What Happened to Joann Fabrics?
February 2, 2025 – Joann Fabrics, a prominent fabric and craft retailer established in 1943, has faced significant financial challenges in recent years, leading to two Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings within a single year. The first filing occurred in March 2024, attributed to declining sales and shifting consumer behaviors post-pandemic. Despite restructuring efforts that eliminated approximately $500 million in debt, the company...
Dinner Bell for February 5, 2025
DINNER BELL, First United Methodist Church SPONSOR: _Christus Health Systems_ The doors to the kitchen of the First United Methodist Church will reopen at 11:00 a.m., for meal service beginning at 11:30 a.m. Doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us, along with personnel from Christus Mother Frances Hospital, to share a meal. Christus Health was founded on January 28, 1999, with the merger of Houston’s Sisters...
Dinner Bell for January 8, 2025
DINNER BELL, First United Methodist Church Dinner Bell Sponsor Partner: John & Mary Heilman, JHH Investments The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. On January 8, 2025, the Dinner Bell Feeding Ministry is beginning its Thirteenth Year of...
Dinner Bell for December 12, 2024
DINNER BELL, First United Methodist Church The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. Grocery Supply Company was founded in 1947 in Mt. Vernon, Texas. Coming to Sulphur Springs in 1953 kit located on Oak Avenue at the train tracks. Present day...
Paris Junior College Renews Articulation Agreement with University of Texas – MD Anderson Cancer Center
November 25, 2024 – Opportunities for students wanting advanced careers in biology will continue at Paris Junior College after an articulation agreement with the University of Texas – MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston was renewed again. “This has been an amazing program for a select group of students,” said Dr. Jack Brown, PJC biology faculty and Division Director of Math and Sciences. “That...
Dinner Bell for November 20, 2024
The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. A partner with Dinner Bell since 2017, the Knights of Columbus have smoked our Thanksgiving meal turkeys since 2018. The Knights of Columbus was organized in Connecticut in 1882 to serve their church, community,...
Dinner Bell for November 13, 2024
The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. Grocery Supply Company was founded in 1947 in Mt. Vernon, Texas by Curtis McKenzie, Kenneth McKenzie and Wood row Brittain. In 1953 it moved to Sulphur Springs on Oak Avenue at the train tracks. Present day operations...
Dinner Bell for October 30, 2024
The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. Alliance Bank was chartered as Sulphur Springs State Bank on June 13, 1927. The bank turned a profit that year and has done so every year since then, 97 continual years! The bank building at Main and Gilmer was...
Dinner Bell for October 23, 2024
The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. The City National Bank of Sulphur Springs was chartered in 1889 making it the oldest banking institution in Hopkins County. As of June 2024 it has grown to 241 employees at 17 locations. It is the 75th largest...
Dinner Bell Returns to Onsite Serving and Eating October 2, 2024
Christus Health was founded on January 28, 1999, with the merger of Houston’s Sisters of Charity Health Care System and San Antonio’s Incarnate Word Health System; however, its story extends back to 1866, with the founding of St. Mary’s Hospital in Galveston, Texas by the Sisters of Charity. In 2016 Christus merged with Trinity Mother Frances Hospital and Clinics (itself a product of a merger of two Catholic...
