Courthouse Window Repair Approved; Commissioners Meet Next Week to Discuss Sale of Property on Main Street
Hopkins County Commissioners Court awarded a contract to Phoenix I Corp, of Farmers Branch, to do restoration and repair on the courthouse windows on lower floors. The project slated to begin in January and continue for three months will cost $145,000. Restoration and repair on the windows on the upper floors was carried out in 2008. Next week, Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 9 a.m. commissioners’ court will conduct a work session in the...
A year in review: 2017 Hopkins County Water Conservation and Preservation By Mario Villarino
A year in review: 2017 Hopkins County Water Conservation and Preservation Developed by Dr. Mario A. Villarino, County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources Hopkins County, Texas Relevance: Water conservation is a critically important issue for residents throughout the state of Texas. Proper use of fertilizers and gardening chemicals is important to the long term health and safety of residents in the county. Programs...
Tira News December 22, 2017
By Jan Vaughn We want to express our sympathy to the family of Travis Eugene (Gene) Lewis, son of the late Barney and Edna Lewis. He passed away December 19th in Armuchee, Georgia. Rachel Lewis reports that a memorial service will be scheduled for a later date. Siblings are Wanda Clayton, Dorothy Hargrave, Gary Lewis, Judy Lewis and Richard Lewis. Please be in prayer for the family. The Tira City Council would like to express their...
Betty Jean Eubanks
A memorial service for Betty Jean Eubanks, age, 84, of Emory, will be held Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, 2:30 pm, at Cash Baptist Church, in Cash. Rev. Larry Combs will officiate. Betty passed away during the early morning hours of Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, at Senior Suite Care and Rehab in Emory. She was born Jeb. 9, 1933, in South Sulphur to Carter McKinley and Connie Mae Foster Harris. During her working years she was employed as a...
Wildcat Defensive Lineman Dugan Named to AP All-State Football Team
Wildcats senior defensive lineman D’Idrec Dugan has been named to the Associated Press Sports Editors All-State Football Team as an Honorable Mention selection. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said it was a great honor adding any time one is recognized by those guys it is a big deal. Coach Owens said he was proud of Dugan and what he has done for the Wildcats. Coach Owens called Dugan a tremendous player, a great leader with...
Greenville YMCA Closing; Affects After School Program Sulphur Springs
According to a social media post by The Greenville YMCA, the YMCA of Greenville and Hunt County announced that it will cease all operations, including its facility on Stanford Street in Greenville, on Dec. 30, 2017. The YMCA intends to dissolve as an organization. The YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas will assume the operation of the after-school program in Greenville and Sulphur Springs starting Jan. 3, 2018. Both Y’s are working together...
H. L. Woodard
Mr. H.L. Woodard, age 96 of Winnsboro, passed away on Monday, December 18th, 2017 in Winnsboro. He was born on July 14th, 1921 in Wood County to the late Virgil Woodard and Lona Tinney Woodard. He was a retired Dairy Farmer, Member of the American Legion and the Disabled American Veterans and longtime member of New Hope Baptist Church in Mineola. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Claudine Woodard on March 25, 2012 and 10...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report December 13-19, 2017
December 13th Deputies were dispatched to FM 515 near Winnsboro, at approximately 9:52 a.m., in reference to an unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The vehicle was retrieved and the incident was cleared. Deputies spoke with the reporting party, at approximately 1:20 p.m., in reference to harassment that occurred on CR 2745 near Mineola. Advice was given and the incident was cleared. Deputies spoke with the reporting party, at...
Hawkins Guilty; Sentenced to Five Years for Retaliation
Robert Alan Hawkins, 52, was found guilty of Retaliation by a Hopkins County Jury and sentenced to 5 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Tuesday by visiting Judge Richard Beacom from Hunt County, who presided over the case. Hawkins was charged with sending threatening communications to District Judge Eddie Northcutt on Facebook in January 2017. The State of Texas was represented by Clay Harrison and the defendant...
Chamber Connection December 21, 2017
Attention All Chamber Members…. Membership Directories are being prepared NOW!!! Chamber Members, we are going to print with the 2018 Membership Directory. We are going to have it ready for distribution the first part of January, so we need you to do a few things… Please go to HopkinsChamber.org and click in the directory search. Please check to make sure that we have the correct information for your business. We have been trying to...
