Annual Symphony Auction Features Local Photographer’s Work
Nov08

Annual Symphony Auction Features Local Photographer’s Work

These photos will go on the auction block November 18th, 2017.  The  annual Sulphur Springs Symphony League Auction will once again be hosted at the KSST Studios.  The trove of donated goods includes enlargements of these shots taken right here in Sulphur Springs. roller2 2017 roller1 2017 sssl Cindy Roller, editor of the Cooper Review and photographer for the City of Sulphur Springs, selects several of her best shots each year. She...

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Channel 18 News Wednesday, November 8, 2017
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Hopkins County Jury Deliberates 13.5 Minutes; Guilty Verdict Rendered in Theft Case
Nov08

Hopkins County Jury Deliberates 13.5 Minutes; Guilty Verdict Rendered in Theft Case

November 8, 2017 – According to Clay Harrison, Assistant District Attorney, “Dana Lynn Gandy, also known as Dana Lynn Haynsworth, was found guilty by a Hopkins County jury of Felony Theft this afternoon. It took the jury 13 and a half minutes to convict her. The defendant was charged with Theft Less Than $2500 with Two Previous Theft Convictions, based on an incident from May 2, 2017 at the local Walmart. She went into the...

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CNB Sponsors Dinner Bell
Nov08

CNB Sponsors Dinner Bell

This week’s community meal, served each Wednesday at the FUMC, included white turkey chili, garden salad, cornbread muffins, and a Southern pecan praline cake and sugar-free orange cottage cheese fluff for dessert, and was sponsored and served by City National Bank. If you or your business would like to take part in Dinner Bell, call FUMC at (903) 885-2185.

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Council Approve Sanders as Director of Public Service Department
Nov08

Council Approve Sanders as Director of Public Service Department

Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders was named Director of the Public Safety Department for the City of Sulphur Springs during Tuesday night’s city council meeting. The council voted unanimously with one member abstaining. The vote followed a statement to the council by Brandon Day, Secretary-Treasurer for the Texas State Association of Fire Fighters. Day encouraged the council to consult with the TSAFF regarding any changes to...

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Operation V.E.T. Goes Into Action Saturday with BBQ Cook-off, Kid-Friendly Fun Day for Local Veterans, Families
Nov08

Operation V.E.T. Goes Into Action Saturday with BBQ Cook-off, Kid-Friendly Fun Day for Local Veterans, Families

Two friends, Chris Wilburn and Zack Loyd decided they wanted to “do something” for veterans on Veteran’s Day 2016. That first year, the event they put on drew about 16 BBQ cooking teams and a score of diners who learned the concept of the new undertaking. Now, one year later, the concept has gained 501C3 status as Operation Victor Echo Tango with 26 cooking teams ready to go and with newly defined avenues of...

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Economic Development Took Center Stage at November City Council Meeting
Nov08

Economic Development Took Center Stage at November City Council Meeting

Tax abatement took center stage at the Sulphur Springs City Council meeting Tuesday night. A resolution approving tax abatement for Back Story Brewery, Saputo, and an economic development agreement providing incentives to develop 216 Main Street received approval. Saputo will be expanding in a $44-million, 10-year tax abatement. The expansion will add infrastructure to the current facility and serve to remodel the building for greater...

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City Council Approves Ordinance Regulating Pay Day Lenders in the City
Nov08

City Council Approves Ordinance Regulating Pay Day Lenders in the City

Pay Day lenders have until January 1, 2018 to comply with a city ordinance that will regulate interest rates and length of terms for pay day loans following a vote of the Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night, November 7, 2017. Pay Day Lenders provide a predatory lending mechanism that often prevents the borrower from repaying the original principle. The borrower is then stuck in a cycle of interest and loan costs. In approving...

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Traffic Stop Finds Methamphetamine; Other Charges Filed
Nov08

Traffic Stop Finds Methamphetamine; Other Charges Filed

2017 – Tyler Anthony Douglas, 37, of Mt Pleasant and La-Tasha Monte Childress, 37, of Sulphur Springs were arrested when a Hopkins County Deputy made a traffic stop at the corner of Jennings and Alabama Streets in Sulphur Springs. The officer saw the driver, Douglas, throw an objects out the passenger side window. The objects were a glass pipe commonly used to smoke methamphetamine and 6.9-grams of a substance found to be...

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Updated: Local Insurance Agent Arrested for Theft; Fake Auto Insurance Cards Issued; Manufactured Home Insurance
Nov08

Updated: Local Insurance Agent Arrested for Theft; Fake Auto Insurance Cards Issued; Manufactured Home Insurance

At 6:41 a.m. Wednesday, November 08, 2017, Kristi Lynn Hooten, 40, of Sulphur Springs, was arrested for theft of property. Her arrest followed a lengthy investigation by the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office. Hooten, an insurance agent who operated Connect Insurance Agency, 101 Bill Bradford Road, was selling insurance, creating fake auto insurance cards but is not providing  the auto insurance coverage. She had been keeping the...

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