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Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Discusses Wakeland Game, Has Preview of Lovejoy Offense
Sep05

Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Discusses Wakeland Game, Has Preview of Lovejoy Offense

Sulphur Springs Wildcats Wildcats Football Defensive Coordinator Alex Guerra said the Friday night, Aug. 30, contest against Frisco Wakeland was a game of two very different halves. He said the defense did a great job in the first half. He said the defense was plagued by a bunch of mental errors in the second half. Coach Guerra said that stuff has got to go. He added the defense must get better. He said some players with experience...

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Police Arrest Two At Two Different Stores Wednesday
Sep05

Police Arrest Two At Two Different Stores Wednesday

Sulphur Springs Police Department patrol car Sulphur Springs police Wednesday made arrests at two different stores. Loss prevention staff at Walmart at 7:25 p.m. reported two juveniles for theft. The store employee alleged a 19-year-old Como resident and his younger brother, identified in reports only as a juvenile, passed all points of sale with multiple items that were not paid for. The older brother was allegedly seen in the self...

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Sulphur Springs Man Accused Of Indecency With A Child By Sexual Contact
Sep05

Sulphur Springs Man Accused Of Indecency With A Child By Sexual Contact

Kenneth Charles Smith A 56-year-old Sulphur Springs man was taken into custody at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday by police on an indecency with a child by sexual contact warrant, according to arrest reports. A 15-year-old who does not reside in Sulphur Springs reportedly made an outcry and Sulphur Springs police were contacted. The teen alleged she was sexually molested at a Sulphur Springs address when she was 11 years old, according to Sulphur...

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CHRISTUS Announces Sports Medicine Program
Sep05

CHRISTUS Announces Sports Medicine Program

CEO Paul Harvey and Sports Medicine Director Kyle Lemarr appeared on KSST’s Good Morning Show to introduce the community to CHRISTUS’ new sports medicine program. The Sports Medicine Program is growing into this area, with full coverage of Sulphur Springs High School and a locally-based program coordinator, Kyle Lemarr. What this means is that CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Sulphur Springs physicians and providers are...

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CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Celebrates 70 Years Of Service To The Community
Sep05

CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Celebrates 70 Years Of Service To The Community

CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs celebrates 70 years of service on Thursday, Sept. 5. The hospital is planning a month-long celebration of this momentous occasion. Associates will be honored with treats each week to recognize their dedication to patients and community. In the early stages, Hopkins County Memorial Hospital had approximately 30 employees, 11...

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Chamber Connection For Sept. 5, 2019
Sep05

Chamber Connection For Sept. 5, 2019

By Lezley Brown, President/CEO of Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce We have a Stew deadline looking us in the eyeballs! Sept. 13 is the last day for cooks to enter and keep your stew site from 2018. All unreserved sites will be open to new cooks on Monday, Sept. 16, at 8 a.m. Forms have been mailed out, but if you need them, all forms are on our website at www.hopkinschamber.org, and we have them at the Chamber. So, all of you cooks...

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Know Your Native Plants: Pokeweed
Sep04

Know Your Native Plants: Pokeweed

Mario Villarino Submitted By Dr. Mario Villarino, Hopkins County Extension Agent, Ag., N.R. A common native plant setting berries this time of the year is the pokeweed. According to Penn State Extension: the common pokeweed (Phytolacca decandra) is an herbaceous perennial plant that can grow up to 9 feet tall. Mature plants resemble shrubs or young trees. However, the stems are not woody. Pokeweed reproduces from seeds. New leaves and...

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Street Maintenance Doubled In Sulphur Springs In Spring
Sep04

Street Maintenance Doubled In Sulphur Springs In Spring

Waste Lift System Repairs Begin Sooner Than Originally Planned The street maintenance fee program implements in 2019 has been successful, doubling the amount street surfaces that received repairs this year, thanks to the $5 street maintenance fee Sulphur Springs residents pay on their utility bills. Plans for another major repair project had to be started immediately due to the precarious state of the system; the Cantex sewer lift...

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Annual ‘Walk to Remember’ Campaign Steps Off for Terrific Tuesdays
Sep04

Annual ‘Walk to Remember’ Campaign Steps Off for Terrific Tuesdays

The Terrific Tuesdays Respite Program for caregivers of Alzheimers and dementia victims is entering it’s annual fundraising season. There are a number of ‘mini-walks’ planned starting with the first one on Tuesday September 10 at 10am from the home base of Terrific Tuesdays, First United Methodist Church on Church Street in Sulphur Springs. Anyone who would like to register to come and make the leisurely stroll...

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Pickton Man Taken In Custody In Bell County On 3 Hopkins County Warrants
Sep04

Pickton Man Taken In Custody In Bell County On 3 Hopkins County Warrants

Christian Kirby Collins A 26-year-old Pickton man was jailed in Bell County on three Hopkins County warrants, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office was alerted that Christian Kirby Collins was at their jail. A transport deputy was sent to Bell County jail, where he took Collins into custody at 11:29 a.m. Sept. 3. Collins was transported to Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center. Collins was booked into the...

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