Scholarships For EMS Education And Training Available From DSHS
Sep21

Scholarships For EMS Education And Training Available From DSHS

DSHS News Release – Sept. 21, 2022 The Texas Department of State Health Services is providing Emergency Medical Service scholarships to help interested Texans complete education and training to begin careers in the EMS field. The Texas Legislature provided $21 million to fund the scholarships for students using approved EMS education programs and licensed EMS providers, with special attention given to rural and other underserved...

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2022 Homecoming Week In Full Swing In Sulphur Springs
Sep21

2022 Homecoming Week In Full Swing In Sulphur Springs

The 2022 Homecoming Week is in full swing in Sulphur Springs, kicking off Monday with many Sulphur Springs ISD students and staff donning the designated attire to correspond with the fun dress up days, and the announcement of the 2022 Homecoming Nominees at SSHS. Each campus has adopted different daily dress up themes, to allow all students and staff to display their school pride and Wildcat spirit during the 2022 Homecoming Week.....

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Chamber Connection – Sept. 21, 2022
Sep21

Chamber Connection – Sept. 21, 2022

By Butch Burney, President/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce, [email protected] Cooking a pot of Hopkins County Stew for the 2021 contest Tickets for this year’s 53rd Annual Hopkins County Stew Festival, sponsored by Alliance Bank, will go on sale Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Chamber of Commerce office, local banks and online! This year, tickets are $8 each or four tickets for $28. You can purchase them at Alliance Bank...

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Constitution Week Observed In Hopkins County
Sep20

Constitution Week Observed In Hopkins County

This week marks the anniversary of the framing of the United States Constitution of the United States by the Constitutional Convention. Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom, along with the Commissioners Court and Daughters of the American Revolution, took time recently to encourage all citizens of the USA to reaffirm the ideals of the framers of the document had in 1787 by “vigilantly protecting the freedoms guaranteed to use...

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National Voter Registration Day Highlights Statewide ‘VoteReady’ Voter Education Campaign
Sep20

National Voter Registration Day Highlights Statewide ‘VoteReady’ Voter Education Campaign

News Release — Sept. 20, 2022 AUSTIN – On National Voter Registration Day, Texas Secretary of State John Scott held a press conference at the Conley-Guerrero Senior Activity Center in East Austin to highlight the office’s “VoteReady” voter education campaign. “VoteReady” is a statewide campaign to educate Texans about ID requirements for voting in Texas, as well as ID requirements for those who are eligible to vote by...

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City Council Slated To Consider Setting City Utility and Tax Rates, Budget On Sept. 20
Sep20

City Council Slated To Consider Setting City Utility and Tax Rates, Budget On Sept. 20

City of Sulphur Springs utility customers can expect water, sewer and sanitation rate increases in the coming fiscal year. The city finance department and officers recommend raised rates to cover utility fund expenditures, future capital and other costs of providing each service beginning in October. A budgeted 9% cost of living adjustment (COLA) and an increase to longevity pay rates for city employees; inflation of costs such as...

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Hospital District Board To Consider Tax Rate And  Budget At 6 p.m. Meeting Sept. 20, 2022
Sep20

Hospital District Board To Consider Tax Rate And Budget At 6 p.m. Meeting Sept. 20, 2022

Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors are scheduled to meet at tonight to review and consider approving the budget, capital items for and set a tax rate for the fiscal year 2022-2023 which will end on Sept. 30, 2023. Proposed Tax Rate During the regular Aug. 25, 2022, HCHD Board meeting the directors recommended a tax rate for the that is roughly 2.5 cents less than the current tax rate. The hospital district’s tax...

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Sulphur Springs Emergency Sirens Will Be Tested September 20
Sep20

Sulphur Springs Emergency Sirens Will Be Tested September 20

9/20/2022 – Emergency sirens will be tested in Sulphur Springs at noon today by the Sulphur Springs Emergency Management Office. The test is to gauge the reliability of the emergency warning system and is conducted to find any potential flaws in the system so they can be corrected prior to a real emergency situation. The sirens could be sounded not only for weather warnings such as tornados, which are the most common...

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Pair Caught In Hopkins County With Property Stolen During Cass County Home Burglary
Sep20

Pair Caught In Hopkins County With Property Stolen During Cass County Home Burglary

A pair was caught in Hopkins County early Tuesday morning with property stolen during a Cass County home burglary Saturday night, according to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Justin Wilkerson and Joshua Davis, and Sgt. Scott Davis recovered the following items, reported stolen during a Saturday night home burglary in Cass County. HCSO Deputies reported stopping a white vehicle being...

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Sulphur Springs Man Jailed After Leading Cumby Police On High Speed Chase Along I-30
Sep19

Sulphur Springs Man Jailed After Leading Cumby Police On High Speed Chase Along I-30

A 24-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed Saturday evening after leading Cumby Police on a high speed chase along I-30 east, according to arrest reports. No HCSO jail photo available at 6 p.m. Sept. 19, 2022, for Jerry Wayne Hill III Cumby Police Officer Justin Talley was alerted by dispatchers of a report received at 8:04 p.m. Sept. 17, 2022, of a white Chevrolet car traveling east on I-30 near the 109 mile marker at a high rate...

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