Texas Youth Robotics Alliance Tournament Coming to Sulphur Springs This Saturday
November 29, 2023 – Sulphur Springs Middle School will be hosting the Texas Youth Robotics Alliance (TYRA) Kickoff Tournament at SSMS on Saturday, December 2nd. This tournament is using Peggy Reimers from TCEA’s ruleset, Hi, Bye, Pizza Pie! In this ruleset, teams of robotics students will form random alliances with other teams to run qualifying matches that score points based on manipulating objects...
Parking Infraction Leads to Arrest For Theft
November 29, 2023 – An investigator from the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office was contacted to investigate a complaint that a county resident on FM 275 was parking vehicles on his neighbor’s property. Jose Alonso Palacios-Esparaza The neighbor also reported that the vehicles were missing license plates and some parts had been removed from some vehicles. The investigator contacted the owner of the property, Jose Alonso...
Chamber Connection – November 29th
November 29, 2023 – Dr. Ray Perryman is coming back to Hopkins County after about a five-year absence, and if you’re a business professional, you won’t want to miss what he has to say about the local economic outlook.The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce and Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation are happy to announce that the renowned economist will be headlining the Economic Outlook Conference...
Linda Cloutier
July 7, 1953 — November 26, 2023Visitation for Linda Cloutier, age 70, of Sulphur Springs, will be held on Thursday, November 30, 2023 from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at Tapp Funeral Home. Linda passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2023 at her home. With our condolences.
Roberta Raynor
Roberta (Janie Clark) Raynor passed away unexpectedly on November 12, 2023, while traveling from California to Alabama. Janie fulfilled her dream of living by the beach. She loved watching sunsets over the ocean. She was a big Raiders and Padres fan. She had a huge heart and was always willing to help others. She had been writing poetry since high school and found joy in each publication, hoping that her words would touch and inspire...
SSISD Bond Committee Pushes Forward to Find Path for Next Bond Request
November 27, 2023 – SSISD Bond Committee will meet again on Monday, November 27th at Douglass Early Childhood School to push forward with information on another bond request for much needed improvements to SSISD campuses. The 50-member committee has met three times previously at different campuses to get a better feel of what is needed for the district as well as how much the next bond request will be after two failed attempts...
Irving Man Spends Night of Black Friday in Hopkins County Jail
November 27, 2023 – An Irving man passing through Hopkins County on the day after Thanksgiving was stopped on Interstate 30 for expired registration and speeding near mile marker 127 in a black S5 Audi. A strong odor of marijuana emitted from inside the vehicle as the DPS officer was talking with the 40 year-old male, identified as George Kim. The driver and lone occupant of the car admitted to having a small amount of marijuana...
Rickey Lynn Spivey
Funeral Service for Rickey Lynn Spivey, age 64 of Sulphur Springs, TX will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 2, 2023 at Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor H.B. Nash, Sr.officiating and Eulogist Pastor Willis Taylor. Interment will follow at Melhaven Cemetery. Rickey wasborn on October 22, 1959 to the parentage of Jeff Spivey, Sr. and Bobbie A. Roland. He attended schoolin the Sulphur Springs School...
Marvin And Louise Jones
Graveside services for Marvin Santford Jones, age 94, and Mary Louise Price Jones, age 93, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at Restlawn Memorial Park with Bro. Joe Clark officiating. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at West Oaks Funeral Home. Marvin And Louise Jones Mrs. Louise entered glory on Friday, November 24, 2023 and Big Marvin followed...
Carlton Sewell
Visitation for Carlton Sewell, age 89, of Cooper, Texas, will be held on Friday, December 1, 2023, from 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Interment will be at Oaklawn Cemetery in Cooper, Texas. Arrangements are under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. The online register can be signed at www.murrayorwosky.com
