TAMUC To Honor Veterans At 31st Annual Veterans Vigil
Oct. 21, 2021 TAMUC News Release COMMERCE, Texas — Texas A&M University-Commerce will continue its storied tradition of honoring our nation’s veterans by hosting the 31st Annual Veterans Vigil. The event is scheduled for Nov. 12, and the theme is “The Forever Oath.” Brigadier General Mike H. McClendon (Ret.) is this year’s guest speaker for the opening ceremony. McClendon is a 1975 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. Texas...
Man Who Escaped From District Courtroom Wednesday Still Wore Handcuffs When Located
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office launched a search Wednesday morning for a 53-year-old Sulphur Springs man who managed to escape from the district court room after being placed into custody; the Sulphur Springs man still wore handcuffs when located shortly after midnight, according to sheriff’s and arrest reports. Daryl Christopher Simmons(HCSO jail photo) HCSO Sgt. Tanner Steward, in arrest reports, reported being notified...
District & Campus Improvement Plans, Policy Update, Personnel Recommendations Considered During Sulphur Springs SSISD Board Meeting
Fine Arts Letter Jacket Policy, Head Start Policies Discussed As Well Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees worked their way through their regular October agenda this week rather quickly. Approved were campus and district improvement plans, several Head Start documents, a policy update, and 10 personnel recommendations. During public forum, a parent and grandmother asked the school board to review policy requirements for students to...
John Michael Johnson
John Michael Johnson Graveside services for John Michael Johnson, age 74, or Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, October 23, 2021, at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Brother Fred Lewis officiating. Visitation for friends and family with be from 1 to 2 p.m. at West Oaks Funeral Home. John passed away on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, with family by his side and daughter Julie holding his hand. John was born on December...
Week 3: Hopkins County United Way At 40 Percent Of Goal
Hopkins County United Way marked the half-way point in the United Way campaign, after three full weeks of the campaign approximately 40 percent of the $150,000 campaign goal had been collected. Over the last week alone, HCUW campaign workers collected $27,786. When added to the 22 collected during the first two weeks of the campaign, that brings the total amount raised as of Oct. 19 to $60,554.15. That leaves three weeks to go in the...
Norma Jean Draper
November 1, 1939 ~ October 14, 2021 (age 81) Norma Jean Draper It was in Port Arthur, Texas, on November 1, 1939, that Thaxton and Thelma Mills welcomed their fourth baby, Norma Jean. Her brother and two sisters adored her, and she loved being the baby sister. Norma’s family moved to Mount Vernon, where she thrived thrashing peanuts, taking care of animals, and learning how to be a strong, resilient and capable lady. In school, she...
TAMUC Student To Receive Outstanding Grad Student- Specialist Level Award
COMMERCE, Texas — The Texas Association of School Psychologists’ (TASP) Awards and Honors committee recently selected Kelli Lahman—a graduate student in the Specialist in School Psychology program at Texas A&M University-Commerce — as the winner of the 2021 award for Outstanding Grad Student-Specialist Level. Lahman has received numerous scholarships and awards during her time at A&M-Commerce. She is the founder and past...
Teen Jailed For Terroristic Threat Made At North Hopkins ISD
A teen was jailed for a terroristic threat allegedly made at North Hopkins ISD on Tuesday, according to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum. Troy Michael Stockton (HCSO jail photo) The North Hopkins ISD police chief contacted Sheriff Tatum at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 19, 2021, in reference to a threat that occurred at the school earlier in the day. Tatum said he immediately had an investigator contact school personnel to start a criminal...
County Commissioners Approve Dump Truck, Tractor/Loader, Work Truck Purchases
Hopkins County Commissioners Court approved dump truck, tractor/loader and work truck purchases as well as company from which to purchase, road, bridge and culvert materials; and to hire for asphalt paving. A new employee was introduced and a user license agreement was approved for the County Clerk’s Office. Truck and Equipment Purchases Precinct 3 Commissioner Wade Bartley got the go ahead to purchase two 2022 model Mac dump...
2 Subdivision Variances, Partial Closure Of A County Road Granted By Commissioners Court
Hopkins County Commissioners Court grant subdivision variances for two properties as well as a request to close a portion of County Road 3507, during their most recent regular court session. County Road 4743 Variance Larry Kerns Larry Kerns asked the court to consider approving a variance which would allow a County Road 4743 property owner a 20-inch variance from the subdivision rules. The property is 20-inches short of meeting the...
