Veterans Needed: Sign-up Begins For the Veteran’s Day Parade
Veterans Day 2018 in United States of America: Sunday, November 11 Observed date: Monday, November 12th. The Veterans Day Parade will be on Saturday, November 10th, starting at 9:00 AM from Buford Park. The Parade will start lining up at Buford Park at 7:30 AM. The Parade will go down Connally St. to the Downtown Square. Turn Left on Jefferson and then another Left on Houston and back to Buford Park. It is the same route as...
Mowrer Arrested Following Friday Morning Pursuit
When Hopkins County Deputies received information that a white male had stolen items from Tractor Supply in Winnsboro, Dispatch advised the vehicle was a white Dodge auto. Investigator Dennis Findley saw the vehicle and tried to stop but the driver, Jeffery Edward Mowrer, 26, of Brashear, fled instead of stopping. Several marked units joined the pursuit. The chase began along State Highway 154, State Highway 11, State Highway 19, and...
Upcoming Events at the Senior Citizens Center
1) Monday, August 13th 12:00 Noon – Ross and Shoalmire (Elder Care Attorneys) Law School Lunch. Free Lunch provided by Carriage House Manor and At Home Health Care The Subject this quarter is: VA Benefits Aid and Attendance. This will be a very informative Lunch. 2) Thursday, August 23rd 9:30 at the ROC at 1st Baptist Church Senior Summer Olympics. Come by and fill out an entry form. The first 200 Seniors will get...
Medicare and You Session: An Informative Success
MEDICARE AND YOU was held on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 10:45 at the Senior’s Citizens Center. The Program was put on by Rich Dalbey and Jay Copeland with Copeland Insurance Group from Paris, Texas. Rich and Jay answered questions that the seniors had about Medicare, Medicaid, Insurance Supplements, Prescription Drug Plans and Advantage Plans. Copeland 1 Copeland 3 Copeland 4 Copeland 5 Copeland 6 Several Seniors took advantage of...
Sulphur Springs Public Library’s Summer Reading Program Concludes Record Year
Sulphur Springs Public Library’s Fun with Mary Poppins Summer Reading Program has come to an end. On May 31, 275 attended the summer reading program kickoff and we had a record number of checkouts that day – 437 – in one day!!! We saw a record number of checkouts for June – 5017 – that broke last year’s record by almost 500! We signed up 244 new patrons and 520 attended our programs. There have been 335 reading logs completed and 67...
Wildcat Football Season Ticket Sale Ends
Only about 52 Wildcats’ football season tickets remained as season ticket week concluded at the high school Media Center at noon Friday (August 3). Season Ticket Coordinator Lynette King said 12 scattered single seats remained in chair back sections C, D and E. About 40 seats, many of them together, were left in the rail back section B. Anyone interested in season tickets now will have to go to the high school front desk when it...
Lady Cat Volleyball Host Cumby, Commerce in Monday Scrimmage
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness lost six seniors off of last year’s district champion team. Coach Maness conducted special varsity tryouts during two a day workouts Wednesday and Thursday. (August 1-2) This year’s Lady Cats team is now made up of six returnees and the six new ones. New to the varsity are Aubrey Oliver, Kate Womack, Sydni Washburn, Sadie Washburn, Taylor McElfresh and Maddie Millsap. They join...
Video Presentation: Chamber of Commerce Showcase Called a Successful Evening
Over 140 people attended a Chamber of Commerce Networking Event at Sulphur Springs Country Club Thursday night. It was an opportunity to meet new people, make new connections, meete fellow Chamber members, and be a part of the community. Chamber CEO Lezley Brown called the evening a success for the chamber and the community....
