News

May, 2022

• 17 May

  Creation Of Texas Emergency Management Academy

  AUSTIN – The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) announced the creation of The Texas Emergency Management Academy, aimed at training the next generation of the emergency management workforce. The Academy will run for approximately eight months and prepare interested individuals for emergency management careers at TDEM in various preparedness, …
• 17 May

  T. G. Givens Students Learn About Bubbles

  T.G. Givens Early Childhood enrichment teacher Shawn Reeves showed students how to make soap bubbles. It was a bonus that they also got to play in them before going back to class. Some students even brought their teacher to play along. Pictured below are students from Bailee Ray’s class enjoying …
• 17 May

  Hopkins County Chamber Connection May 17

    By Butch Burney   Graphic artists are invited to submit a logo for the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse that will occur that afternoon. Sulphur Springs is on the centerpoint of the Path of Totality, which means we will assuredly have thousands of visitors that weekend. What that …
• 17 May

  MPISD – News

  L to R: Monserrat Rivero Sanchez, MPHS Principal Craig Bailey, Connelly Cowan Contact: Kelly Cowan MPHS seniors chosen for Academic All-State and Teens Serving Texas awards Texas Association of Secondary School Principals (TASSP) selected Mount Pleasant High School seniors Connelly Cowan and Monserrat Rivero Sanchez for prestigious awards. MPHS Principal …
• 17 May

  Paris Police Report For Tuesday (May 17)

  Mark Gregory Evans Paris Police responded to a disturbance in the 200-block of SE 16th Monday afternoon at 4:59. Officers contacted Mark Gregory Evans, 32, of Garland, who told the officer that he had outstanding warrants. Evans had an outstanding parole violation warrant and two Municipal Court warrants. During the …
• 17 May

  Texas Click It Or Ticket Campaign Marks 20th Anniversary 

    Officials estimate campaign has saved nearly 7,000 additional lives since 2002 AUSTIN—Darcey Goodloe was a Waco high school student in 2010 when an 18-wheeler rear-ended her truck. Her truck shot across multiple lanes on icy I-35 and into a median, where it landed vertically, face down. She was wearing …
• 17 May

  Sulphur Springs ISD Board Briefs

  BOARD BRIEFS MAY 16, 2022 A special meeting of the Sulphur Springs ISD school board was held Monday, May 16, 2022. PUBLIC FORUM No one requested to address the Board. ACTION ITEMS Results were canvassed and certified for May 7, 2022 special election. 1195 against and 958 in favor of …
• 17 May

  Homeland Security Head To Visit Border

  Tuesday, the head of Homeland Security is visiting the Texas border town of McAllen, where he’s watching over a removal flight that sends hundreds of illegal immigrants back to their home countries. Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar says it’s essential to show that as a way to combat the cartel’s messaging. …
• 17 May

  UFO Hearings Begin Today

  For the first time in five decades, Congress holds a hearing on UFOs. Texas A&M Astronomy Professor Nick Suntzeff hopes that we get some data because most of the videos are blurry and out of focus. Research into UFOs has ramped up since a report revealed that the Pentagon had …
• 17 May

  Security Breach In Workers Comp Data

  An audit has found a security issue in the Texas Department of Insurance software used to track Workers Comp information. As a result, the personal data of people who filed workers comp claims between March 2019 and January of this year could have been affected. The department is sending letters …