Sulphur Springs Man Accused Of Choking and Threatening Girlfriend With Gun
A 53-year-old Sulphur Springs man is accused of choking his girlfriend and threatening her with a gun Friday. Earlier in the week a teen was jailed for allegedly shooting and hitting another female in the head with a pellet gun, and a Clarksville man was accused of pulling a gun on someone at a business, according to arrest reports.
Pollard Street Address
Sulphur Springs Police responded at 8:08 p.m. July 1, 2022, on Pollard Street where the resident was alleged to have choked his girlfriend and was armed with a gun.
Upon arrival, Officer Zachary Davis contacted Randy Chris Wood in front of the residence while other officers entered the residence to speak with the girlfriend. During the course of the investigation, officers were told Wood had choked her in their bedroom. After escaping the choke he had on her, she reportedly went to the living room to sit down and call police. He then allegedly entered the living room and pointed a shotgun at her, threatening to kill her. A third person allegedly witnessed the incident as well, Davis noted in arrest reports.
Wood was taken into custody at 9:17 p.m. July 1, 2022, for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon then transferred to jail on the felony charge. An emergency protective order was requested, according to arrest reports.
Brinker Street Arrest
Sulphur Springs Police responded at 1:46 a.m. June 29, 2022, on Brinker Street, where an assault was reported to have occurred. Upon contact with the two females involved, he was told a 17-year-old shot the other female with a pellet gun then hit her in the head with it. Officer reported the alleged victim had injuries consistent with her account of what occurred.
The 17-year-old female allegedly admitted to hitting the other female with the pellet gun. As a result, the teen was taken into custody at 2:07 a.m. June 29, 2022 for family violence assault causing bodily injury. She was released from jail later that day on a $2,000 bond on the Class A misdemeanor charge, according to jail reports.
Hillcrest Drive Arrest
SSPD officers responded at 11:56 p.m. June 29, 2022, at a Hillcrest Drive business, where a person reportedly mentioned pulling a firearm on someone. Officers located the 24-year-old Clarksville man in the truck parking lot and removed a firearm from the man’s waistband and detained him. The officer noted the Clarksville man had glassy, red, bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and an alcohol odor emitted from him. The officer also reported seeing an open alcohol container in the front console.
The 24-year-old was taken into custody at 12:38 a.m. June 30 and booked into Hopkins County jail on an unlawful carrying of a weapon charge. He was released from jail later Thursday, June 30, 2022, on a $2,000 bond on the Class A misdemeanor offense, according to jail and arrest reports.
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2 Men Transferred To Hopkins County Jail On Felony Probation Warrants Thursday
Two men were transferred to Hopkins County jail on felony probation warrants Thursday, June 30, 2022, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Steve Huffman was alerted Lucas Wayne Williams was being held in Tarrant County jail on two Hopkins County warrants. Huffman traveled to Fort Worth and took custody of the 30-year-old Sulphur Springs man at 8:50 a.m. June 30, 2022, then transported him to Hopkins County jail.
Williams was booked Hopkins County jail just before noon Thursday on one warrant for violation of probation on a 2020 aggravated robbery charge, and another for not taking care of a possession or delivery of drug paraphernalia fine.
The Sulphur Springs man remained in Hopkins County jail Friday, July 1, 2022. Bond on the robbery charge was set at $250,000, according to jail records.
Deputy Steve Huffman then picked up Cary Lee Brookshire at 1:10 p.m. June 30, 2022, at Hunt County jail. The deputy then transported the 30-year-old Commerce man to Hopkins County jail.
Brookshire was booked in at 2:13 p.m. Thursday on the warrant for violation of probation, which he was on for a felony February 2020 prohibited weapon charge, according to arrest reports.
The Commerce man was held in Hopkins County jail without bond on Friday, July 1, 2022, according to jail reports.
