A & M-Commerce Chorale Performs at Cathedral Shrine
COMMERCE, TX— The A&M-Commerce Chorale will perform an a cappella concert at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Dallas on April 22. The performance will include a selection of music by composers such as Palestrina, Roger T. Petrich, Hyun Kook, Daniel Elder, Hyo-Won Woo, and Herbert Howells. The University Chorale is the premier choral ensemble selected by audition from undergraduate and graduate students in the...
Rain Causes Postponement of Wildcat Baseball, Lady Cat Softball; Games Reset
Mother nature wins again. The Wildcats’ baseball game and the Lady Cats’ softball game, both scheduled for Friday at Texas High were postponed by rain. The schedule now calls for the Wildcats’ baseball team to play Texas High Saturday at 5 p.m. Before that there will be a JV contest at Texas High at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Wildcats freshman team will play a doubleheader,against Texas High, instead of Van, beginning at 2...
Significant Storm Advisory for Northwestern Hopkins County
A significant weather advisory for Northwestern Hopkins County, Eastern Hunt County and Southwestern Delta County has been issued until 1:30 p.m. Doppler radar is tracking a strong thunderstorm near Campbell moving Northeast at 55 mph. Dime sized hail is possible in the storm. Cumby, Tira, and Cooper Lake Park South Sulphur are included in the advisory.
Brown Clarifies Statement
Marty and Tamara Brown, owners of Double Insanity Investments, LLC and property at 206 Main Street in Sulphur Springs visited KSST Studios Friday morning to point out that he did not say the information regarding a Sulphur Springs city council member had been told to him by a candidate for the city council but that he had read the information on a Facebook post. Mr. Brown could not readily remember whose Facebook post had provided the...
The Pulpwood Queen Visits Sulphur Springs, Adopts Local BookClub Chapter
I have finally met the tiara-wearing, book-sharing Pulpwood Queen, and now I see why she is so well-known and so well-loved! She and sidekick assistant Tiajuana came to my book club on April 10, 2018. Kathy L. Patrick Murphy, the Texas-born Pulpwood Queen and creator of the world-wide “Beauty and the Book” Club, visited the Literary Ladies Book Club in Sulphur Springs during it’s April meeting at the home of John...
Sulphur Springs Country Club Establishes Reciprocal Relationship with ClubCorp
A reciprocal relationship between Sulphur Springs Country Club and ClubCorp Network will offer members of the local club access to more than 400 private clubs and special offerings at more than 1,000 hotels, resorts, and entertainment venues around the world. According to Logan Vaughan, General Manager of the locally owned club, the affiliate partnership relationship “…will offer our Members an amazing opportunity to enjoy hundreds of...
National Healthcare Decision Day Brunch Hosted by CIMA Hospice, At Home Healthcare and Carriage House Manor
CIMA Hospice, At Home Healthcare and Carriage House Manor hosted a Brunch at the Senior Citizens Center on Monday, April 9th. Stacey Wetzel, from CIMA Hospice spoke about the Services they offer and the Advantages to being on Hospice. Linda Mobley, from At Home Healthcare spoke about the Services that they offer and the Process of getting on Home Health and the difference between Home Health and Providers. Charlotte Baxter from...
Tira News for April 13th, 2018
By Jan Vaughn The Weir family celebrated Easter early, on Sunday, March 25th . They had Mexican food, and then the “usually competitive egg hunt.” Yvonne reported, “Emmie won the prize egg, which had $10 on it.” She adds, “On Easter Dustin and Maria visited and he finally got my Christmas present (a greenhouse) put together. It is really nice and I have lots of stuff in there, since the cold front hit. I’ve planted lots of flower...
Blackberries: Friend or Foe By Mario Villarino
As I started mowing more often and visiting sites around Hopkins County, the Blackberry weed has lately come into conversation often. Blackberries are plants that can be friends or foe depending of the intensity of the numbers of plants and purpose of the land. Some people might welcome them while others might have issues having them in their property. According to work done by the Noble Foundation in Oklahoma , Blackberry (Rubus sp.)...
