Dinner Bell Menu For September 13, 2023
The Cross Country Cowboy Church is making its 3rd appearance as a Community Partner for Dinner Bell this year. We are deeply appreciative of its dedication to this feeding ministry. 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 campus starting around 10:30 on Wednesday. MENU Hamburger Steak with Brown Onion Gravy Rice Pilaf...
Texas Faces Increased Fire Danger
Unprecedented heat, drought pushing Southern US fire danger to extremes September 8, 2023 – COLLEGE STATION, Texas The Southern United States has faced a challenging summer with unrelenting daily temperatures of more than 100 degrees, abnormally low relative humidity, critically dry vegetative fuels ready to burn, wildfires exhibiting extreme fire behavior, and to top it off — a hurricane. Hot summers and wildfires are not new...
Student Loan Payments Set to Resume
September 8, 2023 – A three-year pause on student loan payments and interest accrual initiated at the start of the pandemic is coming to an end Oct. 1, leaving nearly 4 million Texans scrambling to figure out how to factor the debt payments back into their budgets. Former president Donald Trump first suspended payments in March 2020 to provide pandemic relief through the CARES Act, and that suspension was then extended through...
Paris Junior College Isn’t All Work and No Play
September 7, 2023 – Students at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center were treated to a hamburger day at the campus Wednesday. The free burgers brought smiles to their faces. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs burgers
Making a Historic Investment to Provide Statewide Connectivity
September 7, 2023 – Texas has a lot to offer which includes over 80,000 highway lane miles. We also have worldclass rail and air facilities for freight and passengers. Nearly 2,000 people move here every day. That’s one of the reasons why the Texas Transportation Commission made history this month by approving a record $142 billion total investment for Texas’ transportation infrastructure, including the $100 billion...
New Nurse Honor Guard Commemorates Deceased Fellow Nurses in East Texas
September 7, 2023 – (East Texas) – At a recent memorial service, a group of nurses dressed in a traditional nurse’s uniform – white scrubs, white shoes, white cap, and blue cape – approached the casket.A burning candle led them down the aisle where they delivered a card to the family, extinguished the candle, read a tribute and placed a rose on the casket. The ringing of a triangle followed the saying of the deceased...
Larry Joe Hightower
Larry Joe Hightower, age 73, of Saltillo, Texas, passed away on Saturday, September 2, 2023, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Celebration of Life service will be on Saturday, September 9, 2023, at 2:00 PM at Sam B. Harvey Funeral Home with Chris Perry officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at 1:00 PM. Serving as Honorary Pallbearers are Tim Hightower, Danny Hightower, Wade Hightower, Paul Moore,...
Myra Shirley Crist
Funeral service for Myra Shirley Crist will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 9, 2023, at First Baptist church of Yantis with Bro Danny Parker and Bro Byron George officiating. Interment will follow Yantis Cemetery with Wade Crist, John Crist, Joseph Crist, Jordan Crist, Daniel Wyatt, Shawn Wyatt,Erick Trevizo, Robert Carden and Michael Hill serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will beJennifer Crist, Gus Crist,...
Paris Junior College Continues to Shape the Minds of The Future
CDL TRAINING September 5, 2023 – Truck driving instructor Todd Vanderhart, in back, visits with a class of future truckers at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center. They will receive CDL certification upon completion of the course. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs truck class
Erin Pope
Funeral service for Erin Pope, age 88 of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 2:00P.M. on Friday, September 8, 2023, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Shane Carrington officiating. Interment will be held at a later date. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Pope passed away on September 3, 2023, at her residence where she was lovingly cared for by her son and daughter-in-law. Erin was born on September 19,...