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The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
US Dept. Of Labor Finds Worker Suffered Serious Internal Injuries Because Employer Ignored Safety Procedures
OSHA Proposes $400K In Fines To Armorock LLC For Willful, Serious Safety Violations
SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas – A federal workplace safety investigation found that a temporary worker suffered serious injuries on Jan. 3, 2022, after being struck by a large mold at a Texas concrete polymer manufacturing company. It was determined that the employer failed to install machine guards that would have prevented the incident.
Inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration also learned that a similar injury had occurred at the Armorock LLC’s Sulphur Springs facility in March 2021 on the same platform where employees fill molds with resin.
Federal inspectors also determined that the employer’s poor housekeeping exposed workers to airborne concentrations of respirable crystalline silica, which put workers at increased risk of serious silica-related diseases including silicosis, an incurable lung disease that can lead to disability and death; lung cancer; and chronic obstructive pulmonary or kidney disease.
OSHA issued citations to Armorock LLC for one willful and 25 serious violations and proposed penalties of $400,902.
“Armorock LLC’s willingness to ignore hazards that previously caused a worker’s injury is difficult to understand,” said OSHA Area Director Basil Singh in Dallas. “Employers are legally obligated to provide a safe workplace for all employees, including temporary workers. When they do not, the U.S. Department of Labor will hold them accountable.”
In addition to lack of machine guards and silica exposure, the company was cited for:
- Failing to provide proper machine guarding on a rotating table used to pour concrete into the molds.
- Exposing workers to slip and trip hazards in the production area.
- Failing to provide adequate energy control procedures or sufficient lockout/tagout devices.
- Failing to provide the correct respirators and not performing annual fit testing on employees.
- Not making eyewash stations available in some areas where they may be needed.
- Not implementing a process safety management program.
- Using slings compromised with concrete build-up to lift large objects.
Armorock LLC has about 100 employees who manufacture concrete polymer manholes and other wastewater structures at their Sulphur Springs, Texas, Boulder City, Nevada and Plant City, Florida, facilities.
The company has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
Learn more about addressing the dangers of hazardous energy and more about crystalline silica.
Greenville Women Jailed After Heroin And Methamphetamine Found During Traffic Stop
2 Men Jailed On Controlled Substance-Related Warrants
Two Greenville women were jailed Thursday after heroin and methamphetamine were found during a traffic stop in Sulphur Springs Thursday evening. Two men were also booked into Hopkins County jail over the past couple of days on controlled substance related warrants.
Houston Street Traffic Stop
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Drew Fisher and Sgt. Tanner Steward reported stopping a Ford Fusion at 7:03 p.m. June 30, 2022, on Houston Street at Jackson Street for a moving violation.
The passenger, identified in arrest reports as Amelia Dianne O’Brien, was noticeably nervous during deputy’s interaction with the two women. When deputies asked the driver, identified in reports as Jessica Christine McLaughlin, for permission to search the car, she began stuttering. McLaughlin told the deputies she had gotten an Advil bottle from her friend, but claimed she didn’t know what was in it, Fisher alleged in arrest reports. She claimed there was a scale in the vehicle too, but it was used for jewelry. McLaughlin did, however, give deputies permission to search the car.
Fisher and Steward reported finding an open pill bottle in the passenger’s side floorboard. When deputies asked O’Brien to shake out her blouse. When she did, a bag containing what deputies identified as black tar heroin fell out and onto the ground. O’Brien also is alleged to have a bag containing suspected meth clenched in her hand. A scale with suspected meth residue was also located in the car, Fisher and Steward alleged in arrest reports.
Both O’Brien, who is alleged to have had contraband on her, and McLaughlin, who allegedly receiving the substances just prior to being stopped, were taken into custody at 7:14 p.m. June 30, 2022, and transported to Hopkins County jail. The contraband was seized as evidence and taken to the sheriff’s office to be weighed, according to arrest reports. The suspected black tar heroin weighed 0.381 gram and the suspected meth weighed 0.845 gram.
