Texas Education Agency: No A-F Ratings, But STAAR Still On For 2020-21 School Year
STAAR Testing Will Proceed To Gauge What Students Have Learned, Impact Of Pandemic On Education Texas Education Agency announced Dec. 10 that A-F ratings would be paused for 2020-21 school year due to the ongoing disruptions associated with COVID-19. Students will still have to take the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exams, however. According to TEA, 2020-21 STAAR testing will “provide critically...
Early Voting in Sulphur Springs City Council Place 1 Runoff Continues
Early voting in the Dec. 15 Sulphur Springs City Council Place 1 Runoff Election between Mark Bradley and Jay W. Julian has been very low so far. After 4 1/2 days of early voting, only 45 of the city’s 9,695 registered voters had cast ballots by personal appearance. That’s an average of only about 10 votes being cast daily during the early voting period as of 2 p.m. Dec. 9, according to City Secretary/Election Official...
New Total Knee Replacement Technology, Upgraded Cleaning & Disinfectant Protocols Added At CMFH-SS
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs Business News – Dec. 7, 2020 By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS® Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Sulphur Springs, Texas – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. Now offering the newest technology in total knee replacement We are proud to offer the newest technology in...
Hicks: A Year in Review – Diabetes Education
By Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County A Year in Review – Diabetes Education Each year, starting in December, our Extension staff provides impact summaries of our major programs. My passion is helping others learn how to manage diabetes through a series called, “Do Well, Be Well with Diabetes.” According to the Center for Disease Prevention and...
Dec. 7-11 Meal A Day Menu
Although the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center remains closed due to COVID-19, volunteers continue to work five days a week preparing and delivering meals to shut-in elderly in the community. The Dec. 7-11 Meal A Day Menu includes: Monday – Chicken and Beef Sliders with Cheese, Lettuce Tomato and Pickle Spear, Baked Beans and Chips Tuesday – Scalloped Potatoes with Ham, Normandy Vegetables and a Roll...
Edson H Reynolds
Edson H Reynolds passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 1 in Allen, Texas. Mr. Reynolds was born August 16, 1927, in Lott, Falls County, Texas to Henry Lee and Edna Laura Reynolds. He was reared in Mt. Vernon, and graduated from Mt. Vernon High School in 1944. He has lived in Mt. Vernon for 78 years. His family moved here from Center, Shelby County, Texas in 1942, when his dad became the preacher for the Mt. Vernon Church of...
NET Continuing Education Conference Held In Sulphur Springs
The ROC in Sulphur Springs Thursday served as the location for the 11th Annual District 4 Northeast Texas Continuing Education Conference, hosted by Texas AgriLife Extension Service. “It’s great to be serving the community,” Hopkins County AgriLife Extension Agent Mario Villarino said Thursday morning. “We are excited we were picked among other cities or counties that could have sponsored this today,”...
Paris Junior College Dual Credit Student Opportunities Growing, Regents Learn
Opportunities for dual credit students at Paris Junior College continue to expand, according to a report presented Monday evening, Nov. 23, to the PJC Board of Regents. Dual credit provides high school students the opportunity to earn both college and high school credit while enrolled in high school. Course credit is awarded through the school district for high school academic requirements and through PJC for semester credit hours...
Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report – December 2020
On Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, Sulphur Springs City Council received from City Manager Marc Maxwell the following monthly Manager’s Report: COVID-19 Response The number of active cases in Hopkins County increased 17% in November with a total of 169 active cases as of November 30. The state has tested 2,476 people at the Hopkins County testing site since the November council meeting. We have had 1,577 cumulative recoveries and 52...
Hearts of Life Animal Rescue in Need of Donations
According to the Hearts of Life Animal Rescue non-profit organization in Hopkins County, there is now a need to ask for donations from the public. Monetary donations will be used for the animals currently under care of the local rescue group as well as future animals they will take in. President Deborah Balkcom stated, “because we are not going to be able to hold our usual annual fundraiser due to risks associated with the...
