George, Qualls Earn Top Honors At MGHS
Both Of Miller Grove’s Top Students Are Also Graduating This Spring From PJC Miller Grove High School has recognized Jacob Harris George and Jagger Kane Qualls for earning top honors among the MGHS Senior Class of 2022. Jacob Harris George, MGHS Valedictorian Jacob George has been named the Valedictorian of the Miller Grove graduating class of 2022 with an overall grade point average of 101.9. Jacob is the son of Clint and Traci...
UPDATE: Paris Junior College Is Delaying the Start of the Regional Baseball Tournament
Paris Junior College is delaying the start of the baseball tournament at PJC until Saturday, (the 7th), (same times) because of the field being too wet. Paris Junior College Public Information Services PJC hosting regional baseball tournament this weekend When Paris Junior College won the regular-season conference title last weekend, the College became host for the National Junior College Athletic Association Region XIV –...
Saturday Is Election Day For SSISD Bond, WISD Trustees, Constitutional Amendments Elections
Registered voters will have one more opportunity to cast ballots on Election Day, Saturday, May 7, 2022, in the Sulphur Springs ISD bond, Winnsboro ISD trustees and Texas Constitutional Amendment Elections. Early Voting Totals As of the close of early voting on Tuesday, only 5.51% of Hopkins County’s 24,492 registered voters had cast ballots. Of the 1,350 ballots cast during the early voting period, 1,212 (4.95%) were in-person...
4-Time State UIL Competitor AllieGrace Woodard Earns 2 Medals In Theatrical Design
Sulphur Springs High School Theater Student AllieGrace Woodard received two medals in Theatrical Design at the Texas State Academic UIL Contest this week. Not only was 2022 Woodard’s fourth year to compete at State in Theatrical Design, school officials report she has earned the distinction of being the only double medalist ever in the same year in theatrical design. AllieGrace Woodard earned two medals in the State UIL...
Chamber Connection – May 4
Upcoming Events: Mom’s Day Out, Spring Into Wellness, Mission Fundraiser, Choral Music Concert By Butch Burney, President/CEO of Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce, [email protected] I’ve always maintained that it’s good to be a guy. I’ve seen what women deal with as wives and mothers on a daily basis, and I don’t want that job. It’s way too hard. However, for the next week, it looks like it will be good to be a woman....
Welding Shop at the Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Campus
WELDING SKILLS Jarrett Bartley of Sulphur Springs practices his skills in gas tungsten arc welding at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center welding shop. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Bartley welding shop
Pay Increases Approved For All SSISD Employees
Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees Tuesday approved pay increases for all district employees during a special meeting. SSISD logo Sulphur Springs ISD Superintendent Michael Lamb asked the school board to consider approving a set pay increase for all SSISD teachers (and other employees on the same compensation plan, including nurses, librarians, counselors, testing coordinators and law enforcement officers) and a percentage increase...
Zoning Request, Supplies Contracts For 3 Capital Improvement Projects Up For Consideration
A zoning request, supplies contracts for three capital improvement projects and airport ground lease agreements are up for consideration by Sulphur Springs City Council tonight (May 3, 2022). Sulphur Springs Municipal Building Jason and Jennifer Lacomfora are asking that 1.54 acres they own at 1120 Church Street be rezoned. The tract is split-zoned multifamily and heavy commercial. The Lacomforas would like for the entire property to...
Wildcats Baseball Ends Season With 3-0 Loss to Longview
Wildcats baseball fought for seven innings to have a shot at the playoffs, but came up short in a 3-0 loss to the Lobos on Friday, Apr. 29. Coach Jerrod Hammack’s squad, with their season on the line in the top of the 7th, trailed by three. With one out, Sulphur Springs had two runners on. A fly out and a strikeout later though, baseball’s season came to an unceremonious end with a 3-0 loss in Longview on Friday, Apr....
SSISD To Hold Special School Board Meeting May
SSISD logo Sulphur Springs ISD has called a special school board meeting Tuesday, with only one action item on the agenda – pay scales. The meeting is one of three school board meetings scheduled this month. At noon Tuesday, May 3, 2022, the SSISD Board of Trustees will convene in the board room of the SSISD Administration Building, 631 Connally St., to discuss and consider approving the SSISD Compensatory Plan for the 2022-2023...
