SSISD Trustees Approve Teacher Pay Scale Increase For 2nd Year
Sulphur Springs Independent School District trustees during a special meeting Monday morning adopted a pay increase for teachers, which would increase the starting teacher’s pay by $5,000, an approximate 12 percent compensation increase over last year’s pay scale. “SSISD’s main goal is to educate kids to their fullest potential and this raise directly impacts the success of our students. Our employees are very...
Greenview Cemetery Memorial Day Sunday July 7
The annual Memorial Day at Greenview Cemetery is set for Sunday July 7 with services beginning at 10:45 am. Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom will be guest speaker. Greenview Church and Cemetery are located on CR 1168 just off FM 1567 West in the southwest part of Hopkins County. Take Highway 19 South and turn west at the Miller Grove exit onto FM 1567 West.
Winners Circle at Summer 42 Tournament at Srs. Center
42 is a popular game in Texas, across the nation and all over the world, actually. And guess what? The game originated in Texas, and since 2011, is the ‘official State domino game of Texas’. Karon Weather,director of the Sulphur Springs Seniors Center, set the date of the tournament for Saturday June 29, 2019 and 30 teams registered to play. Four people; two teams of two persons each, make up a game of 42. The top four...
A Request From the City and Luminant Mining Company, Engineering Service Providers On Monday Commissioners’ Agendas
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Hopkins County Commissioners Court has a full schedule Monday morning, which includes two work sessions in addition to their regular 9 a.m. meeting. HCCC is scheduled to meet at 8:30 a.m. in the third floor meeting room at Hopkins County Courthouse in order to open and grade potential engineering service providers for the Texas Hazardous Mitigation Program, then enter into a budget work session. The...
Police Arrest Man Found Sleeping At Church For PI
A man found asleep outside St. James Catholic Church was jailed for public intoxication Friday afternoon. Sulphur Springs police responded at 11:51 a.m. to a report of a suspicious person at the church. When officers arrived, they reported finding the man asleep outside the church. Officers contacted the 25-year-old Sulphur Springs man, whom they noted appeared to be very disorderly. The man was also alleged to have glassy, red...
2 Hopkins County Residents Jailed On Felony Warrants
June 29, 2019 – Deputies took two Hopkins County residents into custody Friday on unrelated felony warrants. Jana Marie Kirtley Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Alvin Jordan was made aware of a warrant for Jana Marie Kirtley’s arrest for violation of probation on a hindering apprehension or prosecution of a known felon charge. He learned the 53-year-old Sulphur Springs woman works at a Jackson Street nursing home,...
Winfield Man Arrested After Trying To Hide Methamphetamine In Shorts, Resisting Trooper
A 36-year-old Winfield man was arrested after trying to hide methamphetamine in his shorts during a traffic stop, then resisting when the state trooper attempted to arrest him, according to arrest reports. Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Warren Williamson reportedly stopped a Toyota Tundra on Interstate 30 west at mile marker 117 for having an expired registration and no front license plate. As Williamson approached the...
HCSO: Sulphur Springs Man Jailed For Felony DWI After Nearly Hitting Patrol Vehicle
Joseph Andrew Newman, 31, of Sulphur Springs was arrested on a felony driving while intoxicated charge after he nearly crashing a Buick LaSabre into patrol officer’s vehicle, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Sgt. Shea Shaw was contacted by another officer, who had reportedly stopped the car at 11:53 p.m. Newman was reported to have been driving and suspected to be intoxicated. Shaw was later advised...
Top 10 Anti-inflammatory Foods
Johanna Hicks Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Family & Consumer Sciences, 1200-B W. Houston, P.O.Box 518 Sulphur springs, TX 75483 903-885-3443 – phone 903-439-4909 – Fax [email protected] By Johanna Hicks A lot of information comes across my desk every day. Nutrition is constantly evolving, making it difficult to keep up with what’s good for you and what isn’t! As Family and Community Health Extension Agents across...
