CHRISTUS Health opens new emergency care center in Mount Pleasant
February 10, 2026 – MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas – CHRISTUS Health celebrated the opening of its new emergency care center in Mount Pleasant with a ribbon cutting and blessing on Monday. Located at 130 Tankersley Road, the 36,000-square-foot facility features both an emergency department and dedicated clinic space, each bringing expanded, compassionate and exceptional care to the community. “Today is about extending into a community,...
Date for Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Mingo Announced
February 10, 2026 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation is excited to offer its 3 rd Mingo featuring fun and amazing prizes. Mark your calendar for Thursday, April 9. Doors open at 5 pm and bingo play begins at 6 pm. Sponsorships are available now with reserved tables for 8 players. Each player will get to participate in 10 rounds of play, a door prize entry, and a drink ticket (good for soda,...
Governor Abbott, Secretary Rollins Take Action To Protect Agriculture In South Texas
February 9, 2026 | Austin, Texas | Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today made agricultural stops in South Texas to take proactive action on behalf of American farmers and ranchers. In Mission, the Governor and Secretary held a roundtable discussion with Texas agriculture producers regarding recent negotiations of the 1944 U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty to discuss the breakthrough agreement’s impacts on...
Attorney General Ken Paxton Announces Investigation into Potentially Illegal “Sharia City” Development in Kaufman County
Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken legal action to investigate a potentially unlawful “sharia city” development in Kaufman County. Public reporting has noted that a U.S. subsidiary of the Dubai-based development company, SEE Holding, in connection with Kaufman Solar LLC has purchased thousands of acres near Kaufman, Texas. The proposed development has been alleged to be for the purpose of creating a “sustainable city” and...
James Lee Brown
Graveside services for James Lee Brown, age 65, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 11, 2026, at Rockdale Cemetery with Bro. Mike Eason officiating. Wendell C. Grimes, Brian “B.J.” Wright, Roy George, Randy Walker, Allen Baxter, Barry “Moon” Smith, Trent Miller, and Kelly Broyles will be serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., prior to service, at West Oaks Funeral Home....
Lela Carolyn Pritchett
March 30, 1948 — February 8, 2026 Sulphur Bluff Funeral service for Lela Carolyn Pritchett, age 77 of Sulphur Bluff, Texas will be held at 11:00A.M. on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Sulphur Bluff Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Pritchett passed away on February 8, 2026 at Greenhill Villa of Mount Pleasant.
Snowflake Campaign will Warm Surgical Patients
February 9, 2026 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The annual Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s SnowflakeCampaign has officially come to an end for the year. The Foundation is proud to announce that the fundraising campaign resulted in a brand-new blanket warmer being donated to the Spreading Our Wings Campaign which is raising money for the surgical wing expansion at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs. With the...
Attorney General Paxton Sues Kratom Retailers for Deceptively Marketing and Selling Products Containing Nearly Fifty Times the Legal Limit of Potentially Deadly Substance
February 9, 2026 – Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against kratom retailers operating under the name Smokey’s Paradise—with locations in Midlothian, TX—for deceptively marketing and selling kratom products containing up to 96% 7-hydroxymitragynine (“7-OH”). That is nearly fifty times the legal limit allowed under Texas law. This lawsuit is a part of a sweeping initiative by Attorney General Paxton to crack down on...
A Message of Inspiration From the Author of Living Loved, February 8, 2026
Hey friends! Just a quick note to you all today! If your hope, security, or joy comes from either people or circumstances (ex: husband, job, friends, nice car, etc) then I can guarantee that you WILL be let down. Yes friends we all take a gut punch from time to time and sometimes it takes a minute to regain our footing. BUT if your hope, security, and joy are found in the Lord, you WILL NOT be let down! Jobs come and go. Friends...
Betty Bruce
April 3, 1933 — February 5, 2026 Sulphur Springs Betty Lou Bruce, age 92, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, passed away at her residence on Thursday, February 5, 2026. A memorial service will be held at a later date. With our condolences.
