Deadline for Hopkins County Stew Contestants to Reserve Last Year’s Stew Site is September 15
Hopkins County Stew Contest is Saturday, October 28th, but the deadline for last year’s stew cooks to keep their same stew site is Friday, September 15th at 5 p.m. After that date, the site will be released and will be open to new cooks. (Registration and rules found here.) If you have cooked before, you may pick up your goody bags and grocery check on October 17th at the Dairy Museum between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. This will be a...
Grand Jury Indictments for September 8th
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed up 76 criminal indictments Thursday, September 8, 2017. A number of indictments were for Aggravated Assault but the largest number of reported indictments was for possession of controlled substances. Among those named in indictments are: Jonathan Ray Weems was indicted on three counts of Aggravated Assault Date/Family/House with a Deadly Weapon. When Hopkins County Deputies arrived at the location of...
Rev. Don Truitt Shaw
Funeral services for Rev. Don Truitt Shaw, 81, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, September 10, 2017 at Birthright United Methodist Church with Rev. Paul Bailey, Rev. David Shawver, Rev. Monte Stuart, and Rev. Gary Regan officiating. Interment will follow at Tira Cemetery with Jimmie Lewis, Blake Adams, Cooper Adams, Brian Adams, Jimmie Goldsmith, Jerry Don Gibby, Bobby Thomas, and Bob Williams serving as...
Tira News, September 8, 2017
by Jan Vaughn The Tira City Council met at the Community Center on Tuesday, September 5th, to conduct routine business. Prior to the meeting, North Hopkins School Superintendent, Dr. Darin Jolly, gave an informative presentation on the October 6th Tax “Swap” Ratification Election (TRE). Mark your calendar for the North Hopkins Alumni Homecoming, which is scheduled for Saturday evening, October 14th. The Classes of 1967, 1977, and...
AgriLife: National Family Meals Month
by Johanna Hicks National Family Meals Month Family meal time is alive and well among many families. However, there is room for improvement! No doubt, juggling jobs, kids and the demands of a busy, modern life often come at the expense of family mealtime at home. Family meals eaten at home have been proven to benefit the health and wellness of children and adolescents, to fight obesity, substance abuse and to make families...
Bo West
Bo West, 83, of Sulphur Springs passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at Hopkins Place. Bo was born in Big Spring on June 28, 1934 the son of Cecil and Norma (Bowlus) West. He married Pennye Baca in Dallas, Texas. Bo served in the United States Army and was a Certified Public Accountant. Bo was employed by Gulf Holding and Gulf United Corporation for the majority of his working career. He...
Blue Blazes Set Dinner and Auction Fund Raiser; Plan Team Trip to New York in January
The Blue Blazes Drill Team Booster Club and Blue Blazes Director Christie McCullough have come up with a fund raising idea they hope to make an annual event. It’s a dinner and auction night. This year’s event is set for Saturday, September 23. Tickets for $10 are on sale now from Blues Blazes or from their Booster Club members. Ms. McCullough says the ticket will be for dinner and a paddle to use for bidding on silent and...
Charles “Charlie” L. Evans
Charles “Charlie” L. Evans, age 80, of Emory, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, September 6, 2017. Funeral service is scheduled for Friday, September 8, 2017, at 3:00 PM, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Bro. Perry Crisp will officiate. Interment will follow at Lake Fork Memorial Cemetery in Alba. Charlie was born in Butler, on May 22, 1937, to John Wood and Ruth Elizabeth Traylor Evans. He married Betty...