Both 36-year-old McLaughlin and 39-year-old O’Brien were charged on two counts of possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1/1-B controlled substance. O’Brien was released from Hopkins County jail Friday, July 1, 2022, on a $10,000 bond — $5,000 per felony controlled substance charge, while McLaughlin remained in jail in lieu of the $10,000 bond for the charges, according to jail reports.
Warrant Arrests
HCSO Sgt. Todd Evans took Brandon Pehl into custody at 1:10 p.m. June 30, 2022, in the District Court and escorted him to Hopkins County jail.
The 38-year-old Sulphur Springs man was booked in at 1:30 p.m. on the warrant for violation of probation, which he was on for possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, according to jail reports.
Pehl was held in Hopkins County jail Friday, July 1, 2022, without bond on the Jan. 4, 2019 charge, according to jail reports.
HCSO Deputy Steve Huffman took Mark Alan Tutton into custody at 10:22 a.m. June 29, 2022, at Holiday Unit in Huntsville and transported the 42-year-old Grandbury man to Hopkins County jail.
Tutton was booked in at 3:12 p.m. June 29, 2022, for bond forfeiture on an April 2, 2019 possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge, according to arrest reports.
He remained in Hopkins County jail Friday, July 1, 2022, in lieu of the new $20,000 bond set on the controlled substance charge, which is twice the original bond set on it, according to jail reports.
Symphony League To Host 30th Independence Day Concert Saturday, July 2, 2022
Celebration On Square Will Pay Tribute To Those Who Serve, Conclude With Fireworks Show
Northeast Texas Symphony Orchestra will be performing a milestone concert Saturday night, the group’s 30th Independence Day Show in Sulphur Springs.
City and county residents will be joined on Celebration Plaza by people from around the region who’ve driven in to watch this unique July 4 concert and fireworks observance. Some come from Tyler and the Dallas area annually for the concert and fireworks show hosted in Sulphur Springs’ crown jewel, Celebration Plaza, and enjoy meals, ice cream and other edibles and purchases at local restaurants and retailers.
The concert will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 2. The concert and fireworks show is offered free to everyone thanks to presenter Sulphur Springs Symphony League and generous underwriters: Alliance Bank, GSC Enterprises Inc. and CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, working in conjunction with the City of Sulphur Springs tourism department.
The concert will once again be conducted by Dr. Douglas Bakenhus, and feature patriotic numbers performed by Northeast Texas Symphony Orchestra. Songs too will be played to recognize those serving in each branch of the military for their service, which allows us to enjoy the freedoms and independence that celebrate on July 4th.
Immediately following the concert, a professional fireworks show will begin, again made possible thanks to the generous underwriters and Symphony League. This is great event for the entire family.
Those attending are encouraged to bring lawn chairs to sit on as there are a limited number provided downtown or grab a blanket. Those who want can bring snacks, even a picnic basket or make a big evening of it and partake of a meal from local restaurants.
Those attending are cautioned to dress for the weather, which is expected to be mostly clear and mild for this time of the year, but is still predicted to be hot. The temperature is expected to dip from 93 to 87 by the time the concert begins at 8 p.m. July 2. With only a little cloud cover, very little wind (which is predicted to diminish as the evening wears on) and 51% humidity, it will still feel like it’s 91 outside, making it vital for people to take steps to stay hydrated.
Some sponsors and local contributors like CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs will have some free water available to help out, but those out in the heat will need to monitor to ensure they don’t get overheated or go too long without hydration.
Those who won’t be able to join the festivities downtown can tune into KSST Radio 1230 AM Saturday night, July 2, starting at 8 p.m. to listen to the NET Symphony Orchestra Concert from home or wherever they may be at that time.
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Show Support For Local Coach Battling Cancer With Prayers, Donations Through Team Young
Although he recently accepted a position with Van ISD, Matt Young has a long history in Sulphur Springs. His family moved to town in 1989, when his dad accepted a coaching position. His dad coached for 11 years and his mom was a teacher. He followed his family into education, the past 14 years spent mentored and coaching Sulphur Springs students from the sidelines as offensive coordinator and line coach for football, the field in track and classroom.
