Minor Changes To SSISD Policy Should Make Qualifying For Extended Leave A Little Easier
Aug18

Minor Changes To SSISD Policy Should Make Qualifying For Extended Leave A Little Easier

Minor changes to two local policies should make qualifying for extended leave a little easier, should employees have cause to need it, Sulphur Springs ISD administrators told trustees when presenting the recommended changes for approval this week. SSISD Assistant Superintendent Lisa Robinson noted Aug. 15, 2022, that DMA and DEC were the two local policies administrators had pulled out of the Texas Association of School Boards Policy...

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Creative Arts Contest Features Works Of Multi-Talented Hopkins County Residents
Aug17

Creative Arts Contest Features Works Of Multi-Talented Hopkins County Residents

Johanna Hicks By Johanna Hicks, B.S., M.Ed., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Hopkins County Family & Community Health Agent, [email protected] The Hopkins County Fall Festival Creative Arts Contest is one of the premier events of the annual Fall Festival.  With multi-talented individuals who enter one or more items to be judged, combined with a large group of volunteers to staff the event, and topped off with highly...

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Aug. 17, 2022 Chamber Connection – 70 Entries Already Registered For Stew Contest
Aug17

Aug. 17, 2022 Chamber Connection – 70 Entries Already Registered For Stew Contest

Ribeye Roundup Entry Deadline Is Sept. 1; This Year’s Event Features Junior Cook Category For Ages 7-17 Years Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce logo Sulphur Springs Texas By Butch Burney, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce President/CEO, Registration for the 53rd Annual Hopkins County Stew Festival, presented by Alliance Bank, have been pouring in. We already have almost 70 entries with more than a month to go before the...

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August 22 Jury Panel Canceled
Aug17

August 22 Jury Panel Canceled

The jury panel summoned to appear at 1 p.m. August 22, 2022, for County Court of Law with Judge Clay Harrison has been canceled. Those summoned for jury service do not need to report for duty that day. Jury panel cancelled

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County Judge Presented Petition Asking For Election To Make Dike A Type C Incorporated City
Aug17

County Judge Presented Petition Asking For Election To Make Dike A Type C Incorporated City

The county judge was presented with a petition Monday asking him to call an election to let Dike residents determine whether to make the community at Type C incorporated city, as promised in prior meetings by Michael Pickens. Other Dike residents voiced their views on incorporation of Dike and the Dike solar facility. Petition to Incorporate Dike Residents and property owners in Dike community began researching the matter out of a...

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FDA Finalizes Rule Improving Access To OTC Hearing Aids
Aug16

FDA Finalizes Rule Improving Access To OTC Hearing Aids

More Affordable Hearing Aids For Those With Mild To Moderate Hearing Impairment Could Be In Stores As Soon As Mid-October Today (Aug. 16, 2022), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule to improve access to hearing aids which may in turn lower costs for millions of Americans. This action establishes a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids, enabling consumers with perceived mild to moderate hearing...

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HCSO: Sulphur Springs Man Caught Hauling A Stolen Trailer
Aug16

HCSO: Sulphur Springs Man Caught Hauling A Stolen Trailer

A 36-year-old Sulphur Springs man was caught hauling with a stolen trailer Monday evening, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies were made aware from a person they considered a credible source that the man was in possession of a stolen trailer, as well as a possible location, deputies wrote in arrest reports. The sheriff’s officers reported seeing a white Chevrolet pickup pulling a trailer matching...

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Students Register for Fall Classes at Paris Junior College
Aug16

Students Register for Fall Classes at Paris Junior College

CHECKING Returning student Addyson Lamb, left, of Sulphur Springs is checking her schedule with PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Office Manager Dana Smock. Registration for fall classes is continuing during August. Fall 1 eight-week and Fall 16-week classes begin on August 29. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Lamb

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Request For Special Use Permit For Manufactured Home Community Withdrawn
Aug16

Request For Special Use Permit For Manufactured Home Community Withdrawn

A request made for a special use permit to allow C&C Guardian LLC to construct a manufactured home community at 2113 Main Street, a property currently zoned light commercial, was slated to go before Sulphur Springs Zoning Board of Adjustments and Appeals Tuesday evening, but that meeting has been canceled. Applicant Ross Cody has withdrawn the request, according to city staff. The action follows a Planning & Zoning Commission...

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Interim Director Appointed For Senior Citizens Center
Aug16

Interim Director Appointed For Senior Citizens Center

An interim director has been appointed for the Senior Citizens Center, following Karon Weatherman’s resignation as program and marketing director on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Senior Citizens Center sign Kathie Steele will be overseeing operations at the facility until a permanent director is hired, City Manager Marc Maxwell said Tuesday morning. Steele is no stranger to the city. She retired as Business Office Manager after years...

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