TWC, Workforce Boards, Veterans Commission Host Nov. 4 Hiring Red, White and You Fairs For Veterans
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, TWC News Release AUSTIN – The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), in partnership with 28 local workforce development boards and the Texas Veterans Commission, will host veterans hiring fairs in 28 cities throughout Texas on Thursday, Nov. 4. The events will be a combination of in-person and virtual events. TWC’s 10th annual Hiring Red, White & You! Statewide Hiring Fair is a joint initiative supported by the...
Road Improvement, LED Conversion, Tornado Shelter Grants Discussed During Commissioners Court Meeting
Hopkins County is seeking grants to help fund drainage systems for four county roads as well as Pipeline Road, and agreed to provide the required grant funding match to convert several buildings to LED lighting systems. An architectural firm too was selected to design and oversee construction of a building to serve as a tornado shelter, which would be built with federal funding. Road Grants Beth Wisenbaker, who serves as local grants...
James A. Hall
James A Hall Funeral services for James A. Hall, age 75, of Commerce, will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, November 5, 2021, at Abundant Life Assembly Church in Commerce, Texas, with Bro. J.W. Hall officiating. Interment will follow at Cumby Cemetery with his kids and grandkids serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, November 4, 2021, at West Oaks Funeral Home. James passed away on Thursday, October 28,...
Man Who Escaped District Courtroom In Handcuffs Served With Warrants For The Oct. 20 Incident
The 59-year-old Sulphur Springs man who escaped the district courtroom in handcuffs was served Monday with three warrants for the Oct. 20 incident, according to sheriff’s and jail reports. Daryl Christopher Simmons(HCSO jail photo) Daryl Christopher Simmons has remained in Hopkins County jail since about 1a.m. the morning after he fled from authorities. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Justin Wilkerson served him at...
Sulphur Springs City Council To Consider Making Section Of South Service Road No Parking Zone
Sulphur Springs City Council at the regular Tuesday meeting will consider as well as hear a proposal for an ordinance which would establish a no parking zone on a section of East Shannon Road, action to obtain engineering services for water treatment plant improvements, and conduct public hearings then consider granting final approval of two additional ordinances. Sulphur Springs City Council Chambers, located inside the Municipal...
18-Wheeler Crash Slows Traffic On Interstate 30 East
An 18-wheeler crash on Interstate 30 east at 4 p.m. Monday caused traffic to slow as emergency responders worked at the crash site. The semi pulling a box trailer appeared to have overturned onto its side facing southwest, just west of the I-30 entrance ramp just past the Jefferson Street over pass. The front of the cab was facing southwestward at the side of I-30, just down from Texas Department of Public Safety’s Sulphur...
Lee Street Vehicle-Pedestrian Crash Results In One Death
An 85-year-old Sulphur Springs woman died of injuries sustained in a Lee Street vehicle-pedestrian crash over the weekend, according to police. Joyce Mahnke had reportedly just left an event at church and was walking aided by her walker to her residence on the opposite side of Lee Street just after 7:20 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. A man and the woman’s canine companion were also reportedly nearby. Mahnke had reportedly crossed...
Nov. 2, 2021 Is Election Day For Texas Constitutional Amendments, North Hopkins ISD Trustees, Cumby City Council Elections
Texas voters will have one last opportunity this week to vote in the Constitutional Amendments Election, while voters living in Cumby city limits will be asked to determined who is elected to two places on the City Council and voters within North Hopkins County school district will determine who is elected to the board of trustees. Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, is Election Day. Early voting in Hopkins County in the state election was light,...
Redistricting, Road Drainage Systems Grant Among Items On Monday Commissioners Court Agendas
Hopkins County Commissioners Court has a Monday ahead with redistricting discussions, consideration of a road drainage systems grant, and appointment of architects for construction of a community safe room among the items on the day’s three meeting agendas. The county applied to FEMA through Texas Department of Emergency Management for Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Program/Building Resilience Infrastructure and Communities...
Carolyn Burns
Carolyn Burns Visitation for Carolyn Burns, 71, of Miller Grove, will be Tuesday, November 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. at West Oaks Funeral Home in Sulphur Springs. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 3, at 10 a.m. at County Line Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Clifton cemetery. Carolyn Maree Garmon Burns was born November 29, 1949, to Robert and Maree (Garrett) Garmon of Miller Grove. She passed away October 24, in her...
