A Farewell to Coach Jeff Chapman
The chance of be a girls’ athletic coordinator was an opportunity former Lady Cats Basketball Coach Jeff Chapman could not pass up as he decided to head to Paris from Sulphur Springs recently. During an interview Wednesday (June 27) morning, Coach Chapman said the girls athletic coordinator opportunity was exciting. He will also be the Paris Head Girls Basketball Coach. He said he had thought about the coordinator’s job before...
Four Sulphur Springs Women Focus on Welding at PJC-Sulphur Springs Campus
June 27, 2018 – WOMEN WELDERS: The summer welding class at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center includes four young women from Sulphur Springs. While welding isn’t a traditional occupation for women, interest is growing and “these students are doing great,” according to Instructor John Plemons. They are, from left with Plemons looking on; KeaAron Cash, Nicky Cline, Emily Kuiper, and Hailey McKinney. All but Kuiper are in structural...
Hopkins County Grand Jury Hands Up 44 Indictments June 26, 2018
Forty-four indictments were handed up by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Those included in the indictments and already arrested are: Justin Dean Cowart indicted for Criminal Solicitation Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and Attempted Traffic Child Engage Conduct/Sexual. Hopkins County Criminal Investigators and deputies arrested Justin Dean Cowart, 31, of Yantis, for Attempted Human Trafficking and Criminal...
Meal A Day Gets Food and Funds Donation from Oncor
Larry Willis , Oncor Area Manager, Representing Oncor Distribution, Measurement and Transmission Employees in Sulphur Springs and Joyce Burchfield of Oncor made a donation of Canned Goods and $340.00 to the Meal A Day Program on Wednesday, June 27, 2018.
“Camp Braveheart” Children’s Bereavement Camp Sponsored by Cypress Basin Hospice July 12, 13
Chaplain Mark Davenport, Bereavement Coordinator at Cypress Basin Hospice in Mt. Pleasant is planning a bereavement day camp for children ages 6 through 12 who have experienced the loss of a family member or friend in death. In it’s ninth year, the two-day camp will be held Thursday July 12 and Friday July 13, 2018 at First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs. Similar camps are being held this summer in Paris and Mt....
City Council Approves Contract, Postpones CIP Vote
A contract awarded and a postponed vote on the Capital Improvement Plan was the result of a special session of the Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night, June 26, 2018. Work begins on the awarded contract today and a final vote on the CIP will be on the agenda for the July council session. Sulphur Springs City Council awarded the contract and approved a bid of $247,000 for sanitary sewer work to be performed along Highway 11W...
Local Home Receives Registered Texas Historical Landmark Designation; Dedication is Saturday, June 30th
Known locally as the Ashcroft House, a colonial style house built in 1939 at 333 College Street will be the center of attention Saturday morning at 11 a.m. when the house will be named a Registered Texas Historical Landmark. The designation is a higher designation than a historical landmark. The County Courthouse is the only other building in Hopkins County with the designation. A Registered Texas Historical Landmark is not only based...
Two Arrested for Felony 2 Mushrooms
The odor of fresh marijuana gained the attention of the DPS Trooper that stopped a 2005 Honda Civic for speeding and an equipment violation Tuesday evening at the 126 mile marker on I-30. The two passengers, Nicolas Cardenas, 22, of Dallas, and Linda Harmony Hardy, 20, of Cedar Hill were arrested for possession of a controlled substance—psilocybin mushrooms. Based on Hardy’s statements and demeanor during questions asked by the...
