Sports Summer Camps Next Week
Sulphur Springs ISD is offering football and tennis camps next week. Each will have two different sessions daily based on this fall’s student grade level. Wildcat Football Coach Greg Owens will have football camp Tuesday through Thursday in the Multipurpose Building. Boys entering the third through the eighth grades will have camp each day from 8:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. Cost is $45. There will also be a camp for Sulphur Springs...
Light Your World: Ladies Night of Worship
In the Sulphur Springs Auditorium at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center, a free ladies night of worship is set to take place on September 15th, 2016. Ladies of all ages from Northeast Texas are getting together for an evening of encouragement. The women of the Choral Society will be singing, Jennifer Kerby Riley will lead praise and worship with Marcie Owens. “In the middle of the night I woke up and knew the Lord...
The Great Barrier Reef
By Molly Clegg The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Queensland in northeastern Australia, is the largest living thing on Earth, and even visible from outer space. The 2,300 km long ecosystem comprises thousands of reefs and hundreds of islands made of over 600 types of hard and soft coral. The breathtaking array of the marine creatures includes, 600 types of soft and hard corals, more than 100 species of jellyfish, 3000 varieties...
Minimal Damage in Apartment Fire
A skillet on a hot burner flamed up and created minimal damage at Brittany Square Apartments, 210 Duckworth Street in Sulphur Springs Thursday around 1:45 p.m. A plume of smoke could be seen puffing out of the apartment windows and doors. Sulphur Springs Firemen from Station 2 make quick work of the fire.
From the Convention Floor: Wisenbaker’s “Interesting Experience” Concludes
The final night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland found the Texas Delegation seating changed and Hopkins County’s Donnie Wisenbaker found himself seated behind the Colorado delegation but with a better view of the speaker’s podium. The final night of the convention focused on the party’s nominee for President, Donald J. Trump. Wisenbaker praised speeches made by Trump’s daughter as well as Trump. He stated that Trump...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
By Jan Vaughn Applications for a place on the Tira City Council will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on August 22, 2016. For more information, please contact Jan Vaughn, Tira City Secretary, at 903-438-6688. John and Stephanie Long of Alvin announce the birth of their son Quentin Michael on July 8th in Houston. Quentin weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces and was 21 and 1/2 inches long. He is the grandson of Tommy and Carolyn Long of North Hopkins,...
Hopkins County Hay Show And August Garden List
Hopkins County Hay Show and August Garden list: The temperature highest pick of the summer always brings a challenge to farmers and gardeners. Traditionally, July and August are among our hottest months and this year has not been an exception. For our hay producers, it will be important to evaluate their hay crop quality since our first cut might got watered down because the intensive rain earlier on the year. A good way to evaluate...
New Main Street Addition: Lyndsay’s Plates + Provisions
Lyndsay’s Plates + Provisions puts a modern twist on pure, home-cooked food. They take their customers back to the basics with food that is made from scratch. Lyndsay’s believes that food should have intention, every ingredient taken into our bodies should be given thought. The vision of Lyndsay’s is to provide the convenience people need without losing nutrition in the meantime. On Monday, July 25th, 2016,...
The Edge Training Ended Thursday
The Edge conditioning program wrapped up its’ six week run Thursday morning in the Multipurpose Building. There were 24 workouts in all. Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens said things went pretty well. He said he would have liked to have seen more athletes participate. Coach Owens said most of the guys he would be counting on in football showed up. He admitted being disappointed in some that stayed away. Coach Owens estimated...
