COVID-19 Vaccinations For Children Ages 5-11 Offered In MMU Tent Each Morning This Week
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News –January 31, 2022 By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, holly.ragan@christushealth.org COVID Testing at CHRISTUS Trinity Clinics | Urgent Care Due to a shortage of COVID testing supplies, we unfortunately cannot guarantee that rapid tests will be available. If rapid tests are not available, we will be able...
Tips To Help Avoid Accidently Starting A Wildfire While Hunting Or Working In Fields
“Although rain has been in our weather forecast on and off, no significant precipitation has occurred in the last few weeks, causing extreme dry conditions in our fields. Drought or freeze-cured grasses provide a very receptive medium for an accidental wildfire ignition and dead grass will readily ignite under a wide range of weather conditions,” according to Texas A&M Forest Service Predictive Services. “An additional...
Obituary – Albert Ray Morgan
Albert Ray Morgan A funeral service for Albert Ray Morgan, age 72, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 5, 2022, at Love and Faith Church in Greenville, Texas, with Rev Undra Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Grundy Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, February 3, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home in Sulphur Springs, Texas. A second visitation will be held...
FDA Approves Second COVID-19 Vaccine
News Release – Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 Moderna To Be Marketed as Spikevax COVID-19 Vaccine For Ages 18+ Today (Jan. 31, 2022), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a second COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine; the approved vaccine will be marketed as Spikevax for the prevention of COVID-19 in individuals 18 years of age and older. Key points Spikevax meets the FDA’s rigorous...
Jimmy Cummings
Jimmy Charles Cummings, 70, of Pickton, Texas, passed away on January 29, 2022, at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He was born in Dallas, Texas on November 2, 1951, to Charlene and Gene Cummings. After graduating from Como-Pickton High School in 1971, he became a lifelong cattle rancher, poultry producer, and dairy farmer. When asked if he was working, he always replied, “I was playing.” He is preceded in death by his parents,...
Elmer Brooks
Elmer Brooks Visitation for Elmer Brooks, age 86, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mr. Brooks passed away on January 30, 2022, at Christus Mother Frances – Sulphur Springs. Elmer was born on July 23, 1935, in Ripley, Illinois, to George William and Ada Mae (Fretueg) Brooks. He married Lillie Mae Brooks on January 16, 1959. in St. Louis, Missouri. Elmer...
HHSC Launches License Plate Art Contest to Help Victims of Human Trafficking
Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 AUSTIN – Texans can help raise awareness about human trafficking and support young survivors of human trafficking by participating in a new license plate design contest. The design contest, hosted by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission in conjunction with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), will help create the Stop Human Trafficking Specialty License Plate, which was authorized by House Bill...
Obituary – Van LaDell “Dale” “PawPaw” Hill
Van LaDell “Dale” “PawPaw” Hill A memorial service for Van LaDell “Dale” “PawPaw” Hill, age 90, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 19, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. There will be no formal visitation. Mr. Hill passed away on January 30, 2022, at Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab. Van was born on April 8, 1931, in Yantis, Texas, to C. Travis and Anna Lou (Bryant) Hill. He married Clara Goodson...
Obituary – Doris Jane McKee
Doris Jane McKee A graveside service for Doris Jane McKee, age 85, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation. Mrs. McKee passed away on January 30, 2022 ,at Christus Mother Frances – Sulphur Springs. Doris was born on September 27, 1936, in Quail, Texas, to Oram Judson “O.J.” and Ethel Mae (Crumley) Weaver. She married Royce McKee...
2 Zoning Requests, 2 Grant Applications, Tax Abatement Policy On Feb. 2 City Council Agenda
Two zoning requests, two grant applications, designation of election judges and early voting dates for the May 2022 city council election, review of the tax abatement policy, seven 380 agreements and bids for materials and contracts for the first phase of the College Street road rebuilding and sidewalk projects are all on Tuesday night’s regular Sulphur Springs City Council agenda. Sulphur Springs Municipal Building The City...
