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The regular meeting of the Hemphill City Hall took place on July 19, and opened with prayer and pledge of allegiance, followed by acceptance of the consent agenda which consisted of minutes from last meeting, accounts payable check register, gas power cost adjustments, electric power cost adjustments, and establishing the Sabine County Reporter as the official newspaper of the City of Hemphill.

Tuesday evening, July 19th, the West Sabine School Board met and received updated information on how the schools finished the previous school year and are preparing for the next. A couple items of positive news came out during the meeting.

Virginia Smith (seated at table in red shirt) keeps a watchful eye on the younger kiddos during the Vacation Bible School at Yellowpine Macedonia Baptist Church this week. This summer’s theme is Zoomerang – returning to the value of life…Fearfully and Wonderfully Made…Psalm 139:14 Praise to all the people that take the time to work at helping teach, and help point our youth in the right direction. Reporter photo by Kenny Wick

The second annual Workforce Solutions Deep East Texas Teacher Externship was held June 13-17, 2022, to highlight the skills necessary for success and the career opportunities across the 12 counties of Deep East Texas. Twenty-five businesses and 27 teachers from 11 Independent School Districts collaborated to better prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s workforce. The focus was on high demand occupations in Deep East Texas industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, professional and technical services, and information technology.

It’s hot. It’s really hot. Sadly, it seems like the temperature is having an adverse affect on our common sense. In just about any parking lot after the temperature breaks 90 degrees, there will be at least one car left with the engine running while the driver is inside doing their business. You would think that with the w a y everyone, m e included, complains about the price of gas we w o u l d choose to not burn it while we are inside getting a honeybun and coffee. Even worse is the number of these vehicles left running with purses, or electronics, left in plain sight, a temptation to anyone who may be out for a quick buck.

The fire environment, characterized by critically to extremely dry vegetation and critical fire weather, will support wildfire activity this week. Areas of concern include the eastern Rolling Plains, Cross Timbers, Central Texas, North Texas near the Waco and Dallas-Fort Worth areas and south along the I-35 corridor near the Capital region.

The Texas Department of Public Safety says two drivers are dead and one passenger is injured following a head-on crash in north Newton County on Friday evening. It occurred at about 8:30 on Highway 87, about three miles north of Burkeville.