Miller Grove FFA Banquet to be Held May 9th
April 25, 2024 – The 2024 Miller Grove FFA Banquet is scheduled for May 9th, 2024. The will will be Miller Grove’s 90th FFA Banquet, which will begin at 6:00pm. Established in 1934, this year’s Miller Grove FFA Banquet will take place at the Miller Grove ISD Multipurpose facility. Don’t miss out. Miller Grove ISD Staff Banquet Invite 2024
read moreA&M-Commerce Hosts Luncheon to Celebrate Lyon Center for Gamebird Research
April 25, 2024 – COMMERCE, TEXAS: Texas A&M University-Commerce hosted a luncheon at the Hilton hotel in Rockwall, Texas, on Tuesday, April 16, to celebrate the university’s planned Ted and Donna Lyon Center for Gamebird Research. A&M Gamebird Research The Lyon Center, which will be located along Highway 24 in Commerce, Texas, approximately 1.5 miles south of the university campus, will feature a state-of-the-art quail research and production facility, a wetland research station, an interactive Quail Encounter experience...
read morePickleball Champions Announced
Craig Johnson and Drake Clarke emerge victorious in the Inaugural Hopkins County Open, Pickleball Championship! April 23, 2024 – After a very Stormy Saturday, beautiful weather peaked through and gave pickleball fans in Hopkins County the perfect weather for the Inaugural Hopkins County Open Pickleball Championship benefiting client services of your Hopkins County Community Action Network, more commonly known as CANHELP. Fourteen teams fought hard all afternoon before a large crowd of spectators at the Sulphur Springs High School Tennis...
read moreFirst Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation Mingo Deemed a Success
April 23, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s first Mingo event was a success. Not only didplayers have fun, but the funds were secured to offer free heart calcium tests to HopkinsCounty men. Mingo night involved 196 players vying for 24 prizes and 11 door prizes. Players enjoyeddelicious BBQ sandwiches from Slaughter’s BBQ Oasis, and the Grub House provided the barstocked with sodas, beer, and Old Fashioneds. The preliminary figures indicate the net incomeis approximately $12,000. Of that,...
read moreFight for Zachariah
April 23, 2024 – Fight for Zachariah is a local effort to raise funds for an alternative cancer treatment for 19 year-old Zachariah Walker. Walker is fighting a rare and aggressive cancer. He was originally diagnosed at the age of 17. His family is seeking funds to provide an alternative cancer treatment. That treatment is not covered by insurance. His family will need to provide the entire $54,000. Walker worked at Signature Solar in Sulphur Springs until his radiation and chemotherapy treatments took their toll on his energy levels....
read moreMay 3 and 4 Designated As County Clean Up Days
April 22, 2024 – The Hopkins County Commissioners Court have designated Friday-Saturday, April 3-4 County Clean Up days. Hopkins County residents may bring larger household items (not commercial) to their county precinct barn to dispose of. Items will be accepted from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Friday and from 7 a.m. to noon on Saturday. No toxic or hazardous materials will be accepted. That means no shingles, no chemicals, no household hazardous wastes, no pesticides, no paint and no appliances containing Freon. Tires will only be accepted...
read moreBenefit for Zachariah Walker
April 22, 2024 – Members of the community are rallying behind Zachariah Walker and his family to raise funds for his ongoing cancer fight. This Friday, you can get involved at Split Decision. The Split Decision eatery is on North Church Street in Sulphur Springs. Listen for our radio interview with Zachariah’s mother this week on during the 8AM hour.
read moreBlack Jack Grove Day 2024
April 22, 2024 – The Annual Black Jack Grove event in Cumby, TX will be May 11, 2024. In addition to the activities mentioned below, Jason Walton will be playing an acoustic set at 11:30AM and Monty Tipps and the Mainstreet band will be playing at 2:00PM. Click here to sign up to be a vendor at this years event.
read moreSecond Cup of Coffee with Friends of SSISD Co Chair Wes Cooper filmed April 19th
April 21, 2024 – Below is the link to the latest episode of A Second Cup of Coffee with John Mark Dempsey. In this segment, from Friday, April 19, 2024, John Mark sat down with “Friends of Sulphur Springs ISD” Co Chairman Wes Cooper. The two discuss Wes Cooper’s family and career, the current conditions of facilities throughout the Sulphur Springs Independent School District, the School Bond election, and more. Be sure to check it out! 2024 Sulphur Springs ISD...
read moreHopkins County Genealogical Society to Hold Next Lunch & Learn April 24th
April 21, 2024 – The Hopkins County Genealogical Society invites members and nonmembers who want to learn more about doing genealogical research to join us on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Bring your sack lunch, salad or drive-through meal and meet with us from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the genealogy library, 611 N. Davis St., Sulphur Springs, Texas. This month during “Lunch & Learn”, longtime HCGS and DAR (The Captain David Phillips Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution), member and volunteer, Sandy Noe, will be...
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