Growing Vegetables In 5 Gallon Buckets From Master Gardener David Wall
April 3, 2024 – Whether lack of garden room, sick of a large garden, unable to bend over to pick fruit, or just want a few peppers, tomatoes or cucumbers, consider growing the plants in 5-gallon buckets. They’re low maintenance (easy watering and fertilizing), higher above ground, and virtually weed free. The depth and circumference can support the roots for any pepper plant. A stake, trellis or cage is still necessary, but you...
Trash Collection Scheduled Early for Eclipse Monday, April 8, 2024
April 2, 2024 – City of Sulphur Springs staff urge those residents that are normally scheduled for trash collection on Mondays to have their trash to the curb by 5:00 am this coming Monday morning as trash crews will be running early that day in advance of the eclipse that afternoon. Other trash collection companies in the county may be running early as well to avoid getting tied up in any extra traffic that may be on the...
Cooper Lake State Park – April 2024 Events
April 2, 2024 – Cooper, Tx – The total eclipse is just over the horizon and will be here on April 8th . Cooper Lake State Park is completely sold out of day passes and campsites. If you can’t make it out to Cooper Lake State Park for the eclipse, don’t worry. There will be many more wonderful programs going on throughout the month of April. Our events this month are meant to celebrate the natural beauty and wonder found at...
Marigolds and Tomato Plants Together From Master Gardener David Wall
March 31, 2024 – Growing marigolds with your tomato plants is one of the best ways to keep tomatoes happy, healthy, and productive. Marigolds are considered to be one of the best companion plants for many vegetables, but especially for tomato plants. Unlike other annuals, marigolds stay with you under the lousiest of conditions, including drought, bright sunlight, and strong winds without damage while they deter many of tomato...
Jennings Cruises Right Into Jail as Vacation Ends
March 30, 2024 – More details have emerged about the latest arrest of Everett Jennings. The ongoing investigation uncovered that Jennings may have tampered with his monitoring device and the last known location of the monitor was a cruise ship parking area in Galveston, Tx. Investigators located a car belonging to Jennings in the parking area near the cruise ship port. Investigators waited for the returning cruise ship and...
Jennings Back in Jail in Galveston
March 30, 2024 – New Details on this Case. Everett Jennings was picked up in Galveston on 4 Hopkins County warrants and sits in a Galveston jail with bail set at over $2,250,000. Jennings awaits transport back to Hopkins County. Jennings has been arrested in Hopkins County for evading arrest as well as originally for possession of stolen vehicles.
Hopkins County Records – March 2024
Daily Instrument Register For 3/4/24 Thru 3/6/24 Daniel Bryce Kent II and Dorothy Lynne Kent to Snow Day Investments LLC; Tract in the Elisha Lindley Survey Roger Wright to Anthony Property Investments LLC; Tract in the E Melton Survey Clint Williams and Cydney Williams to Henrry Armondo Molina Rivera; Tract in the Levi Midgett Survey Jennifer Armstrong and Shawn D Armstrong to Darren Renshaw; Tract in the Jason Clark Survey Coy...
SSISD Plans Final Town Hall Meeting Prior to Early Voting for Bond
March 27, 2024 – Early voting for the May 4th SSISD Bond will open April 22nd and continue through April 30th as SSISD plans to hold their final Town Hall Meeting on April 18th at Sulphur Springs Elementary located at 829 Bell St. in Sulphur Springs. The public meeting will begin at 6pm with an informational presentation followed by a Q&A session and an optional tour of the campus. All eligible voters in the school...
What’s the Best Shovel for Your Garden From Master Gardener David Wall
March 26, 2024 – For most of us, a shovel is a shovel is just a shovel, never mind that there are so many types; short-handled, long-handled, rounded, round-point, flat, ditching, long bladed, trenching, and serrated. Additionally, there’s the digging spade, garden spade, perennial spade, and scoops. They’re made from steel, plastic, stainless steel, carbon fiber, and aluminum. And, there’s the price from under $10 to over...
Chamber Connection – March 27th
By Butch Burney March 26, 2024 – We have less than two weeks before the Great Total Solar Eclipse on April 8! Here are a few items we want our residents to know: The crowd we have is weather dependent. Yes, we are expecting a lot of visitors – thousands – if the weather is sunny. If it’s raining, we won’t see the people driving here, so we don’t yet know what to expect, crowd-wise. Don’t panic. This is a one-day affair. There is...
