Video Presentation: The John and Deborah Gillis Foundation Presents Grants to Three County Schools
Three Hopkins County School Districts received grants Tuesday morning at the Sulphur Springs Country Club. The grants were presented by the John and Deborah Gillis and Robin Shrode with the John and Deborah Gillis Foundation. (See video below) In August, 2018, John and Deborah Gillis announced the largest private educational initiative ever undertaken in Hopkins County with the formation of the John and Deborah Gillis Foundation which...
Hopkins County Could Benefit from FEMA Declaration Made Monday
Hopkins County could benefit from a declaration made by The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Monday, February 25, 2019. FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Texas to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding on September 10 to November 2, 2018. Hopkins County is one of 33 counties included in the disaster assistance. The...
CNB Will Host 50 Years Celebration for Phyllis Loyd
Phyllis Stewart went to work at City National Bank on February 24, 1969. Now, in 2019, her career in banking has spanned 50 years, and Phyllis still enjoys her job at CNB’s downtown location in Sulphur Springs, Texas. A celebration will be held in her honor on Thursday February 28 from 1-3pm. Her friends and customers are invited to stop by ! Phyllis first started out in the bookkeeping department which was upstairs in the...
Commerce ASPIRE Celebrates Second Anniversary
The Commerce community gathered to reflect on the achievements of the ASPIRE program in a second-anniversary celebration held February 20 at the Sam Rayburn Student Center. At the Dinner & Dialogue: ASPIRE Community Update, attendees discussed the achievements of the program and how to move the program forward. ASPIRE is a partnership among Commerce ISD, A&M-Commerce and the City of Commerce with a purpose to...
Enrollment for 2019-2020 School Year Open at Central Christian Academy
Central Christian Academy (Where Christ is Central) The enrollment for the 2019-2020 school year will begin Friday, March 1, 2019 at Central Christian Academy (Where Christ is Central). Applications may be picked up at the school office, the Church office or at Jordan’s Place Pediatrics. Grades: 3 year old through 6th grade Phone: 903-335-8913 Address: 840 Connally St. Sulphur Springs, TX 75482 Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the...
Ballot Position Drawn for May 4th Municipal Election
Candidates for Sulphur Springs City Council drew for places on the May 4, 2019 Municipal ballot at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Candidate order for Place 4 on the ballot: Freddie Taylor (incumbent) 1; Reiko Alexander 2 Candidate order for Place 5 on the ballot: Jeff Sanderson 1 Emily...
Congratulations! First Graduates in Career Online High School Program Through Sulphur Springs Public Library
Graduate Raquesha Sneed with Librarian Hope Cain Raquesha Lashaun Sneed of Sulphur Springs, along with another student who chose to remain anonymous, were the first graduates in the Career Online High School Program offered through Sulphur Springs Public Library. A group of more than 25 persons were present to attend the ceremony. Following the Processional, the students were seated and welcomed by Librarian Hope Cain. Musical...
SCU Investigation Leads to Arrest of Emory Man
Following a Special Crimes Unit investigation into the sales of methamphetamine, Curtis LeRoy Marler, 47, of Emory, was arrested on two charges of Manufacture Delivery of a Controlled Substance. Two separate undercover buys resulted in approximately 7.4-grams of meth being purchased. Marler is in Hopkins County Jail Charged with Manufacture Deliver Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, more than 4-grams but less than 200-grams in a...
Truck Driver Found to Have Methamphetamine in Possession
Responding to a welfare concern, Sulphur Springs Police found Kyle Dean Fargo, 37, of Gage, Oklahoma, standing outside his Freightliner Truck at a local travel center. Fargo seemed to be under the influence of a narcotic and the police officer had received word that Fargo might have methamphetamine in his possession. Although Fargo refused consent to search the vehicle, a K9 assisted in a positive alert on the vehicle. The subsequent...
