What To Do About Filamentous Algae In Ponds
By Mario Villarino, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Hopkins County, [email protected]. As the hot days of summer reach Hopkins County, it is just gratifying to spend more time outdoors and is common to conduct recreational activities around ponds and lakes. It is common then to notice plant and algae growing in them. Filamentous algae starts growing along the bottom in shallow water or...
Obituary – David Martinez
David Martinez David Martinez, musician and cowboy, died peacefully on Thursday June 2, 2022, at approximately 8:05 a.m. in his home in Sulphur Springs, Texas. David is survived by his wife, Rosa Martinez; his children, Dalia, Cathy, Barbara, Ken, and step-daughters, Lorett and Eva; his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, of which there are over 50; his siblings, Jose, Irma, Maria, and Jaime. He was preceded in death by his...
Paris Junior College Students on President, Deans Lists
Paris Junior College-SSpgs Public Information Services PJC Students on President, Deans lists Paris Junior College is pleased to announce that 184 students were named to the President’s and Dean’s lists for academic achievement during the Spring 2022 semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average, (straight A’s) on a minimum of 15 semester hours. Those on the dean’s list must have a...
Paris Junior College Offering Free Robotics Coding Camps
Paris Junior College – Public Information Services Parents should enroll children now Paris Junior College is holding a robotics coding camp made possible by the Texas Workforce Commission at five locations in June, July and August. The free camp is for students entering the sixth, seventh, or eighth grades, or those who have completed eighth grade in the 2021-22 school year. The Robotics Coding Camp is designed to allow...
Good News for Solar Farm Companies
June 7, 2022 – It’s good news for solar farms across the United States as President Biden offers a two year reprieve on potential tariffs on solar panels imported from key Asian countries. The four countries named in the order are Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Reports abounds that these countries are complicit in helping China avoid tariff on panels headed to the USA, a practice fist describe in 2012. In 2012,...
Sulphur Springs City Council To Consider Plat For New Housing Development, 5 Rezoning Requests
Harrison, Spraggins To Take Oath For Council Council; Officers, City Boards and Commissions To Be Selected Sulphur Springs City has a packed agenda Tuesday night; the Council members are being asked to consider a plat for a new housing development, five rezoning requests, and requests to establish a reinvestment zone and an Advisory Sidewalk Committee. Tommy Harrison and Garry Spraggins who were unchallenged in the spring for Places 4...
Rev. Chalmer Lee Dennis
Rev. Chalmer Lee Dennis, 83, of Brashear, passed away on June 2, 2022, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, June 11, 2022, at Bibleway Lighthouse Church, 253 CR 4591, Sulphur Springs with Rev. Lance Crump officiating. Coker-Mathews Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Rev. Chalmer Dennis was born July 20, 1938 in VanZandt, Missouri, to Arthur Dennis and Ruth Lowry. He married Sally Baugh on...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report –May 30-June 5, 2022
Winnsboro Police Department each week provides a media report with information about department activity. WPD activity for the week of May 30-June 5, 2022 included: Arrests Winnsboro Police Department Thomas Fitzgerald, 55 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on May 31, 2022, for Driving While License Invalid with previous convictions.Jessie DeLa Cruz, 43 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on June 2, 2022, on...
Obituary – Bill Beasley
Bill Beasley A funeral service for Bill Beasley, age 89, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at Emory Baptist Church. Interment will follow at South Liberty Cemetery in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Visitation will be held Tuesday, June 7, at Wilson-Orwosky Chapel in Emory, Texas, 6-8 p.m. Bill was born on March 24, 1933, to Henry Lee Beasley and Bessie Hipp in Cumby, Texas. He passed on June 5, 2022, in...
June 2022 Grand Jury Indictments
A Hopkins County Grand Jury during the regular June 2022 session signed 18 indictments, pushing those cases forward for prosecution. Ten people were named in the charges, including five people accused of two or more more offenses. Charges ranged from controlled substance and stolen vehicle offenses to burglary of habitation, escape and continuous sexual abuse of a child offenses. Mauro Lopez‐Perez AKA Mauro Lopez-Lopez and Mauro Perez...
