25th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Ceremony
DSC00199 DonJ-01 DSC00129 DSC00134 DSC00140 DSC00200 On Monday, January 18, 2016, 7 pm, The East Caney Missionary Baptist Church and Hopkins County African American Leadership Conference presented the 25th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Ceremony. The keynote speaker was The Honorable Judge Morris Overstreet, former judge, Texas Criminal Appellate Court. Dr. Dan Jones, President/CEO of Texas A&M-Commerce once...
SSHS BPA Qualifies 13 for State Competition
The Sulphur Springs High School Business Professionals of America students attended a Regional Leadership Conference at Plano High School on January 16, 2016. Thirteen (13) students qualified for state, and seven (7) students and three (3) teams will be state alternates. State Qualifiers Sean Allemang placed first in Java Programing. Mario Basio placed third in C++ Programming. Lydia Burleson placed first in Advanced Word Processing....
SS Elementary School Without Electricity Most of The School Day
by Allison Bledsoe On Thursday, after a morning accident on Lee Street, Sulphur Springs Elementary School was without electricity or phone service for several hours during the school day. Sulphur Springs ISD sent out emails and phone calls to parents notifying them of the outage. Children remained at school and were kept in rooms and areas with windows. The school’s cafeteria had already begun cooking lunch and had no...
Mount Vernon Varsity Cheer Squad Wins Spirit 3A State Championship
The Mount Vernon High School Varsity cheer squad won the first Spirit 3A State Championship on January 13, 2016 at the University of Texas in Arlington. The Spirit competition is composed of three competitive categories: fight song, time out band dance and the time out cheer. Mt. Vernon took the top score in the time out competition with a 98.167. They placed fifth in the fight song competition which allowed them to progress into...
Chamber Connection January 14, 2016 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection January 14, 2016 by Meredith Caddell Reilly Springs Jamboree Ribbon Cutting-Saturday, January 16th at 6:30pm We will be hosting the ribbon cutting for the Reilly Springs Jamboree-Hopkins County’s Original Music Venue, this Saturday, January 16th at 6:30! Tony Ramey will be the featured guest for the Reilly Springs Jamboree, with Enola Gay as producer. The show starts at 7:00. They are located at 109 CR...
Animals of the Week: Daina and Paxton
Daina and Paxton are two dogs with a close bond. Daina is a female Beagle and Bull mix and is one and a half years old. Paxton is a pug and Chihuahua mix and is five years old. “The original owner was trying to re-home them. She had to vacate the home that they were at and, we believe, the people there had just dropped them off at another street,” Animal Shelter Officer Barbi Blanch said. “We ended up picking them up...
SSISD Counselors’ Family Series: Raising Toddlers to Teens
The counselors of Sulphur Springs Independent School District will be hosting their second informative parent session this school year on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the SSES cafeteria. The guest speakers for this specific event are Ginger Brooks, Licensed Professional Counselor and Dr. Todd Connor, MD. This specific session is titled Top Tips for Raising Toddlers to Teens and will provide information on the...
