Local Cancellations, Closings, Delays Due to Weather
January 15, 2018 – Weather factors will affect travel in a big way Monday with a night and Tuesday forecast that isn’t travel friendly. Closings and Delays include: The 27th Annual Martin Luther King Awards Ceremony has been postponed until a later date, according to organizer Dr. LaVelle Hendricks. Republican Women have cancelled their Monday night meeting which was to include appearances by Representative Dan Flynn and his...
Saltillo Boys Win Avery Cross Country Meet
August 31 Red River County Invitational hosted by Avery ISD Varsity Boys Team: 1st Place: Saltillo 55 MP Chapel Hill 95 Sulphur Bluff 116 Varsity Boys Individual: 8th Walker McGill 18:44 9th Trevor Moore 18:47 10th Branson McGill 18:50...
Training Building Tradesmen; Summer Campus Improvements; Baseball, Softball Remodeling
Finding tradesmen for construction jobs such as home building is said to be more difficult in current times. To address that need, Sulphur Springs High School is bringing back a building trades class to help train tradesmen of the future. The building trades class will be building a house on Fore Street in Sulphur Springs on a lot owned by the school district. The slab is expected to be poured this summer. School district Director of...
Graduation News Around Hopkins County
SSISD…Graduation on Friday May 26 at 7:00 pm in the Arena of the Hopkins County Civic Center. There are 285 graduates wearing the cap and gown, with Lydia Burleson and Tori Mattison representing the top of the Class of 2017. NORTH HOPKINS…28 students will be handed their diplomas on Saturday May 27 at 3 pm in the W.S. Long Gymnasium. Mary Brown is Valedictorian and Christian Matlock is Valedictorian. SALTILLO…Anna...
Community Calendar March, 2017
The Pilot Club “Spring Brunch” is Saturday March 4 at 10am at League Street Church of Christ Fellowship Hall. The annual “fun-raiser” will bring Christian comedian/musician Robert Burkhart with a Branson-style one-man show. There will be plenty of food and fellowship. Tickets are $20 each at the door or by calling Pilot Club at 903-348-5099 or any member. The Sulphur Springs chapter is part of Pilot Club...
School News from Hopkins County
North Hopkins ISD Superintendent Darin Jolly announces that military veterans are invited to be honored at a breakfast in the school cafeteria on Friday November 11 starting at 8:30am. SSISD will salute the veterans on Friday November 11 with a reception for veterans and spouses at 12 noon in the SSHS Library, followed by a program for the public at 1pm in the school gymnasium. The Sulphur Bluff Beta Club recently donated 73 items...
Chamber Connection October 6, 2016
The Chamber is crazy busy right now preparing for the Stew Contest on Saturday, October 22nd. Just a reminder, the deadline for entry into the contest is Friday, October 7th at 5:00 p.m. All cooks signed up for the 47th Annual Stew Cook-off will need to attend the Cooks Meeting on Tuesday, October 11th at 6 p.m. at the Southwest Dairy Museum. Cooks will receive their grocery reimbursement check from the Chamber, their goodie bags,...
Chamber Connection-September 29
by Lezley Brown Fall is here, and you know what that means… the 47th Annual Stew Contest is a heartbeat away! The deadline for entry into the contest is Friday, October 7th at 5:00 p.m. All cooks signed up for the 47th Annual Stew Cook-off will need to attend the Cooks Meeting on Tuesday, October 11th at 6 p.m. at the Southwest Dairy Museum. Cooks will receive their grocery reimbursement check from the Chamber, their goodie bags,...
Proposed PJC District Expansion Explained at Listening Session
Stating a desire to be transparent, Dr. Pam Anglin, President of Paris Junior College, addressed a small group of Hopkins County citizens regarding the November 8th ballot proposal to include Hopkins County in the PJC District. It would mean a new tax at 10-cents per $100 evaluation. Dr. Anglin pointed to the advantages of the community college as well as discussing the tax. Como-Pickton School District and the Saltillo School...
New Paris Junior College Taxing District?
Paris Junior College currently serves a five county area and has one of the smallest taxing districts in the state of Texas. The area Paris Junior College serves is approximately 3,848 square miles while their taxing district is approximately 44 square miles. Only 1.14% of Paris Junior College’s service area pays taxes in support of the college. PJC has two satellite campuses, one in Sulphur Springs and one in Greenville, in...
