Good News for Texas Families: Texas A&M Tuition and Fees are Frozen for the Next Two Years
August 28, 2025 – BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Regents today approved next year’s operating budget of $8.1 billion and announced a two-year freeze on what Texas resident undergraduates pay for academics. Tuition and all academic fees will stay at current levels for the 2025–26 and 2026–27 academic years across all of the universities of The Texas A&M University System. “Groceries, gas and insurance may be up, but not...
CHRISTUS Health Awards More Than $300,000 to East Texas Nonprofits Supporting Area Communities
August 28, 2025 – (TYLER, Texas) – Five nonprofit organizations in East Texas received grants Thursday totaling more than $300,000 for their programs aimed at improving the health and well-being of their communities. A ceremony at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System recognized each of the recipients, which were awarded funds through the CHRISTUS Community Impact Fund. The fund will...
Texas Hunters Encouraged to Practice Wildfire Safety During Hunting Season
August 28, 2025 – COLLEGE STATION, Texas — As dove season begins in Texas, it’s important for hunters to remain alert and take proactive steps to prevent wildfires. Pockets of dry vegetation remain in areas where recent rainfall has been limited, including the Rolling Plains, Eastern Hill Country, South Texas and Lower Gulf Coast. In late August and early September, these areas could support small wildfires, however fire...
From Classroom to Creek: East Texas A&M Students Study Elusive Painted Crayfish By Patrick C. Harrison III Marketing and Communications
August 28, 2025 – If, by chance, you find yourself driving along a winding county road in Northeast Texas, perhaps near Little Cypress Creek or along the wooded shore of Caddo Lake, there is a fair chance you may happen along a band of researchers from East Texas A&M University. You may not see them, however, unless you have a keen eye, and unless you’re brave enough to look away from that winding road long enough to...
Dinner Bell Menu for September 3, 2025
August 28, 2025 – The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. In July 2016 the Hopkins County Hospital District and Christus Health formed an alliance in which Christus became the leasing entity of the hospital building, its employes, and the medical...
Foundation Announces 2026 Gala Theme
August 28, 2025 -Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation is excited to announce the theme for the 20th anniversary Gala to be held on January 31, 2026. Healthcare supporters and revelers will gather under the theme of “A Celebration of Twenty Years.” Foundation Chair Pam Black said about the theme, “This year is a milestone year as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of this beloved fundraiser and...
Gardening in September By Master Gardener Ronnie Wilson
August 28, 2025 – With August almost gone, it’s time to look at gardening in September. September can be a difficult month, as hot summer temperatures can hang on throughout the month, while in some years the cool fall temps arrive quickly, and fall begins. To prepare for the much-awaited cool season, gardeners have several things to do to make the season change a beautiful and productive time for your landscape....
Etna Jane Bridges Haley nee’ Fate
Etna Jane Bridges Haley nee’ Fate passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 87 on Thursday, August 21, 2025, at her home in Scroggins, Texas. Etna was born September 25, 1937, to Emory Fate and Ethel (Griggs) Fate in Monahans, Texas. After the death of her father, her mother moved her and her sister, Minnie to Saltillo, Texas, where they resided for many years. Etna met her first husband, Charles Sanford Bridges, in high...
The Hopkins County African American Leadership Conference was Held August 23rd
August 26, 2025 – The Hopkins County African American Leadership Conference was held Saturday, August 23rd, 2025, at East Caney Missionary Baptist Church. Deacon Ricky Godbolt was the Master of Ceremony. This conference included such exciting activities as a “Welcome” by Reverend Jason Lindley, the song, “One More Sunny Day” performed by Sister Jossie Jimmerson, a recital of “Still I Rise” by...
Happy Labor Day! Hopkins County Genealogical Society Library to be Closed September 1, 2025
August 26, 2025 – The Hopkins County Genealogical Society announces that their library will be closed Monday, September 1st, 2025… in observance of Labor Day. The Hopkins County Genealogical Society Library is located at 611 North Davis Street, Sulphur Springs, Texas.
