Lil 4’s Club Summer Lunch Giveaway
June 9, 2023 – The Lil 4s Club has been passing out lunch bags to kids this summer. They are currently looking for sponsors to help with chips, lunch meat, snacks, juice and anything that will go into brown bags. The Lil 4’s Club is a non-profit after-school organization that serves children ages 2-18. The President of Lil 4’s is Letitia Conliffe and Vice President is Sandra Cummings, both of Sulphur Springs. Kids gather...
Texas Lawmakers Stop Funding For Child ID Kits After Investigation Discovers Their Ineffectiveness
June 9, 2023- Texas Lawmakers for months have been on track to use millions to continue distributing child identification kits to Texas schoolchildren. In April the Texas House and Senate both approved preliminary budgets that included money for the National Child Identification Program’s Kits. However, investigations into the company quickly discovered that the there was no evidence that the kits helped locate children at all...
Putt Putt And Pies With Pops
June 9, 2023- Putt Putt and Pies with Pops, an event hosted by Family First Home Health And Hospice, will be held at the Sulphur Springs Senior Center on Monday. Bring dad, grandpa, and kids and grandkids for games, pies and coffee and even win some prizes! Lets celebrate all the dads! Held on Monday, June 12 at 11am. Located at 150 Martin Luther King Jr Dr.
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Welcomes Father Justin Wylie
June 9, 2023- CHRISTUS Mother Frances invites you to meet and greet Father Justin Wylie. Father Wylie is the new Pastoral/Spiritual Care Program Manager. This is a come and go event, and refreshments will be served for all those who are to attend. The event will be held Tuesday, June 13 from 4-6pm at CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Medical Plaza 113 Airport Rd.
A Program Focused on Tree Care and Tree Replacement Options to be Held June 16
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Smith County, along with the Earth-Kind Environmental Education Committee, will be hosting a program focused on tree care and tree replacement options for on June 16. The historic freeze in 2021 in Texas affected even hardy native trees and the impact continues to be felt. The program, which focuses on the Tyler and East Texas area, will be from 9 a.m. to noon at the Tyler Rose...
Texas Tarantula Season Has Begun
June 8, 2023- Every summer, thousands of tarantulas wander across Texas in what is now known as an annual tarantula “migration.” Beginnining in May and lasting through July, the large arachnids, mostly males, actively search for female to mate with. “One of the most spectacular spider events in Texas occurs for a few weeks each summer when male tarantulas actively wander apparently seeking females,” a...
Governor Abbott Appoints Jackson To Public Utility Commission Of Texas
June 8, 2023- Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Kathleen Jackson to the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) for a term set to expire on September 1, 2027. The PUC regulates the state’s electric, water, wastewater, and telecommunications utility industries, implements respective legislation, and offers customer assistance in resolving consumer complaints. Kathleen Jackson of Beaumont is a board member of the Texas Water...
Texas Comptroller Certifies New $321.3 Billion State Spending Plan, Sends To Abbott’s Desk
June 8, 2023- The $321.3 Billion spending plan that Texas lawmakers have approved for the next two years is balanced and on its way to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk after it was certified Wednesday by the state’s chief financial officer, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar. Before Abbott can review the budget that will direct the state’s spending for the next two years, the comptroller had to certify that the 1,115-page plan doesn’t spend more...
New Opportunity To Win A Designer Handbag
Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation and Jordan’s Place Pediatrics, PA are providing an additional opportunity to win a handbag this year at Designer Handbag Bingo. Tickets for the raffle of a mystery designer bag are being sold for $20 each. Only 350 tickets will be sold. The bag will be valued at approximately $2,000. “So many people have wanted to attend this event and there is just no room to...
Delta County Sheriff’s Update On Searching For Car And Driver Involved In Fatal Hit-And-Run
June 8, 2023- Delta County Sheriffs Office has posted a update on the currently ongoing search for the vehicle and driver of a Nissan Altima between the years of 2001-2005. The suspect is wanted for a fatal hit and run incident that occurred near 1800 block of FM 1532 just after 3:30am. Delta County Sheriff has posted this regarding the update on the ongoing search: “We have had a few leads come in but we are continuing to ask...
