HCSO Warns Of Jury Duty Phone Scam
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is warning local residents of a jury duty phone scam. “We have been made aware that someone is calling people posing as a county employee and demanding 500 dollars because the victim failed to show for jury duty. No one from the Sheriff’s Office is going to call and ask for money over the phone. If you ever have a question if something is a scam or not, call and speak to a...
Funding Priorities For The 2023 Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Set
Hopkins County Health Care Foundation By Kayla Price, Executive Director, Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation Sulphur Springs, Texas — The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Board of Directors have selected funding goals for the 2022-23 year. Through the years, almost $3 million has been raised to provide the local hospital and EMS with equipment and offerings to which a community our size would normally not have access. One of...
New Senior Center A Step Closer To Construction With Signing Of Grant Contract
Sulphur Springs is one step closer to construction on a new senior center. City Manager Marc Maxwell signed the contract with Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs Thursday, Sept. 13, 2022, for a $2.4 million grant to help with cost of constructing a new activity building for senior citizens. Funding for Senior Citizens Center Construction The City of Sulphur Springs anticipates advertising for bids Monday for the project,...
Another Successful Ag In The Classroom Hosted At Civic Center
Another successful year of Ag in the Classroom wrapped up Wednesday, with approximately 1,000 fourth graders bused to Hopkins County Civic Center to learn more about agriculture and its importance in our daily lives. Ag in the Classroom 2022Ag in the Classroom 2022 Approximately 300 students attend the first session on Tuesday, Oct. 11, and about 700 more packed the Arena Wednesday morning, Oct. 12, 2022. Not only did students from...
8.7% COLA Increase Announced For Social Security, SSI Beneficiaries For 2023
SSA Acting Director: Medicare Premiums To Go Down Next Year The Social Security Administration this morning announced that approximately 70 million Americans on Social Security and and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) will see an 8.7% cost of living increase in benefits in 2023, which averages out to about $140 extra in benefits per month starting in January. SSA calls the increase a “substantial Social Security cost-of-living...
Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines Authorized As Booster For Younger Kids
US FDA News Release, Oct. 12, 2022 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent to authorize their use as a single booster dose in younger age groups. The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent is authorized for administration at least two months following completion of primary or booster vaccination...
Team Tennis Makes History, Reaches Area Round For First Time
For the first time in Sulphur Springs history, team tennis has reached the Area round. “We felt like we were gonna make history,” Coach Tony Martinez said following the 10-4 Bi-District win over Jacksonville. The team tennis coach said that has been their mantra for this squad, to make history. Coach Martinez said in the 35 years team tennis has been played in Sulphur Springs that year after year, Texas High were district...
SOS 101: Voting By Mail In Texas
AUSTIN — Texas Secretary of State John Scott today released the third installment of ‘SOS 101,’ a series of educational videos on the voting process in Texas ahead of the November 8, 2022 General Election. In the newest video, Secretary Scott provides an overview of voting by mail in Texas, including who is eligible to cast a ballot by mail, ID requirements for voting by mail, and how county officials work to protect the...
Hopkins County United Way Another $15,000 Closer To Goal
Hopkins County United Way is $15,000 closer to meeting this year’s $150,000 campaign goal, which will benefit 18 local nonprofit agencies. As of the second campaign workers report meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, HCUW had raised a total of $26,522.27. Shelly Trammel and Jennifer Heitman give an update on CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs’ campaign for United Way After the kickoff of the 2022-2023 campaign...
Wildcat Golf Wins Mount Pleasant Invitational
Coach Jeremy DeLorge and his squad had a fantastic outing Monday, Oct. 10 in Mt. Pleasant. Sulphur Springs won the invitational, shooting 327 as a team. Monday’s win came thanks in large part due to Caleb Kesting, who took home 1st place with a score of 70 (-2). From there, men’s golf more or less shot as a team. Nick Burney was next up at 83, followed closely by Noah Newsom (No. 4 golfer for Sulphur Springs) coming in at...
