Weather Related Schedule Changes
This list will be updated Thursday – Saturday. Check back from time to time throughout the weekend. Location/Date Changes and Cancelations Due to Rain: Wildcat football has been moved to Emory Rains Wildcat Stadium Friday night. Kick off remains at 7:30 p.m. In case of rain, the Class of 1975 reunion Friday night will be moved to the Danny Goggans’ Hanger at the Airport. Saf-T candle light vigil set for 6 p.m. Friday night on...
Jail Opening Delayed
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom is expected to get the bad news officially next week. Indications are the new Hopkins County Jail won’t be finished by November 13 afterall. It won’t be ready for inspection that day and a planned Open House and later transfer of prisoners won’t be happening November 14. Sedalco Construction Company is expected to tell the Judge and County Commissioners that the project will take an...
Fire Damages Home in Dike
Fire did some damage to a one story brick house on County Road 3506 in Dike Wednesday afternoon. The blaze was reported a few minutes before 2 p.m. First fire units reported flames showing as they arrived. Firefighters put the fire out. All those inside the house were able to get out safely. Firefighters stayed on the scene for over four hours.
Alve James “Jim” Harty
Funeral services for Alve James “Jim” Harty, age 93, of Yantis will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 24, 2015 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Jerry Gilliland officiating. Visitation will be from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., one hour prior to service time. Interment will be at the Dallas/Ft. Worth National Cemetery at a later date. Jim passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at Carriage House Manor. Jim was born on January 6,...
2005 PJC Basketball Team To Be Inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame
As part of the Paris Junior College 91st Homecoming, the 2005 NJCAA Men’s National Championship Team will be inducted into the PJC Athletic Hall of Fame. “These young men – players, managers and coaches – brought great attention to our College during their ascent to the junior college basketball championship in 2005,” said PJC President Dr. Pam Anglin. After entering the national tournament in Hutchison, Kansas unranked...
Animal of the Week: Sylvester the Cat
Sylvester is a 1-2 year old black Domestic Short-Hair cat with a thin, white underside. He was found on Whitworth Street when Animal Shelter officers were responding to a call about a loose dog. “A woman’s dog was running loose, so we were talking to her about her dog when he walked up and the cat started rubbing on everybody’s legs,” Animal Shelter Officer Barbi Blanch said. “He uses the litter box, he...
Stew Contest Set-Up Begins
Concession trailers are in place throughout Buford Park as preparations for Friday’s Hopkins County Stew Contest have begun. The forecast for October 23 is for a 100% chance of rain, but the Stew Contest is still scheduled. A flash flood watch is in effect for the region for late Thursday night through late Saturday night.
Daylon Jones Royal
Funeral services for Mr. Daylon Jones Royal, 70, of Winnsboro, are Saturday, October 24, at 2 p.m. at Beaty Funeral Home. Interment will be in Lee Cemetery. Visitation is Friday 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Royal passed away on Monday, October 20, 2015 in Tyler. Daylon was born in Seguin on February 15, 1945 to Ira Cloyd and Lola Jones Royal. He was a retired manager in building sales, and a bus driver for WISD. He...
Jerry Jack Hale
Funeral services for Jerry Jack Hale, age 75 of Sulphur Bluff will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 23, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home, with Judge Robert Newsom officiating. Interment will follow at North Hopkins Cemetery with Butch Huie, Joe Chapman, Tony Dehart, Mike Flippin, Max Drummond and Danny Ragsdale serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held Thursday, October 22, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at...
Flash Flood Watch Begins Late Thursday Night
A flash flood watch has been issued for Hopkins County effective late Thursday night, October 22, through 1 a.m. Sunday, October 25. An upper level storm system to the west will move across the southern Rockies while low level moisture deepens across the area. Rain may be continuous with rates exceeding two (2) inches an hour in some locations. Over time, totals of two to five inches, with some locations exceeding seven inches may...
