Louise Armstrong Loggins
Louise Armstrong Loggins, 91, passed away peacefully at home on July 11 following a brief illness. She was born on April 15, 1934, in Paris, Texas to Elvis Hugh and Eula Belle Armstrong. Louise graduated from Paris High School and attended Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. She married James Clifford Loggins on Aug. 28, 1952 in Paris. They raised 5 children, and moved to Sulphur Springs in 1972 when James was transferred...
Divorce Between Ken and Angela Paxton Will Proceed Outside Public View, Reports Say
July 12, 2025 – By Jessica Shuran Yu – The Texas Tribune “Divorce between Ken and Angela Paxton will proceed outside public view, reports say” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. A state district court judge in Collin County agreed Friday to seal all...
Indiana Task Force 1 Sends Additional Help To Texas
July 13, 2025 – Indiana Task Force 1, Indiana’s urban search-and-rescue team, has dispatched an additional 35 members to Kerr County, Texas, to bolster ongoing flood-response operations following catastrophic flash flooding that inundated the Hill Country region earlier this month. The deployment comes amid intensifying recovery efforts after several rounds of torrential thunderstorms, which have repeatedly inundated local...
A Message of Inspiration From the Author of Living Loved, July 13, 2025
Read with me! Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing. O Jacob, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights? Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The LORD is the everlasting God, the...
Mary White
October 1, 1945 — July 11, 2025 Sulphur Springs Mary White, age 79, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, passed away at Rock Creek Health and Rehab in Sulphur Springs, Texas, on Friday, July 11, 2025. There are no services planned at this time. Mary White was born on October 1, 1945, in New Boston, Texas, to Rayford and Rosie Leigh (Glover) Rich. She married Charles L. White in Sulphur Springs, Texas. She loved watching wrestling on TV and...
Paris District Road Report for Week of July 14, 2025
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, Franklin, Delta, Lamar, Red River, Hunt and Rains Counties for the week starting July 14, 2025. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades, and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach...
Como-Pickton Schools May be Looking For a New Superintendent
July 11, 2025 – An agenda for a Special Meeting of the CPCISD Board of Trustees has been posted for Monday, July 14, 2025 starting at 6:00pm. The top agenda item listed under the heading of Human Resources pertains to “Discussion and possible action of Superintendent’s voluntary resignation”. Board members are planning an Executive Session as well where they may discuss matters with their legal counsel as well...
Master Gardener Ronnie Wilson Talked with John Mark Dempsey About an Upcoming Program on Bees on This Second Cup Of Coffee
July 10, 2025 – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Hopkins County Master Gardener Ronnie Wilson had A Second Cup Of Coffee With John Mark Dempsey recently. On this episode, John Mark and Ronnie chatted about Earth Kind Gardening, the benefit of planting marigolds in your garden, a program the Master Gardeners are going to have July 17, 2025, at 6:30pm at the AgriLife Extension Office about bees, and so much more. Be sure to take a...
A Cold Case Murder has Been Solved
July 10, 2025 – A cold case murder has been solved after nearly 30 years according to an announcement from the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office. A statement from the Sheriff’s Office says: “After nearly three decades, a major development has been made in the 1996 murder of Geraldine Blackmon. On Tuesday, 71-year-old William Doyle Magness of Midlothian, Texas, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the cold case.”...
Sulphur Springs Family’s Worst Fears were Confirmed on Monday
July 10, 2025 – A Sulphur Springs family’s worst fears were confirmed on Monday when their parents were found dead as a result of the catastrophic flooding in Central Texas. James and Cindy Rushing had traveled to the Hill Country for the Fourth of July holiday with a camper pulled by a pickup truck. They did not say exactly where they were camping, but that they were located along the Guadalupe River near...
