Alert from Gafford Chapel WSC: Conserve Water
Date: Jan 31, 2026 – 8:30 AM – The water break has been repaired but please conserve water usage. The Ridgeway water tower will take time to fill up to capacity for our normal usage. We can’t all wash a load of laundry at the same time!!
Alexis Nicolai Ojeda Alisago
Funeral Mass for Alexis Nicolai Ojeda Alisago age, 38, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 11:00 AM at the St. James Catholic Church with Father Victor Hernandez officiating. Burial will follow at the Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Andrew Ojeda Alisago, Alexander Ojeda Alisago, Angelo Michael Ojeda Alisago, Audelson Ojeda Alisago serving as pallbearers. Visitation vigil will be held from 4pm Sunday, February 1,...
ICE ‘Mega’ Detention Center Proposed for Warehouse in Hutchins
January 31, 2026 – Plans for what could become the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Texas are drawing growing scrutiny from local officials, clergy, and immigrant advocates, even as federal authorities have confirmed few details. The proposed facility would convert a vacant, 1 million-square-foot warehouse in Hutchins, south of Dallas, into a massive detention center. According to internal...
Alert from Gafford Chapel WSC: Ridgeway Water Outage
Date: Jan 31, 2026 – 8:30 AM – We have an 8 inch water main broken in the Ridgeway area. Customers in that area will not have water for several hours while repairs are made. We are sorry for the inconvenience. water leak
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Awards $21.2 Million in Local Parks Grants
Jan. 29, 2026 – AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved more than $21.2 million in local park grants, a new record, to help create and enhance outdoor recreational opportunities. These competitive grants are allocated to local government entities on a 50/50 reimbursement match basis. Once funded, the sites must remain a parkland in perpetuity, properly maintained and open to the public. Fifty community parks...
Governor Abbott, HHSC Announce SNAP Replacement Benefits Extension Following Winter Storm
Austin, Texas — January 30, 2026 – Governor Greg Abbott on Friday announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has received federal approval to extend the deadline for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to apply for replacement benefits for food lost or destroyed during the January winter storm. The extension gives Texans additional time to recover from freezing temperatures and...
Imogene Graves
May 11, 1928 — January 28, 2026 Sulphur Springs, Texas Imogene Graves, age 97, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, passed away at Christus Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs, Texas, on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. No formal services are planned at this time. Imogene Graves was born on May 11, 1928, in Brashear, Texas, to Earl and Velma (Johnston) Clark. She was retired from working in home health care. Imogene is survived by her daughter,...
Verrera Roland
Verrea Roland was born on February 16, 1934 in Como, Texas to Garland McQueen and Willie Harris. She married Ervin Ray Roland and to this union, five children were born. She leaves to cherish her memory her son, Alonzo Roland (Ping) in Oklahoma; daughter, Glodell Roland of Sulphur Springs; five grandchildren, Crystal, Jason (Rachell), Ervin Ray, Jeanette and Marie; five great grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews. Verrea was...
Kenneth Paul Cockrum
May 26, 1942 — January 29, 2026 Sulphur Springs Funeral service for Kenneth Paul Cockrum, age 83, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with John Kennedy officiating. Interment will follow at Peerless Cemetery with Cade Kennedy, Carson Kennedy, Brock Kennedy, John Pat Kennedy, Brad Wood, and Alford Echols serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Joe...
Marvin Nichols Reservoir On Hold
January 30, 2026 – The Texas Water Development Board has voted to keep the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in the state water plan while placing the long-discussed project on hold, a decision that preserves the reservoir as a future option without advancing it toward construction. Board members approved the action during a recent meeting, signaling that while the project remains part of Texas’ long-term water supply strategy,...
