Spring Break – Arrive Alive
By Johanna Hicks, Family & Community Health Extension Agent, Hopkins County, [email protected] Ahhh, spring break – something many people enjoy. Spring break can be a particularly dangerous and deadly time on Texas roadways. Each Spring break, too many young, promising lives are cut short due to the fateful and regrettable decision to get behind the wheel and drive drunk. In an effort to stop this deadly trend,...
March 2 Chamber Connection – 2022 Leadership Class Project Will Be To Rehab Kids Kingdom
March 2 Chamber Connection By Butch Burney Lights. Stain. Action. If you grew up in Hopkins County or now have kids or grandkids, you have no doubt visited and played at Kids Kingdom. Now, it’s time to give back. The 2022 Leadership Class has adopted the rehabilitation of Kids Kingdom, everyone’ favorite playground at Buford Park, as its class project. And just like when it was constructed in 1995, everyone is invited to help. Kids...
Columbia Lodge, CHRISTUS Hospital Hosting Community Health Day
Columbia Lodge #81 and CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs are partnering to host a Community Health Day. This event, originally planned for January, is to be held from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 12, 2022, in the HW Grays Building in Pacific Park, 413 Beckham Street in Sulphur Springs. The event is “aimed to build a community that is more secure, productive, healthy, and hopeful.” All are invited...
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs No Longer Offering COVID Vaccine Clinic
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital -Sulphur Springs Business News By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Sulphur Springs, Texas, February 28, 2022 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. In honor of American Heart Month – the month of February – we encourage you to check...
Dinner Bell Menu for March 2, 2022
The First Presbyterian Church is the Community Partner for this week’s meal. It is always a joy to be joined by a fellow Christian Community to feed those in need of a substantial menu offering. The continued support of the First Presbyterian Church is greatly appreciated and has continued for many years. GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the...
NETLA Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show 2022 Ag Mechanics Contest
The weeklong Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show and Sale conducted by Northeast Texas Livestock Association kicked off Tuesday afternoon with the annual Ag Mechanics Show. Students from all seven Hopkins County school districts built and brought projects, which ranged from students first ever attempts to commissioned projects and those that have already received awards this year at other contests. Some projects took hours,...
Did You Observe – Or Even Know There Was A -National Sleep Awareness Week?
Johanna Hicks By Johanna Hicks, B.S., M.Ed., Hopkins County AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, [email protected] It seems as though there is a national recognition for just about everything – National Donut Day, National Twin Day, Dr. Seuss Day, National Taco Day, etc. However, there are those that raise awareness for health and wellness issues. An article recently came across my desk that will strike a...
Feb. 24 Weather-Related Closures, Delayed Starts, Schedule Changes
The frigid temperatures and precipitation Wednesday and overnight resulted in a thin sheet of ice on many road surfaces. At 8:30 a.m. Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County emergency responders were working several motor vehicle crashes, including one involving an 18-wheeler at mile 114 on Interstate 30 west, according to Hopkins County Emergency Management Coordinator Andy Endsley. One crash involved 8 vehicles, but has the roadway was...
Dinner Bell Menu for February 23, 2022
A very loyal supporter of the Dinner Bell Ministry, Christus Mother Frances Hospital, is the Community Partner for this meal. For the continued support of this organization Dinner Bell is extremely grateful. GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus starting at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. MENU Red Beans and Rice Fried...
Three Local Residents Earn High School Diploma Through Innovative Program Offered by Sulphur Springs Public Library
Library offers accredited diplomas and career certificates to residents through Career Online High School Sulphur Springs, Texas, February 16, 2022 — Two Sulphur Springs residents, have earned their high school diploma through the Career Online High School program at Sulphur Springs Public Library. The library partners with Smart Horizons, part of the world’s first Cognia/SACS/NCA/NWAC accredited, nationally recognized, private...