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Dave Kirkpatrick

Hopkins County Chamber Connection 09.29

By Butch Burney Get Your Stew On It is the last chance for stew cooks to get their registration forms in for the 52nd Annual World Championship Hopkins County Stew Contest, sponsored by Alliance Bank, Alliance Bank Financial Services, and Galyean Insurance. The contest will be Saturday, Oct. 23, at …

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PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Offering Short-Term Industry Readiness Course

Looking to meet the needs of local businesses, the Continuing Education Department at the Paris Junior College–Sulphur Springs Center is offering an Industry Readiness course to give students an excellent opportunity to improve their skills and become more employable. As work practices change, they create new jobs, and the Industry …

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Board Of Regents Learn PJC Continues To Lead In Student Performance

Paris Junior College Paris Junior College Board of Regents President Curtis Fendley reported on a recent Board of Trustees Institute at the monthly regent meeting held Monday, Sept. 27. The Texas Success Center recently sponsored the institute in Austin, and Fendley, Regent Linda Kapp, and PJC President Dr. Pam Anglin …

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National 4-H Week

  by  Johanna Hicks, Agri-Life Extension Service National 4-H Week 4-H members all across the country will be celebrating National 4-H Week, and our Hopkins County 4-H members are no exception!  County Judge Robert Newsom recognized the Hopkins County 4-H program by reading the proclamation during Commissioners’ Court and we …

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Fraction Of Haitians Deported

They deported only a fraction of those Haitian illegal immigrants who crossed into Texas. Out of the 15,000 under that International Bridge in Del Rio, they sent only 2,000 back to Haiti. Congressman Tony Gonzales says the 12,000 allowed to stay are probably already calling their families and telling them …

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Instagram For Kids Criticized

Instagram is putting on hold plans to create a social media site for kids. Activists wish they would cancel it altogether. The Texas-based organization “Children At Risk” says that studies have shown the risk of having young girls on social media. On top of lurking predators, there is bullying and …

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First Draft Of Texas Redistricting Released

The first draft of the redrawn congressional map for Texas is out. Under the early draft, Texas gets two new districts, one in Austin and one in Houston. Republicans would control three more districts won by Former President Trump, and Democrats would lose one that supported President Biden. University of …

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Lamar County COVID Update 0927

The Paris Lamar County Health District reported Monday that there were four new deaths from COVID-19. The district also says they have 52 new positive PCR tests, 35 new Antigen tests, and eight new Antibody tests. The Texas SHS Coronavirus Dashboard shows 722 active cases of COVID in Lamar County …

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Woman Dead In Allen Officer-Involved Shooting

Stock Photo Authorities were called to a disturbance outside a Wendy’s in Allen Monday afternoon and encountered a woman armed with a rifle. Officers then heard gunfire and saw the woman running away while carrying the weapon. An officer fired at least one shot at the woman. The woman fell …

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Hopkins County COVID Update

The Texas DSHS Coronavirus Dashboard shows 302 active cases of COVID in Hopkins County. The death toll from the virus since the pandemic began remains at 135. In addition, there have been 4,595 recoveries from the virus.

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