This week, his family is reaching out to the community to ask those who are inclined to consider showing their support for Matt Young and family in his latest and possibly hardest battle yet — with cancer.
Three weeks ago, Young learned he has a hereditary type of colon cancer, for which the entire family will at some point need to be checked for it as well, Swatsell noted.
Matt Young started treatment on Monday, June 27, 2022, receiving his first round of treatment in Tyler, but may soon be making trips to MD Anderson Cancer Center to continue his treatment, which could change as the care plan is in the early stage, according to his sister.
All cancer treatment and associated expenses are costly, resulting in exorbitant medical bills, even for those with medical insurance. Coach Young’s are already “astronomical.” That’s where Young’s sister, Jessica Swatsell, says she hopes the community will come in to help out.
“My family has invested a lot in Sulphur Springs, so we’re just asking for any help that Matt and his family can get,” Swatsell said. “Matt and Jamie have a big family, so continued prayers, support, laughter, anything is appreciated — laughter is the best cure and of course prayer.”
Using Facebook, the Team Young – Fundraiser for Matt Young & Family page has been set up. All prayers and any donation, no matter how small or large will be welcome, Swatsell said.
T-shirts are also being sold for $25 each with any proceeds going to help Matt Young as he begins his journey fighting colon cancer. The t-shirts are red with Team Young in a football goal post with a ribbon attached to it.
“He will be teaching in Van next year, so that’s why we went with the red. After 14 years, his closet is full of blue and gold. Van has been very supportive and we are very excited about this new chapter,” Swatsell said.
Young’s family is asking any who get the shirts to take a photo in them and post them to the Team Young Facebook page so showing their support. Shirts can be paid in cash, by check or sent via Venmo to @jessica-swatsell. Request shirts on the Team Young page, contact Jessica Swatsell via Messenger or send a text to 940-594-2216. Donations can also be made by contacting Swatsell. They are available in any size, and Swatsell said they can be shipped if needed.
“Everybody that has already reached out and donated we appreciate so much,” Swatsell said on behalf of all of Matt’s family, the Youngs and McGraws (wife Jamie’s family). “We are just asking for anything.”
Swatsell noted a family friend, Melissa Peugh, has also set up a GoFundMe account to help raise money to help pay the costs of his medical care and travel expenses incurred as he fights cancer. On GoFundMe.com, search for the “Coach Matt Young’s Cancer Treatment Fund” page or go directly to https://gofund.me/1305354c.
“Please consider supporting the Youngs, our dear friends and servants in our community, as they face this trial. Matt Young’s life is a good investment,” Peugh posted on the GoFundMe page.
Additional Steps Taken To Strengthen Child Nutrition Programs
Department providing another nearly $1 billion boost to schools for purchasing food
WASHINGTON – The Biden Administration announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide nearly $1 billion in additional funding to schools to support the purchase of American-grown foods for their meal programs. The department also applauds the President’s recent signing of the Keep Kids Fed Act, which equips schools, summer meal sites, and child care food programs with extra resources so they can continue serving children through school year 2022-2023. Both actions are a response to the significant challenges child nutrition program operators continue to face, such as high food costs and supply chain disruptions.
“The Biden Administration knows that ongoing impacts of supply chain issues and rising food costs continue to be a challenge for many schools and child nutrition operators, and we are thankful for Congress stepping up to ease some of their burdens,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “On our end, this funding boost is yet another step the Administration is taking to ensure every child who needs a meal, gets one. No matter the circumstances, USDA and all our partners must continue collaborating to provide our young ones with the healthy meals they count on.”
The $943 million boost from the department is provided through USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation. Funds will be distributed by state agencies to schools across the country, so they can purchase domestically-grown foods for their meal programs. This assistance builds on the $1 billion in Supply Chain Assistance funds USDA previously allocated in December 2021, which states can use this school year as well as next to provide schools with funding for commodity purchases.
