White House Announces New Student Loan Repayment Program
August 24, 2023 – The Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan, like other income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, calculates your monthly payment amount based on your income and family size. The SAVE Plan provides the lowest monthly payments of any IDR plan available to nearly all student borrowers. The new plan can significantly decrease your monthly payment amount compared to all other income-driven repayment plans. Your...
JoAn Coker
Funeral service for JoAn Coker, age 94 of Yantis, Texas will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, August 27, 2023 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Byron George officiating. A private family graveside will be held after. Pallbearers will be Cory Coker, Keith Thronton, Major David Coker Jr., Peyt Blevins, Baylee Riddle, and Langston Ray. Honorary pallbearers will be Tim Coker, Fred Jones, Mark Rogers and Jeff Philpott. Visitation will be...
Lela Hollis
Funeral service for Lela Hollis, age 89 of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday,August 25, 2023 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with buddy Wiggins officiating. Interment willfollow at Rock Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Hollis passedaway on August 22, 2023 at Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab. Lela was born on August 25, 1933 in Sulphur Springs, Texas to C.W. and Olga...
JOHNNIE LEE BARRETT
JOHNNIE LEE BARRETT, 78, of LR, departed this life August 17, 2023. He is preceded in death by: father, Sugar Barrett; mother, Mary Juanita Barrett; brother, Thuster Barrett. He leaves to cherish his memory: spouse, Lue Jean Barrett; children, Jonathan Barrett, Monica (Larry) Smith, Jabali Barrett, Tamika “Nikki” (Ryan) Gore; siblings, William “Bill” Barrett and Nita Marie Barrett-Jones; six grandchildren, two...
Billie Jean Burns-Ross
Jean Ross passed away quietly at her beloved home in Sulphur Springs, Texas. She was the first born child and only daughter of W.B. and Guylah Burns of Delta County. She eloped with a handsome native Hopkins County boy, Nelson H. Ross, in 1948 after he returned from WWII. Jean was happy to spend her whole life in these two counties living a good ‘ol country life. She had a tireless work ethic that started with picking cotton by hand....
The S.O.C.K. Program is back!
August 22, 2023 – The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the kick-off of S.O.C.K. Support Our Campuses and Kids! This opportunity was created for businesses to partner with schools, with the belief that the more our community is involved and invested in our schools, the more successful our schools and children will be. Please contact Communications Coordinator, Amber Grimes, at 903-885-2153 x 1129 or email...
Time is Running Out to Register for Fall Classes at Paris Junior College
ENROLLING August 22, 2023 – Jazz Santos Rodriguez, left, and Taylor Price, both of Sulphur Springs, are completing paperwork for enrollment at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center — with the help of secretary Dana Smock. Registration for Fall 2023 classes at Paris Junior College is under way. Fall Classes start Monday, August 28th, 2023. Paris Junior College students enrolling for fall 2023 Dana
Lafayette Franklin
Lafayette Franklin, age 54, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at Christus Mother Francis in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Lafayette was born in Dallas, Texas, on August 12, 1969 to Zeke and Hattie (Fry) Franklin. He faithfully attended the Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs, Texas and loved cheering on his favorite team, the Dallas Cowboys. Lafayette is survived by his daughter,...
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is Hiring
August 22, 2023 – Full time and part time positions are available at the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office as local Sheriff Lewis Tatum has added (3) new full time positions to next year’s budget, which will start October 1, 2023. In addition, salaries are increasing for all county employees including the newly needed Patrol Deputy positions which will start at $59,400 after October 1. Other positions are also...
Impatient Driver Arrested on Main Street
August 22, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies noticed a black Dodge pickup truck traveling on Main Street this week. The driver, 49 year-old THERESA GALE GARCIA, was known to have a Failure to Appear warrant issued for her arrest. GARCIA, THERESA GALE, June 2023 As deputies observed Garcia, she continued to travel on Main street eventually coming to a red light. Deputies observed Garcia pull around and pass a vehicle...
