Local Disaster Declaration Issued For Hopkins County Following Friday’s Tornado, Storms
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom Tuesday morning signed a local disaster declaration for Hopkins County, citing damages from Friday’s tornadoes and the storms which swept through Hopkins County as the cause. The designation states the county “experienced tornadoes, high winds, fallen trees, flooding and water damages that have caused widespread and severe damage as well as loss of property to the County and its...
Trading Post for November 8, 2022
For Sale: a 3-piece full antique bedroom suit, with dresser, chifforobe and bed (no mattress). Asking $300. Call 903-885-5819. Wanted to buy, small flat bottom boat. Call or text 309-808-9035 Pennsylvania House Full Grain leather Sofa, Tan, Nail Head, no tears, good used condition. $200. Text 903 366 9400. Girls and ladies’ jeans all different sizes ranging from 5/6-20, excellent condition all clean and ready to go asking $2.00...
Talking Tombstones this Weekend
Immersive history will be provided by the Hopkins County Genealogy Society at the Sulphur Springs City Cemetery this weekend. Watch and listen as locals in period costumes retell events and stories as the people who lived them. Tickets are $10 per person, and a golf cart will be available for anyone who need it. If you have questions, please call 903.885.8523.
North Hopkins FCCLA, Beta Honor Barbara Cockrum With Veterans’ Hospital Drive
North Hopkins FCCLA and Beta Club will honor the late Barbara Cockrum with a veterans’ hospital drive. Cockrum continued to be active at the school even after retiring, often serving as a substitute teacher and each year hosting an event to benefit the veterans at the Bonham hospital. In order to honor the much-loved educator, the NHISD FCCLA and Beta Clubs this year will host the inaugural Veterans Hospital Drive in honor of...
Candidates On Nov. 8, 2022 Election Ballots In Hopkins County
Nov. 8, 2022 Sample Ballot containing SSISD Proposition A Nov. 8, 2022 General Election ballots include multiple candidates for district, county and state offices, as well as certified unopposed incumbent candidates and options for voters to manually add certified write-in candidates. Sulphur Springs ISD Sulphur Springs ISD has called a bond election, asking district voters to casts ballots either for or against Proposition A: SSISD...
Where To Vote In Hopkins County On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022
Early voting in the 2022 Nov. 8 General Election concluded Friday, Nov. 4, with 7,548 of the 24,724 registered voters in Hopkins County casting ballots. That’s 30.53% who voted, 29.08% (7,189) by personal appearance and the remaining 1.2% by mail. Hopkins County voters will have one last chance, on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022, to cast their choice of candidates and, where applicable, propositions such as the $81.5 million SSISD...
Master Gardener: This And That For November
By David Wall, Mount Pleasant Master Gardener When mums finish blooming and start turning brown, there’s always the question of what to do with them during winter. Well, take a look at the shrub base. There should be shoots emerging at the base of each flowering stalk. These are next year’s stems. So, leave them alone and remove everything down to 1-2 inches in height. Don’t trim any of the newly emerging clumps. Autumnal foliage and...
North Hopkins FFA, Jr. FFA Successful at LDE, State Fair, Other Events
FCCLA and FFA Holiday Auction Slated Nov. 10 The North Hopkins FFA students represented the district well at the Leadership Development Events held at Northeast Texas Community College Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. The NHFFA and Jr. FFA members also had quite a busy and successful October, with a number of students not only representing NHFFA but also placing at the Hopkins County Jr. Commercial Pen of 3 Heifer Show & Sale, 2nd Annual...
Meal-A-Day Menu For Nov. 7-11, 2022
Volunteers prepare meals at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center and deliver them five days a week to Meal A Day program recipients in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. The Meal A Day Menu for the week of Nov. 7-11, 2022 includes: MONDAY, NOV. 7 — BBQ Chicken Sandwiches, Black Beans, Chips and Dill Pickles. TUESDAY, NOV. 8 — Chicken Fried Steak Fingers With Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans and Roll. WEDNESDAY,...
UPDATE! The Lil 4’s Club is Having Their Annual Thanksgiving Dinner November 20th, not the 19th
The Lil 4’s Club is having their Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and we are inviting the community kids and their families out and we are also looking for sponsors to help with this event any items will be greatly appreciated contact Letitia Conliffe 214-809-1908 for more information LIL 4s Thanksgiving Dinner Nov 20th
