Volunteer Driver Needed Tuesdays To Deliver Meals
May04

Volunteer Driver Needed Tuesdays To Deliver Meals

A volunteer driver is needed on Tuesdays to help deliver meals to Meal A Day recipients. Meal A Day is staffed by volunteers who donate their time to prepare and deliver food to senior citizens and individuals who are unable to provide or prepare meals for themselves. Cypress Basin Hospice has, for the past few years, been delivering meals to seniors and shut ins along the Tuesday route, but is having to give it up. The route is...

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FDA Permits Marketing For New Test To Improve Diagnosis Of Alzheimer’s Disease
May04

FDA Permits Marketing For New Test To Improve Diagnosis Of Alzheimer’s Disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today (Wednesday, May 4, 2022) permitted marketing for the first in vitro diagnostic test for early detection of amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The Lumipulse G β-Amyloid Ratio (1-42/1-40) test is intended to be used in adult patients, aged 55 years and older, presenting with cognitive impairment who are being evaluated for Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of cognitive...

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Chamber Connection – May 4
May04

Chamber Connection – May 4

Upcoming Events: Mom’s Day Out, Spring Into Wellness, Mission Fundraiser, Choral Music Concert By Butch Burney, President/CEO of Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce, [email protected] I’ve always maintained that it’s good to be a guy. I’ve seen what women deal with as wives and mothers on a daily basis, and I don’t want that job. It’s way too hard. However, for the next week, it looks like it will be good to be a woman....

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Hopkins County 4-H Archers Compete
May04

Hopkins County 4-H Archers Compete

Hopkins County 4-H By Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Family & Community Health Agent for Hopkins County, [email protected] Many folks are misguided in thinking that 4-H is all about showing animals. Quite the contrary! The Texas 4-H program offers so much more. There are many opportunities for involvement including leadership, community service, foods and nutrition, fashion and interior design, photography,...

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City Council Approves On First Reading Residential Homestead Tax Exemption Ordinance
May04

City Council Approves On First Reading Residential Homestead Tax Exemption Ordinance

Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night, April 3, 2022, approved on first reading an ordinance providing for a residential homestead property tax exemption. The ordinance must be approved by the City Council on second and final reading before it is officially adopted. Lesa Smith, finance director/assistant city manager Assistant City Manager/Finance Director Lesa Smith reminded the City Council of the information she presented to...

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City Manager’s Report – May 2022
May04

City Manager’s Report – May 2022

Marc Maxwell, City Manager Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell presented the following report to the City Council during the regular monthly council meeting on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. COVID-19 RESPONSE We have 0 patients in the COVID unit at the hospital. (I hope soon we can leave this off entirely.) CLAIMS We had a fleet accident in March involving a police cruiser. One unlucky driver ran a red light and crashed into the squad...

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NETX Dragons Football Blow Out Bobcats, 40-6
May04

NETX Dragons Football Blow Out Bobcats, 40-6

Coach Bill King’s squad picked up another big win at home, beating the Bobcats 40-6 on Saturday, Apr. 30.  QB Ty Rollison lead his team to another big victory, thanks to another solid performance by him and the Dragons’ offense.  NETX powered their way to a huge 27-6 lead at the break.  The Dragons cruised the rest of the way, blanking their opponent’s offense while scoring 13 more points in the second half to win big over...

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3 Men, 2 Women Jailed Monday On Felony Warrants
May03

3 Men, 2 Women Jailed Monday On Felony Warrants

Five people – 3 men and 2 women – were jailed Monday on felony warrants, according to arrest and jail reports. Melchor Eduardo Leon Jr. (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Steve Huffman took Melchor Eduardo Leon Jr. into custody at 11:43 a.m. May 2, 2022, at Smith County jail and transported the 25-year-old Tyler man to Hopkins County jail. Leon was booked in at 1:42 p.m. Monday on warrants for an...

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Welding Shop at the Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Campus
May03

Welding Shop at the Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Campus

WELDING SKILLS Jarrett Bartley of Sulphur Springs practices his skills in gas tungsten arc welding at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center welding shop.  Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Bartley welding shop

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Pay Increases Approved For All SSISD Employees
May03

Pay Increases Approved For All SSISD Employees

Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees Tuesday approved pay increases for all district employees during a special meeting. SSISD logo Sulphur Springs ISD Superintendent Michael Lamb asked the school board to consider approving a set pay increase for all SSISD teachers (and other employees on the same compensation plan, including nurses, librarians, counselors, testing coordinators and law enforcement officers) and a percentage increase...

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