The Keep Kids Fed Act will also provide assistance to program operators across the country by:
- Extending nationwide flexibilities to summer meal programs through September 2022, including allowing sites to continue serving meals in all areas, at no cost to families;
- Providing schools with an additional temporary reimbursement of 40 cents per lunch and 15 cents per breakfast, and child care centers with an extra 10 cents reimbursement per meal;
- Providing all family day care homes with the higher temporary reimbursement rate for school year 2022-23;
- Equipping USDA with additional flexibilities to support schools, as needed, based on their local conditions.
This new authority does not allow all students to eat school meals free of charge in school year 2022-2023. Nonetheless, the department will continue providing other program flexibilities within its existing authority, such as:
- Equipping schools and program operators to quickly respond to health-related safety issues by offering grab-and-go and/or parent-pickup of meals; and
- Extending deadlines for districts to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision, which allows schools serving many high-need students to provide all meals for free without collecting applications from families.
For next school year, in most school districts, families will need to complete an application through their school to determine if their household is eligible for free or reduced-price school meals, as was done before the pandemic. USDA is also supporting the expansion of direct certification, which uses existing data to certify children for free or reduced-price meals without an additional application. All states are required to direct certify students for free meals if their household receives SNAP benefits, and some states also directly certify for free and reduced-price meals based on participation in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations or Medicaid. States that are interested in participating in the Direct Certification for Medicaid demonstration project are invited to respond to the current request for applications, which closes on September 30, 2022. In school year 2019-2020, 1.4 million students received free and reduced-price meals thanks to direct certification through Medicaid.
“USDA is working alongside our child nutrition partners to support them in delivering vital, nutritious meals to tens of millions of children every school day,” said Stacy Dean, deputy undersecretary of food, nutrition, and consumer services. “There’s a long road ahead, but the extra support and funding for our operators will help them continue to serve our children well. We can – and will – overcome these challenges, together.”
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D6 Inc. Granted Tax Abatement, District, 381 Agreement This Month For Next Expansion
D6 Inc. was granted a tax abatement from Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors and a 381 agreement by Hopkins County Commissioners Court in June 2022, the final pieces from local taxing entities needed to get the next of several planned expansions moving.
D6 Inc. In Texas
The business began operations at the end of 2020 after purchasing the property known locally as the old Coca-Cola plant, after being granted a Chapter 380 economic development agreement from the City of Sulphur Springs, an agreement with Hopkins County and a tax abatement from Hopkins County Hospital District. The business had projected adding 25 jobs to the local economy but, thus far, has added over 70 jobs.
Now, the business is not only planning two further expansions, but will be relocating it’s corporate headquarters from Portland, Oregon to Sulphur Springs, Texas. In October of 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a $1,432,200 Texas Enterprise Fund grant extended to and a $6,000 Veteran Created Job Bonus offered to D6 to help move its corporate headquarters.
The business, an advanced design-to-shelf packaging manufacturer, using recycled plastics, and when the pandemic began shifted to making face shields and masks. The latest project will expand the business’ manufacturing presence in the state, building the first fully closed-loop recycling site for single-use PET clamshells in Sulphur Springs,
Overall, the business is expected to expand the current operation by 300,000-square feet, with a 180,000-square-foot building to be constructed as soon as the business can get everything in line and another 120,000-square-foot building expansion in three years. The new buildings will be located on the Saputo (old We Pack) property just across from the current facility, on the 10 acres the EDC has near the railroad tracks, EDC officials reported in 2021.
D6 Inc. uses materials shredded at an LA plant and shipped in carloads along the railroad to be offloaded to make aluminum pans that can be thrown away after use, pie pans, Danish trays. They also make the clear plastic containers and packaging in which cut fruit and vegetables are packaged in for sale at Walmart. In addition to recycled aluminum and plastic, the business also uses recycles plastic bottle tops to make plastic pallets.
