TAMU-C Top Cop Bryan Vaughn Lays Out His Vision For Future
August 29, 2024 – Sulphur Springs native Bryan Vaughn highlights his vision for the University Police Department at Texas A&M-Commerce in the following press release from TAMU-C. COMMERCE, TX, August 28, 2024—University police are tasked with the safety and security of students, faculty and staff across campus. That alone is a consuming and complex mandate. Yet, Chief Bryan Vaughn of the University Police Department (UPD) at...
Layton Carpenter
Funeral service for Layton Carpenter, age 82, of Como, Texas will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 31, 2024 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with Bishop Alan Richmond officiating. Interment will follow at Old Saltillo Cemetery with Ryan Shawn Carpenter, Zachary Taylor Carpenter, Michael Lee Carpenter, Logan Kalana Carpenter, Austin Kainoa Carpenter, Layton Lee Carpenter, Gabriel Hernandez, Roman Hernandez,...
Jeffrey Noel Mann
Jeff Mann touched every soul he met and was the life of the party. You will be hard pressed to find a man loaded with as much optimism and enthusiasm. Jeff served many years in the Air Force throughout multiple tours as a water and wastewater engineer and retired as a Master Sergeant. Thereafter he continued to serve fresh water to multiple communities as well as brighten their day. Jeff was a cowboy at heart and applied that to...
Dotsie Nell Blanchard
July 22, 1927 ~ August 25, 2024 (age 97) Dotsie Nell Blanchard passed away on August 25, 2024. There will be a Celebration of Life at a later date. Full obituary forthcoming With our condolences.
James Laird Helfferich
Funeral Services for James Laird Helfferich will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 31, 2024, at West Oaks Funeral Home with Bro. Dustin Cowden officiating. Matt Thomas, Justin Harrington, Tommy Helfferich, David G. Helfferich, Jeffrey Johnson, and Reggie Williams will be serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service and Interment will follow the service at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery. Mr....
Hopkins County Lowers Tax Rate, Fails to Move Forward on Latest Tax Abatement
August 26, 2025- For the fourth year in a row, the Hopkins County Commissioner’s Court approved a reduction in the county tax rate of over 9 cents. Hopkins County Tax Assessor/Collector Debbie Pogue Mitchell proposed the lower tax rate of .40022 which is more than 9 and 1/2 cent reduction from the current rate of .49587. The Hopkins County Commissioner’s Court unanimously agreed to the new lower rate. The calculation of the...
Alexander Frick Obituary
Alexander Frick, age 84, of Sulphur Bluff, Texas passed away on Monday, August 19, 2024, at his home with his family. Alexander was born in Schaan, Liechtenstein on May 1, 1940, to Alexander and Hildegard Frick, and he was the 12th Alexander in a long-honored family history. He married Sandra “Sandy” Kay Hickey on January 1, 2004, in Red River County, Texas and they shared their lives together living on the farm that...
Wesley Thaxton Collins
Wesley (Sonny) Thaxton Collins passed away at his home in Sulphur Springs, Texas on August 21, 2024 at the age of 80. In his passing he was surrounded by his loved ones, peacefully and without pain. Wesley is predeceased by his daughter, Sharon Denise Collins; his mother, Nora Montgomery; his sisters Aileen, Kathleen and Linda. Wesley is survived by his loving wife, Margret Collins, of 61 years. They were married in McKinney, Texas on...
Jerry Mac Gray
Jerry Mac Gray went to be with his Lord and Savior on August 22, 2024, at his home in Rockwall, Texas at the age of 84. He was born on his grandfather, J.R. McMahan’s farm, in Weaver, Hopkins County, Texas on September 9, 1939, to Silas Alexander Gray and Amanda Ellen McMahan and was the fourth of five boys. Jerry graduated from Saltillo High School in 1957. While in school he developed a strong passion for music. After teaching...
Mark Bain
Visitation for Mark Bain, age 65, of Sulphur Springs, will be held from 6:00-8:00 pm Tuesday, August 27, 2024, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. A private family burial will take place at Rockdale Cemetery with Sam Doom, Bo Dyer, Aaron Dyer, Kenny Hayes, and Richard Landreth serving as Honorary Pallbearers and Rev. Paul Ray Vititow officiating. Mr. Bain passed away on Saturday, August 24, 2024, at Christus Trinity Mother Frances...
