphur Springs, Tx) was born May 28, 1950, in Sulphur Springs and passed away on August 23, 2023, in Pensacola Florida. Dan attended Dallas high schools W. W. Samuel and Bryan Adams, graduating from B.A. in 1968. In 25 years in the Navy, Dan was based at Jacksonville, San Diego, and Treasure Island as an Aviation Electronics Technician and...
Freaky Friday – The Musical Coming To SSHS Theatre Department
October 31, 2023 – Wildcat Theatre is thrilled to announce that the talented students of SSHS are bringing you a fabulously fun theatrical experience with their upcoming production of Freaky Friday: The Musical! Based on the beloved novel and hit Disney films, Freaky Friday tells the extraordinary story of a mother (sophomore Emma Boatman) and daughter (senior Talley Brown) who magically switch bodies for a day. Get ready for a...
Paris Junior College Homecoming News
Paris Junior College has three days of activities planned for the 2023 Homecoming Celebrations, November 2-4, 2023. One highlight of the weekend will be the awarding of the College’s Distinguished Alumni Award, and four alumni will be inducted into the PJC Hall of Honor for their outstanding achievements. Receiving the 2023 PJC Distinguished Alumni Award are Richard “Stubby” Clapp and Joshua Northam, both Class of 1995. Slated to be...
Sulphur Springs is Just One of the Multiple Locations Paris Junior College Offers Classes
FALL CLASSES PJC-Sulphur Springs Center freshman student Edwin Enriquez of Sulphur Springs discusses classes with campus office manager Dana Smock. To get registration information for attending classes at the campus, call 903-885-1232 or go to the campus office located at Loop 301 East. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs classes
Dinner Bell Menu For November 1, 2023
Diversified Storage Systems, Tim and Michelle Dollison, is a return Community Partner for the Dinner Bell Feeding Ministry. The Dollison family has supported this ministry with four occasions yearly for many years. Their continued support pleases the Dinner Bell greatly. They are true FRIENDS of Dinner Bell!!! Members of Christus Hospital E M S will be present to help with food packaging and distribution. GRAB and GO with a meal from...