The business is approaching the relocation and expansion in three phases. D6 Inc. plans to build expand the current facility by 66,000 square feet, because the business has already outgrown the Coca-Cola facility.
“They need the space today. They’re going to add the 66,000, which basically completely fills that lot up with buildings,” SS-HC EDC Executive Director Roger Feagley told Hopkins County Commissioners Court on June 10, 2022, when presenting for consideration the 381 agreement for the 66,000-square foot expansion. “With this building there, that completely fills that lot. This agreement most likely won’t see it to the end, because by the time they the 300,000 square foot building, it’s their intention right now to sell what they’ve got now. We’re trying to get them moving because they’re just falling over each other.”
D6 Inc. plans to tackle the 300,000 square foot expansion in increments of 100,000 square feet at a time. Engineers are currently working on plans for the 300,000 square foot building, but the agreements approved in the last 6 months are for the 66,000 square foot expansion. Once a workable facility is available across the street, D6 Inc. plans to sell the old Coca-Cola plant.
The 66,000-square foot expansion is estimated to be a $4.37 million project, with $2.7 million applied to construct the building and the rest will go toward equipment, shelving and other needed furnishings or accessory items.
The $21 million capital investment won’t come without challenges. That’s a lot of families to uproot along with the company’s headquarters move to Sulphur Springs, and all of the logistics that will entail. In the current market, with homes snapped up almost as soon as or before they are put on the market, that could present a housing challenge to accommodate that many D6 executives and personnel; anticipated is a need for additional homes to be constructed to house all of them.
“If anybody’s here in the audience or has any power with homebuilders, they’re are trying to move people here and there are no houses to be had. They are to the point where they are talking about building a subdivision just for their employees. So, if you have any power to get homes built, this is needed,” Feagley told the Commissioners Court earlier this month, noting that another potential economic development project expected to be ready for discussion and consideration for incentives in a few months will make the D6 Inc. expansion seem small by comparison.
The 2.8% unemployment rate in Hopkins County, while good for the labor force, means a shallow job pool from which to find workers to fill out all 251 positions needed to fully staff D6Inc. once the expansions and moves are complete. While many will be making the move from Oregon, especially corporate employees, the rest will be hired locally as needed.
Tax Incentives
D6 Inc., working with the Sulphur Springs-Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation since fall 2021, has sought tax incentives from three local taxing entities to help with the 66,000 square foot expansion. All approved follow the same policies and procedures implemented a year ago for a 25,000-square foot expansion at D6 Inc. This expansion will allow D6 Inc. to employ 30 additional employees, putting the local number at about 100 employees.
Sulphur Springs City Council on Jan. 4, 2022, approved on first reading Ordinance No. 2796, establishing a reinvestment zone for the expansion planned to begin immediately. The ordinance was presented again Feb. 1 to the City Council on second and final reading, establishing the reinvestment zone for D6, required for the hospital district to consider a request for a tax abatement; the hospital district cannot, however, establish a reinvestment zone.
The City Council also during the Jan. 4, 2022 meeting agreed to grant another 380 economic development agreement to D6 Inc. for the planned expansion announced by the governor.
Hopkins County Commissioners Court on June 18, 2022, approved a 381 agreement with the recycled container packaging business for the 66,000 square foot expansion. Most recently, Hopkins County Hospital District Board approved a tax abatement for D6 Inc. for the upcoming expansion on June 28, 2022.
During the regularly scheduled July 5 meeting, Sulphur Springs City Council will be asked to consider approving an ordinance establishing another reinvestment zone for D6 Inc. for the future 300,000-square foot facility. That part of the City Council meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday inside the Municipal Building (City Hall), on North Main St.
Summer II Classes at Paris Junior College Offer Many Options to Students
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Summer II classes at PJC offer many options to students
Current and future college students will benefit by taking a five-week class from Paris Junior College in the Summer II term that starts Tuesday, July 12, 2022.
