Bankhead Highway Celebration Comes to Celebration Plaza Thursday
This year, 2016, is the 100th anniversary of the Federal Aid Highway Act that birthed the modern day highway system in the nation. The celebration of the centennial event comes to Celebration Plaza in Sulphur Springs Thursday. When John Hollis Bankhead, a U S Senator from Birmingham Alabama and newspaper publisher Asa Rountree became president and secretary of a nationwide good roads movement, their dream may not have been as broad as...
CPS Child Endangerment Investigation Leads To Arrest Of Cooper Residents
Raelynn Danielle Arney, 20, and Taliaferro Samory Prince, 33, were both arrested Monday afternoon on felony charges for Endangering a Child. The warrants issued for Arney and Prince came as the result of an approximately two-month long investigation by Hopkins County Special Crimes Unit Sergeant Mark Estes and Child Protective Services agents. According to arrest reports, the investigation found that a 1-year-old child tested positive...
Jackie Wayne Mills
Memorial services for Jackie Wayne Mills, age 52, of Sulphur Springs, have been scheduled for 4:00 PM Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at Tapp Funeral Home Chapel with Jimmy Don Goldsmith officiating. Mr. Mills passed away on April 15 at his residence. He was born on January 7, 1964, in Sulphur Springs, the son of Ibra Mitchell Mills and Melba Ann (Green) Mills and was a married to Kerianne (Gardner) Mills Mr. Mills was a truck driver....
Sevier’s Seize Opportunity to Give Back to Community
Gloria Mitchell, Donna Rudzik and Polly Swatsell, 2015-2016 Lights of Life Campaign & Gala Chairs have officially passed the chairmanship torch (Lights of Life signature gala tree) off to the 2016-2017 Chairs, Sam and Sher Sevier. “2016 starts a new decade for the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation as we begin preparing for the 21st anniversary of the Lights of Life tree lighting and the 11th anniversary of the Gala. We are...
Flynn Appointed to Sunset Advisory Commission
AUSTIN – Texas House Speaker Joe Straus made three new appointments to the Sunset Advisory Commission on Monday and chose Rep. Larry Gonzales of Round Rock to serve as the Commission’s new Chairman. Speaker Straus appointed Reps. Dan Flynn of Van and Senfronia Thompson of Houston to the Commission. He also named William Meadows of Fort Worth as the House’s public appointee. Meadows is Chairman Emeritus of HUB...
Trojans Score 15 Runs in First Inning
Last Friday, the Cumby Trojans picked up a solid, 16-0 win over Saltillo at home. The game was called due to the 15-run rule after two and a half innings. The Trojans scored 15 runs in the first inning and added one more run in the second. Cumby had 14 hits. Triston Hearn was three for three with three runs scored, two RBIs and he had a double. Travis Taylor was also three for three with two runs scored, an RBI and a double and...
Luella Bevill
Graveside service for Luella Bevill, 80, of Sulphur Springs, are scheduled for 10:00 AM Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at Rock Hill Cemetery with Reverend Jim Rogers officiating. The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM Tuesday evening at Lowe Funeral Home. Luella was born December 10, 1935 in Wood County, TX to Perry and Era Gilbreath and died April 17, 2016 in Sulphur Springs. She was a homemaker and lived most of her life in Wood...
Lavern Considered Stolen From Animal Shelter
Lavern is considered stolen from the Sulphur Springs Animal Shelter, according to Barbi Mitchell, Animal Control Officer. Lavern was to have joined her mate Shirley in traveling to a Pit rescue in Oregon in May. She is on medication and really needs it, according to Mitchell. If you see the dog, contact Barbi at 903-348-1868 or Annie, 903-348-3122. Lavern and Shirley are a bonded pair. Lavern is a Pit mix and Shirley is an Aussie mix....
