Lights of Life Half Marathon Registration Underway
The 2016-2017 Lights of Life Campaign is hosting the 3nd Annual Half Marathon benefiting the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation. The official US Track & Field Certified Half Marathon is the only half marathon in Hopkins County, and is scheduled for Saturday, October 1, 2016, 7:30a.m. – 12 noon. The course will be repeated twice and will start and finish on Celebration Plaza. “Our goal is to encourage out of town visitors to...
What’s Up with Texas A&M Agrilife Extension? By Johanna Hicks
What’s Up with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension? School is back up and in full swing, so that means that 4-H is gearing up for the new year, as well. Our office has received several phone calls in the past few days, so I wanted to share the 4-H enrollment information again. The 4-H year is from September 1 to August 31, and we have lots of events and activities for youth coming up in the next few months. But first, here’s...
PJC Drama Department Announces Fall Productions
Paris Junior College Department of Drama announces is fall play production schedule that includes a year-ending Christmas classic.”Our students can’t wait to see audience reactions to this year’s productions,” said Drama Instructor Will Walker. “We’re very excited about the new season.” The first show of the new season, “The Giver,” is a modern classic adapted for the stage by Eric Coble and...
SSHS Team Tennis Opens District with Loss
The Wildcats’ team tennis squad opened district play with an 18-1 loss at Hallsville Tuesday afternoon. Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez thought his team had a chance to win after he checked out play at the beginning of the match. It was not to be. Coach Martinez said his players didn’t execute their strokes and didn’t bring enough effort to he match ups. He added the players appeared to be scared. Many youngsters...
Oncor Makes Donation To Meal-A-Day
Larry Willis, Oncor Area Manager presented a Donation to Meal A Day Cooks Mary Morris, Jim Turner, Joni Hughes, Debbie Wisniewski, and Maggie Thomas.
City Council Approve First Reading of Ordinances; Approve Bond Issue
Sulphur Springs City Council passed all items on their agenda Tuesday night during their September session. most of the items were first reading of ordinances that focused on the budget. A Food and Food Establishment ordinance was also passed for second reading. The council did pass the second and final reading of Ordinance 2686, an ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of City of Sulphur Springs Texas Combination Tax and...
Items Recovered Quickly in Burglary of Building
David O’Neal Oxford, Jr, 42, of Sulphur Springs was arrested after his step-mother called Sulphur Springs Police and complained that Oxford had come on to her property on Vaughn Drive when she was gone and broke into the garage and stole items. Oxford was found at 927 Main Street with the items in his pickup. He admitted to the burglary. Oxford is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Burglary of a Building, a State Jail Felony. His...
Renovation of State Highway 19 North begins September 12
PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation officials today said renovation work on State Highway 19 between Sulphur Springs and the Hopkins-Delta County line will begin Sept. 12. Richard Drake Construction Company LLC is the contractor for this project. The target date for completion is Sept. 26, officials said. The contractor will mill and remove the top one and one-quarter inch of the existing pavement surface, and then place one...
K-9 Unit Discovers Methamphetamine
At 12:05 a.m. on FM 69 at CR 2426, a traffic stop found the female drive extremely nervous and the male passenger sweating profusely. Asked if contraband was in the vehicle, both answered there was not. The Hopkins County Deputy then asked consent to search and did not receive it. He then called for Sulphur Springs Police K-9 Unit and the dog made a positive hit on the vehicle. In the center console of the vehicle was found a purple...
