Hopkins County Bar Association, Judges Observe Law Day 2021
Hopkins County Bar Association hosted a small gathering of members, judges and community members at the courthouse Friday in celebration of Law Day 2021. While Law Day is actually May 1, it falls on Saturday this year, so HCBA hosted a recognition event Friday, joined by the county and county-court-at-law judges, in proclaiming Saturday, May 1, 2021 as Law Day 2021. Hopkins County Bar Assocation President Bryan White, of Roper and...
Chance Reed
A funeral service for Chance Reed, age 36, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, May 3, 2021 at Tapp Funeral Home Chapel with Buddy Wiggins officiating. Mr. Reed died on April 29, 2021, at his home in Sulphur Springs. Chance Lynn Reed was born the son of Ricky Reed and Paula Melton Reed on December 28, 1984, in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Survivors include father, Ricky Reed; brothers Johnny Reed and wife Gena, and Ricky Reed, Jr.; and numerous...
Fundraiser Slated To Help Rebuild Sulphur Bluff VFD Station, Community Center
A May 1 fundraiser if planned to help rebuild the Sulphur Bluff Volunteer Fire Department Station and Cpmmunity Center. The facility was destroyed Thursday, April 1, by a fire. In addition to the structure, SBVFD lost all of the equipment and three trucks, as well as tables, chairs and appliances which were inside the building when it burned. Fire departments from Hopkins, Franklin and Delta counties responded on April 1 to asist...
HHSC: Texas Decreases Use Of Antipsychotic Drugs In Nursing Facilities
Statewide Effort Improves Long-Term Care Residents’ Well-Being, According To State Officials AUSTIN – Texas has decreased its use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing facilities by 58 percent – more than any other state, according to a report from the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes. “Reducing the use of these medications directly improves the quality of residents’ life in nursing facilities, and...
Additional Charges Added For Man Accused Of Stalking
Additional charges were added to the list of offenses the 41-year-old Sulphur Springs man accused of stalking earlier in the week is beind held on, according to arrest reports. Christopher James “CJ” Timmons (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Department Special Crimes Unit Lt. Mark Estes at 2:10 p.m. Thursday, April 29, served Christopher James Timmons at the county jail with a felony warrant for criminal mischief...
Archer Named State Champion In Latino History, 3 Additional SSHS Students Among Top 5 In Essay Contests
Sulphur Springs High School students brought home four awards, including a state title, following UIL’s announced April 30 of winners for UIL Essay contests. Harley Archer won the Latino Historical Essay Competition with her paper about Bea Salazar. (Screen Captures from the virutal UIL 2021 Essay Competition Awards) Junior Harley Archer was named the 2021 State Champion in the Latino History Essay Competition with her essay...
Lynn Fisher
Funeral services for Lynn Fisher, age 41, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 3, 2021, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Yantis Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, May 2, 2021, at West Oaks Funeral Home. Lynn passed away on Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Bonham. Arrangements are under the direction of West Oaks Funeral Home. www.westoaksfuneralhome.com With our...
Hopkins County Records – April 30, 2021
Land Deed Transactions TTT Limited to Gene Burton and Julie Burton; tract in the Country Club EstatesTTT Limited to Saywer Sinclair; tract in the Country Club EstatesGary Lewis and Rachel H. Lewis to Nicole Lynn Zamora and Ryan Michael Zamora; tract in the Agaton Caro surveyLarry G. Newton and Sharon K. Newton to Jeffrey Gene NewtonKatelyn Beech to Andrew Dansby; tract in the E. Melton survey100 MPH+ Property Management LLC to Andre...
Como-Pickton CISD, Yantis and Cumby ISD Elections To Be Determined May 1
Cumby Residents To Vote on $7.34M-7.941M In Bond Proposals; CP, Yantis Holding School Board Elections Early voting in local school bond and trustees elections concluded Tuesday, with relatively low early voting turnouts reported in Como-Pickton and Yantis ISD elections, but a higher turn out for the Cumby ISD two-proposal $7.34-7.941 million bond election than the bond election conducted in 2019. Como-Pickton CISD Trustees Election...
CMFH-SS Hosts May 1 Blood Drive In Response To Worst Blood Shortage In Decades
Sulphur Springs, Texas, April 29, 2021 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission:To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS® Mother Frances Hospital – Winnsboro/Sulphur Springs The current blood shortage is the worst in decades – We need your help! Carter BloodCare is hosting a blood drive in the CBC bus at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital –...
