Church Street Building To Receive New Façade
Sulphur Springs Downtown Revitalization Board conducted their meeting Tuesday evening in short order. Approval was given to an application giving Bethany Ashby and 2 Times LLC the go ahead for a new façade at 206 Church Street as well as the minutes from the May 18 meeting. Façade renovations were approved for 206 Church Street Ashby is proposing repainting the structure, exposing transom windows and replacing and painting the area...
TWC Ends COVID-19-Related Job Refusal Guidance; Standard Health And Safety Guidance Remains In Place
News Release AUSTIN – Following the continued economic recovery in Texas and the announcement of Texas opting out of certain Federal Pandemic Unemployment benefits, the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is ending job refusal guidance associated with the COVID-19 emergency orders. The guidance for individuals at high risk from COVID-19 were put in place a year ago. The decline in COVID cases in Texas, widespread availability of...
Moseley Announced As HCUW Campaign Chair
Kristy Moseley Hopkins County United Way began Wednesday’s Board meeting by announcing Kristy Moseley as the 2021-22 HCUW Campaign Chair, and recognized the four new incoming board members. Mike Horne served as 2020-21 campaign chair and will now serve as 2021-22 HCUW Board president. Susan Berning continues to serve as executive director of the organization. Hopkins County United Way 2021-22 Campaign Chair Kristy Moseley and...
Gracie Lou McLemore
Funeral services for Gracie Lou McLemore, age 90, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 13, 2021, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Shane Carrington officiating. Interment will follow at Mahoney Cemetery with Durwood Smith, Joe Douglas, Mike Miesse, Greg Scott, Kerry Taylor, and Gary Tubb serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the Elders of South Side Church of Christ, Dr. Bob Parker, and Keith...
Trooper Received Conflicting Stories Regarding SH 11 Vehicle Crash, Arrested One
A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper received conflicting stories regarding SH 11 vehicle crash, arrested one man and plans to file charges against a woman who was also in the crashed vehicle, according to arrest reports. State Trooper Arturo Ugalde responded at 8:12 a.m. Tuesday, June 8, to what was reported as a one-vehicle crash on State Highway 11. Roy Lee Wilburn AKA Leroy Wilburn (HCSO jail photo) A man, identified as a...
Rep. Slaton To Speak During June 12 Hopkins County Republican Party Meeting
Rep. Bryan Slaton Hopkins County Republican Party will meet at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 12, for a covered dish breakfast at Pioneer Café, located at 307 Main Street in Sulphur Springs. Party members can expect meetings to resume monthly, now that the threat of COVID-19 has lessened due to vaccinations. This month’s speaker will be State House District 2 Representative Bryan Slayton. Rep. Slayton will give an update on what he believes...
40 Year Sentence in Fraudulent Digital Marketing Investment Scheme
News Release Co-defendant, A Former Pastor, Previously Sentenced To 68 Years In State Prison On June 8, 2021, Richard Gregory Tilford, from Arlington, TX, was sentenced to serve 40 years in state prison for engaging in a fraudulent digital marketing investment scheme. He was also sentenced to serve 10 years in prison for each of six counts of selling unregistered securities and 10 years in prison for each of six counts of acting as an...
Woman Claimed She Was Left Holding A Bag Of Pills For Someone Else; Man Caught With Cocaine, Rifle
Local officers arrested two people on controlled substance charges: a Sulphur Springs woman who purported to be simply holding a bag containing several baggies of pills and a Rosenberg man allegedly caught with cocaine and a rifle, according to arrest reports. Left Holding A Bag A Sulphur Springs police officer reported seeing a 55-year-old convenience store clerk at 7:11 p.m. June 5, standing in a College Street parking lot with...
CMFH-SS: Vaccine Clinic Offered June 27 At St. James Catholic Church
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs – June 8, 2021 By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Sulphur Springs, Texas, June 8, 2021 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. June is National Men’s Health Month: What better time than now, than to schedule...
No Emblem Homecoming, Memorial Service This Year
Emblem Homecoming and Memorial Service for 2021 is cancelled due to the COVID 19 Pandemic. Donations for the Emblem Cemetery care are always welcomed, and those that wish to donate may do so at: Emblem Cemetery Societyc/o Dudley Goggans1613 Raintree CircleSulphur Springs, Texas 75482 Emblem
