News

August, 2022

• 5 August

  ETB Paris Football Broadcasts

  MIX 107.7 – KPLT FM will have a new broadcast crew for North Lamar Panther football. Local sports content creator Geoff (Jeff) Heppes (Hep-es) will call the play by play while long time Athletic Director and Panther football coach Tommy Felty will bring color commentary. Greg Higgins and Adam Routon …
• 5 August

  Texas Sales Tax Holiday

  The Texas sales tax holiday is underway and will continue tomorrow and Sunday until midnight. State law exempts sales tax on qualified items, such as clothing, footwear, school supplies, and backpacks, priced below $100, saving shoppers about $8 on every $100 they spend.
• 5 August

  Paris Area Weekend Events

    First Christian Church at 780 20th NE Paris Texas will be serving all area First Responders their monthly Free Breakfast Saturday with Pancakes, Sausage and Paris Coffee Company Coffee and Orange Juice and Milk tomorrow between 8 and 9am. Free gifts to each first responder attending and $50 door …
• 5 August

  Texas State Board of Education Wants To Change Date Designations

  The Texas State Board of Education is considering eliminating the BC and AD calendar dating system and replacing it with more religiously-neutral language in social studies classes. BC would be replaced by BCE (Before Common Era) and AD would be replaced with CE (Common Era). The TEA says the issue …
• 5 August

  Mt Pleasant Teen Jailed On Marijuana, Narcotics Charges

  On Thursday August 4th, 2022, Titus County Sheriff’s Office received credible information that a resident of the 700 Block of South Lide, in Mount Pleasant, was in possession of Marihuana. After looking into the information, deputies determined there was sufficient probable cause of a criminal offense to seek a search …
• 5 August

  Titus County Jail Bookings

  Thirty-six-year-old Alex Daltony Pacheco of Mt. Pleasant, was arrested for Tampering with Evidence, Possession of a Controlled Substance, a warrant for Criminal Trespass, and Class C warrants. Bonds were set at $16,500 on the felonies. Forty-five-year-old Rafael Jacobo is being held without bond in the Titus County Jail on a …
• 5 August

  Capital Murder Charges Added Against Hopkins County Inmates

  The couple accused of murdering a Dallas area man and dumping his body along a rural county road north of Sulphur Springs have had the charges against them upgraded. Twenty-year-old Aleigha Denise Coble of Oklahoma and 27-year-old Diamonte Jakeli Paynes of Fort Worth have now been charged by Dallas County …
• 4 August

  PJC-Sulphur Springs Welding Program

  David Gonzalez of Winnsboro, an advanced welding student at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center welding shop, demonstrates his A/C high frequency aluminum tig welding ability for Welding Instructor John Plemons.
• 4 August

  Hopkins County Commissioners Court Agendas

    TIME:                   9:00 A.M. DATE:                   Monday, August 8, 2022 PLACE:                In The Commissioners’ Courtroom On The First Floor Of The Hopkins County Courthouse Located At                                 118 Church St., Sulphur Springs, TX.                          Invocation Pledge Of Allegiance To The Flag AMERICAN FLAG: TEXAS FLAG:  “Honor The Texas Flag; I Pledge …
• 4 August

  Saputo Employees Donate Fans To Senior Citizens Center

    Employees from Saputo dropped off 30 Box Fans at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center Thursday.  If you need a fan to stay cool, please drop by and pick one up. Shown in photo: