City Manager’s Report for June
STREETS, WATER AND SEWER – Bill Bradford Road is picking up steam. Utilities work continues from west to east, only now we have two capital construction teams on the job. One continues to install water mains while the other installs sewer mains. This is made possible by the completion of the EZ Mart sewer project. Bill Bradford Road is closed to through traffic, but open to customers of the businesses located in the closed...
City Council 2016-2017 Board and Commission Appointments
During the June Sulphur Springs City Council meeting Tuesday, June 7th, council made 2016-2017 Board and Commission Appointments. Those appointed to various boards and commissions include: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Buck Booker, Craig Roberts, and Tory Humphries ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT: Matt Johnson and Joel Sheffield with Alternates: Brad Burgin and Ben Spraggins AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD: Mark Meadows, Jerry Brewer, and Kurt Sehnert...
Pharmacy Technician and Other June Continuing Education Courses at PJC-Sulphur Springs Center
Several classes will be offered in June by the Paris Junior College – Sulphur Springs Center’s Continuing Education Department. To sign up for a class or get more information, call 903-885-1232. The classes will be held on the campus located at1137 Loop 301 East in Sulphur Springs. The Pharmacy Technician course will prepare students to enter the pharmacy field and take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board PTCB exam. The class...
Mary Ola Bishop
Funeral service for Mary Ola Bishop, age 90, of Emory, will be held 10:00 am, Thursday, June 9, 2016, at Elm Baptist Church. Bro. Johnny Wheat will officiate. Interment will follow in Elm Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday evening from 6:00-8:00 pm at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Bishop passed away during the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 7, 2016. She was born in Emory, July 30, 1925, to Homer and Viola Ethel Terry...
Winnsboro Police Department Activity May 30-June 5, 2016
Winnsboro Police Department made five arrests, responded to 150 calls for service, issued 50 citations and wrote 24 warnings during the seven day period May 30 through June 5, 2016. Arrested were: Rebecca Sparks, 43, of Scroggins for Possession of controlled substance PG1 more than 1-gram but less than 4-grams; Stephen Pyron, 25, of Winnsboro on a Wood County warrant; Jennifer Blackford, 31, of Winnsboro on a Hopkins Count y warrant;...
Construction, Traffic Jams Cause Problems For Broadway Businesses
by Steven Payne Construction is nearing completion on Gilmer street for the Schlotzsky’s Deli and Cafe, as well as the Hometown Auto Sales lot. Both have finished exterior building and pavement, lacking only interior work to each business. On the south side of the I-30 bridge on Broadway ground has been broken for a Starbucks which will be located next to Chili’s. Chili’s, who has been using the parking lot behind...
Bonner Guilty of Forgery
Tuesday at noon a Hopkins County Jury found John Henri Bonner, 47, guilty of Forgery of a Financial Instrument, a state jail felony. He will be sentence by the judge in two to three weeks. Bonner has committed the act of forgery in at least two other counties in Texas. Assistant District Attorney Clay Harrison subpoenaed witnesses from those areas for testimony in the case.
Former SSHS Athletes Return to Teach and Coach in SSISD
Two former Sulphur Springs athletes have new positions with the SSISD after they were approved by the School Board Monday night. Former Wildcats soccer player and distance runner Ross Hicks, who has been a PE teacher and coach at the Middle School, has been hired by Athletic Director Greg Owens as the Wildcats Cross Country Coach. Hicks will also be a Wildcats Soccer Assistant Coach and he be a Special Ed teacher at the High School....
SSISD Board Says “Good-Bye”; Steps toward the Future
When the Sulphur Springs School Board met Monday night, it was a time to say “good-bye” and a time to look to the future. Randy Reed was honored for his years of service in administration and the board heard reports regarding a teacher training experience being offered locally that could be expanded to include regional schools in the local summer training. It was Reed’s last school board meeting. The Assistant Superintendent’s long...
