FBI Seeks Victims in Investor or Other Financial Scams
August 11, 2023 – With the recent indictment of a local resident for what the Federal Bureau of Investigations is calling an investment scam, the Dallas FBI office is still looking for victims of this or any other scam from local residents. George Lewis Parsons, Jr. was indicted on July 12, 2023 on six counts of wire fraud totaling $3 million. Parsons and his attorney are set to respond to the federal court on August 14, 2023...
Come Play Bingo for a Good Cause
Friends of the Winnsboro Animal Shelter Fundraiser [Dateline: WINNSBORO, TEXAS, August 11] — The Friends of the Winnsboro Animal Shelter will be welcoming supporters to their annual Family Bingo Night Fundraiser. The event will be held at the Winnsboro City Civic Auditorium on Saturday, August 19, 2023, with doors opening at 5 pm and gameplay beginning at 6 pm. The City Civic Center is at 915 Wheeler Drive inside the City Park.Tickets...
Saturn App Targets School Children – Seems Innocent Enough But It’s Really Social Media With Dubious Privacy
August 11, 2023 – Concerned parents around the country are pointing fingers at the latest social media app named Saturn. It’s is posing as a ‘Social Calendar’ and a replacement for a paper calendar, but it provides who more information to users, and does not effectively prevent non-students from creating accounts and accessing other’s information. By itself the class information, school sports rosters,...
Wildfires Affect America’s Farms and Ranches by Mario Villarino
Wildfires affect America’s farms and ranches, damaging and destroying homes, barns, agriculture production facilities, crops and livestock. By the time this article gets to your hands, twelve wildfires are occurring in Texas at different stages of development. Much of this damage can be avoided, or at least minimized, if a few precautions are taken to minimize the risk and spread of wildfires. I. BEFORE Precautions should be taken...
Grifter Arrested in Hopkins County
August 11, 2023 – JOEL HINTON DOWNS was arrested this week in Hopkins County Texas. He is currently charged with two counts of: 31.03(E)(4)(A) THEFT PROP >=$2,500<$30K JOEL HINTON DOWNS, 2023 Downs has been arrested several time in recent years and charged with numerous crimes. In February 2021 he was arrested in Hunt County and charged with: THEFT PROP >=$750<$2,500 PROBATION VIOL/THEFT PROP >=$2,500<$30K THEFT PROP...
Seattle Investor Arrested on Warrant
August 11, 2023 – Akeem Lamar D. Bailey-Rich, age 29 years-old, was arrested on a warrant this week in Sulphur Springs. Akeem Lamar D. Bailey-Rich, 2023 Sulphur Springs Police performed a traffic stop on Bailey-Rich’s Pontiac around 1AM. The stop took place on the east loop near Interstate 30. A records check showed an outstanding warrant for: 1 46.04(E) UNL POSS FIREARM BY FELON A search of court records shows the felony...
Construction Work Begins At Old Fairfield Lake State Park
August 11, 2023 – After a tumultuous year for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Park in Freestone County, work has now begun on turning the old State Park into a residential development. A gated golf course community is planned for the land, after the previous owner sold the property to Todd Interests from Dallas. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department voted in June to allow the agency to condemn the 5,000-acre property and seize it...
Houston Street Getting Ready for School
August 11, 2023 – Houston Street along Gerald Prim Stadium, The SW Dairy Museum, the Civic Center and the student entrance to the SSISD High School is being resurfaced this week. Teachers and Staff are already working at all SSISD locations to get ready for the 2023-2024 Academic Year. Forms of asphalt recycling date back to 1915, becoming increasingly popular in the 1970s with the development of the modern milling machine. The...
The Successful Robotics Camp was Recently Held at Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs
Robotics Coding Camp participant Lane Abernathy of Sulphur Bluff gets instruction for camp instructor Cedric Crawford during the camp that was conducted at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center campus. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs robotics 2wk
CHRISTUS Health Provides Tips to Help Parents,Students Gear Up for New School Year
(Texas) – It’s back-to-school season for students across Texas, which means there will be somemajor adjustments families may need to work through. Those adjustments do not have to cause a huge disruption in a child’s life or health, if parentslearn how they can help their student get situated ahead of time. A big change for children as they make the switch from summer mode to school is their sleep.The demands of back-to-school...
