Trading Post for January 26, 2021
For Sale: dog houses, portable kennels, 18′ bumper pull utility trailer like new and registered. 903 348 5653 This party will haul off stumps, metal or other debris. Call 903 330 4068 For sale: a treadmill $125. 903 919 2668. Queen sized bed w/mattress box spring and head/foot boards $95. Large Maple dresser with mirror, $120. Tall walnut bookcase with built in desk and drawers, $90. For Sale: Craftsman 10″ table saw. 903...
Dinner Bell Menu for January 27, 2021
The Community Partner is Alliance Bank. Distribution of meals is still under the covered driveway on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus starting at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. MENU: Mexican Lasagna Seasoned Pinto Beans Garden Salad Tortillas Sopapilla Cheesecake Keep your distance from others. Wash your hands OFTEN. WEAR A MASK IN PUBLIC.Dinner Bell cares for you!!! Covered Driveway where you can pickup your...
Hopkins County Civic Center To Receive Upgrade To Livestock Pens With New Panels
Hopkins County Civic Center will receive an upgrade to livestock pens at the facility with new panels. Manager Lonnie Fox was given the go ahead by the Commissioners Court to purchase $81,183.78 worth of panels from Priefert Ranch Equipment through TIPS contract. Fox reported the panels are really needed to replace those at the Civic Center, which are estimated to be 30-40 years old. The purchase will make pens safer and get them up...
Brinker VFD To Receive Funding Cut For Violating The Contract With The County
Brinker Volunteer Fire Department will receive a half-month allowance cut, effective at the next payment cycle, for violating the contract with the county, Hopkins County Commissioners Court determined during the regular meeting Monday, Jan. 25. Brinker VFD patch Precinct 3 Commissioner Wade Bartley noted that Brinker VFD violated section 16 of the contract by self-dispatching themselves to a call for service. This requirement is...
Alliance Bank Announces Shurtleff Promotion
Monday, January 25, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Tom Sellers was pleased to announce that the Board of Directors for Alliance Bank has approved the promotion of Keith Shurtleff to Market President for the Hopkins County market. “We are very pleased to announce the promotion of Keith Shurtleff to Branch/Market President for the Hopkins County market. He has an active role in the Hopkins County community,...
Free SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training Class To Be Held Virtually Jan. 26
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jason Ricketson reminds community residents interested in learning more about the weather that the annual SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training Class will be conducted virtually at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, according to the National Weather Service and Sulphur Springs Police Department. The class is offered free for people in Delta, Fannin, Hopkins and Lamar Counties. SKYWARN® is a citizen volunteer program...
Johanna Hicks: Healthy Heart in Time of COVID
By Johanna Hicks, B.S., M.Ed, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Family & Consumer Sciences Agent HEALTHY HEART IN TIME OF COVID Johanna Hicks, B.S., M.Ed. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Family & Community Health Agent Hopkins County P.O. Box 518 1200-B W. Houston Sulphur Springs, TX 75483 903-885-3443 [email protected] Keeping your heart healthy and protected is always important – even more so for those with heart...
Hopkins County Continued To Have Lowest Unemployment Rate In Area In December
Hopkins County continued to have the lowest unemployment rate in the area, 1.8 percent lower than the state average and 1.6 lower than the average for the Northeast Texas workforce area, according to the Texas Labor Market Information and Texas Workforce Commission. While the unemployment rate fell from 5.8 in November 2020 to back to the 5.3 percent of October 2020, the December 2020 unemployment rate was still nearly twice the 2.8...
Paris District Road Report for the Week of January 25, 2021
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district during the week of Jan. 25, 2021. Theseschedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or otherunforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs,barricades and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel throughwork zones. They should also avoid distractions such as cell...
Jan. 22 COVID-19 Update: 17 New Cases, 56 Additional Vaccines Administered, COVID Hospitalizations Decrease
Although nearly twice as many new COVID-19 cases were reported on Friday than on Thursday, the COVID-19 hospitalizations decreased both locally and across the region, according to the Jan. 22 COVID-19 reports from Texas Department of State Health Services and Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management. While there were no new recoveries reported on Friday, there also were no new fatalities announced, but 56 additional doses...
