Northeast Texas Rural Transportation Summit; Registration; Schedule
Chris Brown, Executive Director of the Ark-Tex Council of Governments invites the public to attend and to preregister for the Northeast Texas Rural Transportation Summit at the Hopkins County Civic Center October 31st. He said, “One thing Northeast Texans have in common is the dependence on improved transportation for our rural area. Each city and county in the region has identified needed highway improvements such as safety...
Community Chest Wins North Texas Food Bank “Excellence in Innovation” Award for REACHOut Program
As Executive Director of Community Chest, Judy Moore is always trying to come up with better ways to assist the needs of the low-income population in Hopkins County. While studying a 2016 list of Community Chest clients, she noticed that most had in-town Sulphur Springs addresses. She developed an idea to offer the services of Community Chest to the outlying areas of Hopkins County to see how it was accepted. It has turned out to be...
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Meets in Special Session Friday
Hopkins County Commissioners Court meets Friday in special session in the first floor courtroom of the county courthouse at 11 a.m. Friday, October 27, 2017. Shortly after the open of the session, the commissioners will convene in Executive Session to discuss legal issues and pending litigation. Following the executive session, the court will reconvene the opening session to consider action on any items discussed in executive session...
Hopkins County United Way Over 50% of Goal; Give Back Event at Muddy Jake’s
Official donations to Hopkins County United Way counted Tuesday day totaled $53,915.40 making the grand total thus far into the campaign $94,550.40. The local campaign is now over half-way to their goal of $175,000. The next campaign meeting is Tuesday, October 31 at 9:30 at the Texas AgriLife Extension office. The final campaign meeting is Wednesday, November 8 at 9:30 a.m. when workers hope to wrap up the Campaign and distribute...
Wildcat Football Head Coach Owens Calls Mt Pleasant “Scrappy”
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said the Wildcats had a good bye week last week. He called it the most productive that he can recall. Coach Owens praised the players’ attitudes. He said they got to work on fundamentals and conditioning. Coach Owens said he hoped it would help during the last three weeks of the season. He said the Wildcats need to win all their remaining games to make the playoffs. Coach Owens said the team...
Lady Cats Dominate MP; Ready for District Championship Game
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness said it seems every time his team steps on the court, they get little bit better. He had just watched the Lady Cats dominate Mount Pleasant, 3-0 on senior night Tuesday night in Wildcats Gym. Coach Maness said he was glad to see his team improving heading into the playoffs. He said he knew his team would be hard to beat on senior night. Coach Maness said he had six seniors who wanted to leave...
Chamber Board Members Getting Ready to “Do the Stew!”
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Board Members Kim Beck and Amber Gilbert will be on duty before daylight on “Stew Day” in Hopkins County, October 28, 2017. By that time, the stew grounds in Buford Park will house 165 different stew sites. A walk-through of the sites is always interesting because you meet new cooks and familiar, even famous ones, too. Winners of the Super-Stew contest in Beef and Chicken categories and...
Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County EDC Receives Texas Economic Development Council’s 2017 Community Economic Development Award
The Texas Economic Development Council announced the recipients of its annual Community Economic Development Awards for 2017. The awards were presented at a special awards luncheon at the TEDC’s Annual Conference in Houston. Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County EDC received the CEDA award for communities with a population of 10,001 to 20,000. Sulphur Springs was in competition with Anna, Athens, Bay City, Brenham, Brownwood, Converse,...
Early Voting Underway for Constitutional Amendment Election
Early voting in the November 7th Constitutional Amendment Election is underway at the Justice of the Peace Courtroom on Jefferson Street. The ballot contains seven (7) propositions. Early voting began Monday, October 23rd and continues through November 3rd. Currently, 31 early votes have been cast through end of day Tuesday. Hours for early voting are 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily except Tuesday, October 31st and Thursday, November 2nd...