Graduating seniors from area high schools who have yet to apply to PJC may use the scholarship covering tuition to a Summer II class.
Any student starting at PJC or a university in the fall will find something to fit their degree plan. The classes are designed for transfer to public universities in Texas, helping students reach their education goals more quickly. Many in-person classes are available for those learn more easily that way, and online classes for students who have come to prefer that mode of learning.
Paris in-person classes include biology, anatomy & physiology, composition II, federal or Texas government, U.S. history I or II, theater appreciation, intermediate keyboarding, microeconomics, maintenance of wellness, and math classes at all levels.
In-person classes in Greenville cover art appreciation, business computer applications, biology, anatomy & physiology, introduction to computing, microeconomics, composition II, federal or Texas government, U.S. history I or II, lifespan growth and development, introduction to sociology, and math classes at all levels.
Sulphur Springs in-person classes include biology, anatomy & physiology, composition II, federal or Texas government, U.S. history I or II, music or theater appreciation, microeconomics, lifespan growth and development, and several math classes.
Online courses cover basic animal science, business computer applications, nutrition & diet therapy, biology, anatomy & physiology I or II, microbiology, introduction to mass communication or computing, police systems & practices, music, art or theater appreciation, macroeconomics, composition I or II, British or world literature, physical geology, federal or Texas government, U.S. history I or II, health data & content and structure, world civilizations I, concepts of physical fitness, drug use and abuse, care & prevention of athletic injuries, college physics II, solar system, introduction to PC operating systems, general psychology, lifespan growth & development, sociology, beginning or intermediate Spanish II, public speaking, college algebra, calculus for business & social sciences, and statistical methods.Students who have not yet applied may go to www.parisjc.edu/apply or contact [email protected], 903-782-0425 in Paris, 903-454-9333 in Greenville, or 903-885-1232 in Sulphur Springs. Scholarship information is available at www.parisjc.edu/scholarships. The College will be closed on Monday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.
Paris Junior College — located in Paris, Texas, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas — has been a part of the Lamar County community since 1924.
Paris Junior College offers Associate in Arts, Associate in Science and Associate in Applied Science degrees, as well as Certificates of Proficiency in technical/workforce fields. The college has expanded its academic curriculum through the years to encourage associate degree and university transfer candidates. Since establishing its first vocational program — jewelry and watchmaking in 1942 — the college has been aggressive in adding technical/workforce programs that will benefit students entering the workforce.
The campus of 54 tree-shaded acres includes 20 major buildings and residence halls and provides students a unique and pleasant environment for learning.
Paris Junior College also operates centers in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and in Greenville, Texas.
Vision
To be the educational provider of choice for the region.
Mission
Paris Junior College is a comprehensive community college serving the region’s educational and training needs while strengthening the economic, social and cultural life of our diverse community.
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed On Collin County Indecency Warrant
A 28-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed Tuesday, June 28, 2022, on a Collin County indecency warrant, according to arrest reports.
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman and Lt. Mark Estes were dispatched to a Main Street restaurant just before noon Tuesday, June 28, 2022, to assist the US Marshals Service in taking Steven Michael Canales into custody on a Collin County warrant.
The 28-year-old Sulphur Springs resident was arrested at 11:55 a.m. and transported to jail. Canales was booked in at 12:28 p.m. June 28, 2022, on the Collin County indecency with a child by sexual contact charge, according to arrest reports.
Canales remained in Hopkins County jail Wednesday morning, June 29, 2022, on the Collin County indecency warrant. Bond was recommended at $75,000, according to arrest and jail reports.
KSSTRadio.com publishes Sulphur Springs Police Department reports and news. The Police Department is located at 125 Davis St., Sulphur Springs, Texas. Non-emergency calls can be made to (903) 885-7602.
If you have an emergency dial 9-1-1.
The Sulphur Springs Police Department continues to serve its citizens with pride in its overall mission and will strive to provide the best possible police force in the 21st century.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
