Brenda Joyce Clark
Memorial Service for Brenda Joyce Clark, age 63, of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at a later date. There will be no formal visitation. Ms. Clark passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2018 in Sulphur Springs. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.
PJC Regents Make Additions to Core Curriculum
by Paul Bailey In order to smooth the transfer path for students planning to go on to a bachelor’s degree, the Paris Junior College Board of Regents made a few additions to the core curriculum. The State of Texas approves a basic core curriculum and 42 hours of any of those classes are guaranteed to transfer to any public university in the state. From that core, colleges select which classes to offer. The regents added some math,...
Perot Museum Kicks Off Memorial Day Weekend With Summer-Themed Activities, Extended Hours, Discounts MAY 25-28
May 22, 2018 – Erupting watermelons, slime and sharks! As summer unofficially kicks off this Memorial Day weekend, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science has summer-themed science activities and a totally transformed Being Human Hall to fill your three-day weekend. From May 25-28, guests can enjoy daily activities involving summertime sand slime, erupting watermelons, fireflies, shark dissections, ocean waves and more. Children...
Video Presentation: Dairy Festival Queens Dinner 2018
The 2018 Dairy Festival Queen’s Dinner hosted by Queen Jaci Reed was May 21st at The Alcove on Celebration Plaza. Candidates for the Dairy Festival Queen title, their parents, and members of the Dairy Festival Board were...
Meal A Day Needs Volunteer Cooks for Wednesday, Thursday; Route Driver for Monday
Meal A Day, located at the Senior Center on Martin Luther King Drive, is in need of cooks for Wednesday and Thursday. These positions are not the lead cook, so volunteers will need to be able to follow directions of the lead cook. Cooks for Friday will be needed in June. Meal A Day also needs a volunteer route driver for each Monday. Cooks start work at 7 a.m. and are usually finished by 11 a.m. The cooks are needed due to relocation...
Two Buys, Two Dates, One Arrest
May 22, 2018 – Two separate purchases of methamphetamine on two separate dates led to warrants for the arrest of Jackson Blaze Gilreath, 22, of Sulphur Springs. The purchases of approximately 2.6 grams of meth from Gilreath were made by the Special Crimes Unit. Gilreath was arrested at Clayton Homes Monday at 2:12 p.m. by officers of the SCU. He is in Hopkins County Jail charged with one count of Manufacture Deliver Controlled...
Today is Primary Runoff Election Day
This is Primary Runoff Election Day in Texas. In Hopkins County, voting places have been consolidated for this election. There are four polling places, open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m., in the city of Sulphur Springs and one in Precinct 2 that will accommodate voters include the Lutheran Church on Texas Street, the Courthouse downtown, Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church on Fuller Street, and League Street Church of Christ and...
Tuesday Forecast
40% chance of showers and thunderstorms; High 87; Low: 68; Wind calm becoming south, southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon
Ward Sentenced to 10 Years Monday
In a trial before Eighth Judicial District Court Monday afternoon, William Hunter Ward was sentenced to 10 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The trial before the court was on a Motion to Revoke for an offense that occurred on March 26, 2012. Ward had been indicted and convicted of Manufacture Delivery of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 less than 1-gram in a Drug Free Zone, Felony 3. He has been arrested several...
SSHS Commencement Ceremony Moved to Civic Center Arena
According to a Press Release from the Office of Rusty Hardin, Assistant Superintendent for Sulphur Springs Independent School District, graduation for the Sulphur Springs High School Class of 2018 has been moved to the Civic Center Arena this Friday, May 25th, due to the weather forecast of possible rain. Doors will open at 7:00 pm and the Commencement Ceremony will start at 8:00 pm. Practice for graduating seniors is that morning at...
