Agrilife: October Is Busy Month For Extension Office
by Mario Villarino, DVM, Ph.D. October is probably the busiest month for the Hopkins County Extension Office and starts with the 4-H week! (October 2-8, 2016). We will get together Monday October 3rd, 2016 at 4:30 PM at the steps of the Hopkins County Courthouse to read the National 4-H proclamation with our County Judge Robert Newsom and enjoy our traditional 4-H cake and drinks. All public welcome!. We will also celebrate the...
Chamber Connection-September 29
by Lezley Brown Fall is here, and you know what that means… the 47th Annual Stew Contest is a heartbeat away! The deadline for entry into the contest is Friday, October 7th at 5:00 p.m. All cooks signed up for the 47th Annual Stew Cook-off will need to attend the Cooks Meeting on Tuesday, October 11th at 6 p.m. at the Southwest Dairy Museum. Cooks will receive their grocery reimbursement check from the Chamber, their goodie bags,...
Tira News
by Jan Vaughn Robert and Yvonne Weir took Robert’s sisters, Mary Helen Atwood and Joyce Dodd, out to lunch at Chili’s for their joint birthdays on September 19th. They enjoyed a delicious lunch and the birthday girls were treated to ice cream. Wesley played Bright Star baseball Monday night, September 12th. Yvonne visited her newest grandson, Nicolaas, that Wednesday in Dallas. On the way home she visited Elise and Eli in Caddo...
Korbin Wayne Goldsmith
Funeral services for Korbin Wayne Goldsmith, infant son of Jeffery Bryant Goldsmith and Kimberley Gibson Goldsmith will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 30, 2016 at Spence Chapel, First Baptist Church with Bro. Tommy Johnston officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Korbin passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs. Pallbearers will be Travis Gibson and Bo...
Saltillo Community Homecoming Sets Schedule for October 9
SALTILLO COMMUNITY HOMECOMING OCTOBER 9, 2016 WHO: Anyone who has ever attended Saltillo ISD, lived in Saltillo or just visited Saltillo is invited to attend. WHAT: Community Homecoming Featuring: Visiting with acquaintances, highlighting Saltillo ISD students and student activities, recognizing the Saltillo ISD classes of 1946, 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996, 2006 and 2016, entertaining individual recognition and sharing old...
Warrant Service Leads to Additional Charges; CPS Begins Investigation
When the Special Crimes Unit and Hopkins County Deputies serving two Hopkins County warrants for Manufacture Delivery of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, over 1-gram but less than 200 grams, a Felony 1 and two warrants for Manufacture Delivery of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, over 1-gram but under 4-grams, a Felony 2, additional methamphetamine was found and a Child Protective Services investigator was called. Two...
Budget Set, Master Plan Commissioned; Part of Litigation Settled; Sidewalk Grant Sought
It took less than 30 minutes for the Sulphur Springs City Council to race through and approve all items on their 17 item agenda the last Tuesday night in September. The meeting takes the place of the council’s October regular session. The council will be attending a state-wide conference for city councils during the week of usually reserved for their October meeting. Toole Design was approved to begin in October and take four to five...
Douglas Ralph Palmer
Funeral services for Douglas Ralph Palmer, age 66, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, October 2, 2016 at Spence Chapel, First Baptist Church with Dr. David Hardage officiating and Erwin Cain assisting. Interment will follow at Gafford Chapel Cemetery with Robert Newsom, Brad Cummings, Eddie Northcut, JK Crain, David Gideon, Jeff Carpenter, Stacy Cody and Tiger Massey serving as pallbearers. Honorary...




