SSISD Wildcats Face Community Braves Tonight
October 6, 2023 – The Sulphur Springs Wildcats travel to Nevada, TX tonight to face the Braves at Community High School. The Braves are 2-3 and the Wildcats are 4-1. This is the first District Game of the 2023 Football Season. Click here for a map to Community High in Nevada. Game Starts at 7:30PM. You can listen live on KSST AM 1230. We will stream the game via YouTube.
Paris Junior College Employees are on Hand to Help Students With Testing Preparation
October 3, 2023 – PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Testing Proctor Cathey Martin, left, helps Presley Hurley set up her computer and get ready to take her entrance tests. Proctor Cathey Martin and Presley Hurley
Fire Event Encourages Young Women to Explore a Career in Wildland Firefighting
October 2, 2023 – PALO PINTO, Texas – Texas A&M Forest Service hosted the third annual Sisters in Fire event Sept. 30 at Worth Ranch, a Longhorn Council BSA property. Thirty-five young women between the ages of 13 and 18 from 22 Texas counties and one Oklahoma county attended the event. “The Sisters in Fire program was created to introduce young women to wildland firefighting and natural resource careers,” said Emily...
Barbara Bush Primary Will Host a Halloween Carnival October 6th
October 2, 2023 – Barbara Bush Primary School invites Students and Family to their Annual Halloween Carnival Friday, October 6, 2023, beginning at 5:30pm, at the Barbara Bush Primary Campus. You can expect Carnival Games, a Silent Auction, snacks, and more. Cost is $1 for two tickets, $5 for ten tickets, and $10 for an unlimited wristband. Barbara Bush Halloween Carnival
Paris Junior College Fall Enrollment Up; Regents Meet
October 1, 2023 – The Paris Junior College Board of Regents received good news from a report on Fall student enrollment at their meeting held Monday, Sept. 25.As part of the President’s Report from Dr. Pam Anglin, regents learned that contact hours for the fall semester are up 3.5 percent from a year ago and seven percent from two years ago. Student head count rose 1.8 percent from one year ago and four percent from two...
Paris Junior College President Announces Retirement
After decades of service to Paris Junior College, its students and community, Dr. Pam Anglin has announced her retirement as president at the end of the year. A first-generation college student and the first female president of the College, she has served since 2003 and is a true community college success story. “I’ve heard it said that you’ll know when it’s time,” Dr. Anglin said, “and I’ve realized that time has come. I’ll be...
A Candidate Forum For House District 2 Candidates Will be Held October 11, 2023
September 27, 2023 – The Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel, a local chapter of Texas Retired Teachers Association will hold a Candidate Forum on October 11 for candidates who are running in the special election for Texas House District 2. Citizens in Hopkins, Hunt, and Van Zandt counties are eligible to vote in this election. The forum is expressly focused on education issues. This is an opportunity for teachers and school...
Learn a Variety of Important Techniques in Welding at Paris Junior College
September 26, 2023 – BEVELING Welding student Elijah Symonds, left, is an advanced student in the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center welding program. Welding Instructor John Plemons is teaching him the process of beveling medal with the auto beveler. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Symonds weld
Oncor Power Lab for Electrical Engineering Opens at A&M-Commerce
September 25, 2023 – COMMERCE, TX—The College of Science and Engineering Power Lab at Texas A&M University-Commerce received a brand-new name this month: the Oncor Power Lab. The designation honors a 70-year partnership between Oncor Electric—Texas’s largest energy delivery company—and A&M-Commerce. Building on the longstanding partnership, Oncor recently entered a new gift agreement with A&M-Commerce to...
Paris Junior College Sends Seven to 2023 All Star Game
Breaking all recent records, the Paris Junior College baseball program is sending seven players to the Texas New Mexico Junior College All Star Game being played Friday and Saturday, September 22-23, at Dallas Baptist University. “We’re excited for this group,” said PJC Athletic Director and Head Baseball Coach Clay Cox, “they obviously had a strong freshman year and that’s why they’ve been selected to play in the All Star game by the...
