Texas Legislative Special Session To Begin October 9th
October 2, 2023 – Governor Greg Abbott made good on his promise to keep ordering special sessions of the Texas Legislature until an agreement could be reached on some sort of “school vouchers” program. A September 26th letter signed by Governor Abbott and addressed to Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan, did not indicate the focus of this special session. But the governor has said repeatedly the...
Paris Junior College Fall Enrollment Up; Regents Meet
October 1, 2023 – The Paris Junior College Board of Regents received good news from a report on Fall student enrollment at their meeting held Monday, Sept. 25.As part of the President’s Report from Dr. Pam Anglin, regents learned that contact hours for the fall semester are up 3.5 percent from a year ago and seven percent from two years ago. Student head count rose 1.8 percent from one year ago and four percent from two...
Paris District Road Report for week of October 2, 2023
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district for the week starting Oct. 2, 2023. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel through work zones. They should also avoid distractions such as...
Gala Live Auction Always Offers Exciting Items
September 30, 2023 – Each year the items offered as part of the Gala live auction cover the gamut of options. From trips and sporting excursions to a lady’s luxury package and one-of-a-kind items. These unique offerings are all for a good cause…improved Hopkins County healthcare. Though Gala silent auction items may be bid on in person or online, bidders must be present (or have a friend in attendance willing to bid) in order to...
Winners of the Hopkins County Junior Commercial Heifer Show 2023
September 30, 2023 – The record books are examined and the interviews complete. The livestock judging finished around 11 AM on Saturday. The winners of the 2023 show are as follows. Kash Ballard – Grand Champion Benjamin Brewer – Reserve Champion Kohen Moss – Division Champion Rhayne Thomas – Division Reserve Champion Top Herdsman Senior Division – Catherine Starzyk Top Herdsman Junior Division...
Controlling Goat Weed From Master Gardener David Wall
September 27, 2023 – NOTE: This article written for vegetable gardens, not pasture-land. Several years ago, a local land owned was showing his 200 acres of pasture land and mentioned he wanted to invest in a goat herd because of all the goat weed on the property. He wasn’t happy to learn that goats detest goat weed. Usually, the only way they’ll eat it is if the field is brush hogged and later baled. Even then, they’re not happy...
Trunk or Treat with Community Bible Fellowship Church
Get ready! On October 29, 2023, starting at 5pm, head over to Community Bible Fellowship Church in Sulphur Springs for Trunk or Treat.
Sulphur Springs Man Attacks Son at Hotel
September 28, 2023 – A Sulphur Springs man was arrested yesterday after he allegedly attacked his 13 year old son. COREY GENE EDWARDS, age 32, was at the Broadway Street hotel at around 6PM. Motive for the attack, or the reason for Edwards and his son to be at the motel is unknown. COREY GENE EDWARDS, 2023 Edwards allegedly punched his son in the head several times with his closed fists. He then attempted to evade arrest by...
Cumby Man Arrested for Invasive Visual Recording
September 28, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies traveled to a Commerce TX address this week to arrest a Cumby man wanted for Invasive Visual Recording. The Invasive Visual Recording crime in the state of Texas gives police the right to arrest you if they believe you take, or help spread, any kind of photograph or video of (1) someone’s “intimate areas” or (2) someone in a bathroom or changing room. Xavier James...
Dinner Bell Menu For October 4, 2023
Dr. Andrew Yoder and his experienced team at I Focus Vision Care, this week’s Community Partner, use the latest equipment to acertain the health of your eyes! If needed he will prescribe corrective lenses for you. Stylish eyewear and prescriptive lenses are available on site! GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church...
