News

October, 2022

• 14 October

  Hopkins County Jail Bookings

  Nicole Pritchard Hopkins County arrested 41-year-old Nicole Ray Pritchard for Manufacture and Delivery of a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Both counts involved more than four but less than 200 grams of narcotics. A bond amount was hot set, and she’s in the Hopkins County Jail. Fernando …
• 14 October

  Free Wills And Estate Planning

  The Sulphur Springs Public Library is hosting a Lone Star Legal Aid and their Wills and Estate Planning Clinic. The event is from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm on Thursday, October 27. Call 903-785-8711 to preregister.
• 14 October

  Man Found Dead By Gilmer ISD Bus Driver Identified

  Upshur County authorities have released the identity of the man found dead alongside the road by a Gilmer ISD bus driver. At this time, the sheriff’s office does not suspect foul play concerning the death of 51-year-old Louis Grant, Jr. of Pittsburg.
• 13 October

  Aikin Elementary Announces Students Of The Month

  Aikin Elementary is excited to announce September’s “Students of the Month.” Each homeroom teacher nominates one student with outstanding character, behavior, and attitude. These students receive a certificate, special recognition in monthly assemblies, and their photos on the student of the Month bulletin board for all to see. Students in …
• 13 October

  Funding For The 2023 Hopkins County Health Care Foundation

  The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Board of Directors has selected funding goals for the 2022-23 year. Through the years, they have raised almost $3 million to provide the local hospital and EMS with equipment and offerings to which a community our size would typically not have access. One of …
• 13 October

  Paris ISD Collaborates With Mathews Auto Group To Present GROWL Awards

    Paris ISD principals named winners for the September GROWL Awards “Getting Results from Outstanding Wildcat Leaders.” Winners are Dakota Taylor, Bailee Ray, DeAnne Turner, Melanie Loughmiller, Officer Mike Ford, Adam Sutton, Ronald Dixon, and DeeAnn Hamner. Superintendent Paul Jones and Assistant Superintendent Althea Dixon conducted a drawing for grand …
• 13 October

  Paris Police Report For Thursday (Oct 13)

  Kenneth Williams Paris Police responded to a disturbance in the 1500-block of Graham St at 9:40 Wednesday morning. The victim met officers with a head wound. He claimed that Kenneth Williams came to his residence and hit him in the head with a sledgehammer and threatened to kill him. A …
• 13 October

  Jones Jokes About Court Order

  Wednesday, jurors ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims’ relatives and an FBI agent. They all said he turned their loss and trauma into years of torment by promoting the lie that the rampage was a hoax. The $965 million …
• 13 October

  Texas Distributes $1.06 Billion In Sales Tax

  Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced that he would send cities, counties, transit systems, and particular purpose districts $1.06 billion in local sales tax allocations for October. That is 17.4 percent more than in October 2021. Texas bases these allocations on sales made in August by businesses reporting monthly tax.
• 13 October

  Texas Governors Race Tightening

  Abbott – O’Rourke TexasTribune.org The race to be the next governor of Texas appears to be tightening. That’s according to the latest poll out of Marist College. Governor Greg Abbott now holds a four-point lead over his Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke, 49 percent to 45. Marist’s poll director Lee Miringoff …