City To Open Site Saturday To Help Residents Get Rid of Debris From Recent Storm
Tree damage on Davis St near downtown Sulphur Springs, caused by a storm Sulphur Springs residents will have one more opportunity to get rid of debris from last week’s storms. The city will once again offer a site for disposal of limbs and debris for city residents. The area where the annual spring clean-up is held will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. this Saturday, June 29. City officials caution those planing to dump big limbs...
Police Seek Help With Criminal Mischief Cases
Sulphur Springs Police are asking for help with several criminal mischief cases reported over the weekend in town. Representatives at several businesses between June 22 and June 24 reported windows shot out with a BB gun, at least three of which were along Interstate 30 near the South Broadway Street bridge, according to police reports. An employee at Mattress Heaven/Kennedy Commercial reported finding one of the front windows had...
Industrial Drive Gas Station Robbed Monday
Sulphur Springs Police are investigating a robbery that occurred around 6 a.m. Monday at gas station in the 400 block of West Industrial Drive. A store clerk was reportedly opening up for the day when a male with a ski mask covering his face entered the store. The man allegedly sprayed mace into the clerk’s face, spoke to her and left with money, according to SSPD Sgt. Brandon Mayes. The store clerk was treated by Hopkins County...
Sulphur Bluff ISD Accepts Application For Value Limitation for Dike Solar Farm
Shelly Leung and Rick Lambert of Powell, Youngblood & Taylor discuss with Sulphur Bluff ISD trustees the application for appraised value limitation Hopkins Energy LLC submitted to SBISD for a proposed nearly 3,000-acre solar farm. A nearly 3,000-acre $240 million solar project is one step closer to being located in northeastern Hopkins County. The Dike location is one of many international company Alpin Sun is considering in the...
SSISD Students Enjoy Another Successful STEAM Camp at SSMS
Approximately 60 students in grades 4-8 participated in STEAM Camp taught by 12 adults and 1 eighth grader June 18-20, at the middle school. Sulphur Springs Independent School District this week offered STEAM Camp for students in grades 4-8. The three-day enrichment program offers students a fun, creative, hands-on way to learn science, technology, engineering, artist and math disciplines using robotics, circuits, coding, and more to...
County Emergency Responders Participate In Mock Disaster Drill
Emergency responders worked together Friday morning to practice, assess and hone their emergency skills in the field during drill simulating a mock disaster. Hosted in the Gerald Prim/Hopkins County Civic Center Pavilion parking lot and within Sulphur Springs ISD Athletic Complex, officials reacted as if dispatched to areas in which a tornado had occurred. Multiple people sustained varied levels of injuries, from the walking wounded...
Power Outages, Downed Trees, Street Flooding Caused By Storms
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City Officials Propose Plan To Help Fund New Senior Citizens Center, Pacific Park Improvements
Sulphur Springs City Council is expected to be asked during their July meeting to call for an election which would help fund improvements at Pacific Park and construction of a new Senior Citizens Center. City Manager Marc Maxwell during the June council meeting said the election would simply allow the city to utilize funds designated for business development to be spent for other purposes. Maxwell said the city in 1999 took the same...
Barbara Bush Primary PTO To Host Spooktacular 5K & Fun Run At Celebration Plaza
Barbara Bush Primary is getting a jump start on PTO fundraising for the upcoming school year by opening registration for their Oct. 12 Spooktacular 5K & Fun Run. And, making this one even more interesting, is the fact that participants are encouraged to run in costumes. Not a runner? No problem. Walking or jogging is permitted. In keeping with the event theme, those who want to help but aren’t up for the run itself can also...
Truck, Train Collide North of I-30 At County Road 4719 Railroad Crossing
One man was reportedly transported to the hospital to be checked out following a truck and train collision at the County Road 4719 railroad crossing Tuesday morning. Hopkins County sheriff’s deputies, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers, Cumby police, Hopkins County and Cumby firefighters were dispatched around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday to what was reported as a truck and train crash just north of the north Interstate 30 service...
