Creative Arts Contest Best of Show Results
Oct24

Creative Arts Contest Best of Show Results

By Johanna Hicks, Hopkins County AgriLife Extension Agent for Family & Community Health, [email protected] Hopkins County Fall Festival Fair-goers were treated to a great weekend of weather.  Results are in for the 2022 Creative Arts Contest.  There were 141 entries in this year’s fair, down a little from previous years, but the quality was definitely evident! Below are the results of winners for Best of Show: Art Children and...

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Meal-A-Day Menu — October 24-28, 2022
Oct24

Meal-A-Day Menu — October 24-28, 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 remainder of the week of Oct. 24-28, 2022 includes: Monday, Oct. 24 — Sweet & Sour Chicken, Mixed Vegetables and Egg RollTuesday, Oct .25 — Oven Omelet, Sliced Ham, Chopped Broccoli & Carrots, Fruit CupWednesday, Oct. 26 —...

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Try Purple Top Turnips This Fall And Winter
Oct23

Try Purple Top Turnips This Fall And Winter

By David Wall, Mount Pleasant Master Gardener A potential food source for you or your garden soil next spring is the purple top turnip (PTT). Normally a biennial or two-year plant, you can plant them now and harvest or kill next spring. If growing them for your food supply, simply plant in October and harvest next spring. They take longer to grow than radishes, but they grow considerably bigger and have a better flavor. Purple top...

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Winners Of The 53rd Annual World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest Announced
Oct22

Winners Of The 53rd Annual World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest Announced

The 53rd Annual Hopkins County Stew Festival, sponsored by Alliance Bank drew a huge crowd, with long lines forming more than an hour before serving time, with people eager to pay their $8 to partake of the entries, despite the whipping autumn winds Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. Hopkins County Stew By the Numbers “We prepare for 8,000 people and we were reaching our limit today. Judging from our ticket sales and supplies, we had...

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Paris District Road Report for October 24, 2022
Oct22

Paris District Road Report for October 24, 2022

Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district for the week starting Oct. 24, 2022. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel through work zones. They should also avoid distractions such...

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Hopkins County Records — Oct. 22, 2022
Oct22

Hopkins County Records — Oct. 22, 2022

Applications for Marriage Licenses The following individuals filed applications for marriage licenses at Hopkins County Clerk’s office Oct. 10-21, 2022: Record books at a clerk’s office John Kalman Dingman and Dharma Kay Reeves Soane Haamoa Moimoi and Jessica Ann Chester Cristian A. Romero Rivera and Marissa Adams Figueroa Rolando Solis and Heather Renee Brown Daniel Thomas Todd II and Samantha Kay Caskey Cameron Cody...

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Evening Search Concludes With Missing Senior Citizen Being Located
Oct21

Evening Search Concludes With Missing Senior Citizen Being Located

Hopkins County officers spent a couple of hours Friday evening searching for a senior citizen, who was reported missing from his rural residence. The search concluded with the missing man being found and checked out by EMS around 7:15 p.m. Oct. 21, 2022, according to sheriff’s reports. Officers searched the area of CR 2316 Friday evening and, after a few hours, found the missing senior citizen who’d been reported missing...

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In My Closet Serves Women Of Hopkins County
Oct21

In My Closet Serves Women Of Hopkins County

Sulphur Springs, Texas – In My Closet is a project of the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation which started in 2016 under the leadership of the then Executive Director of the Foundation Meredith Caddell. The Closet is a calm room filled with free wigs, hats, and prosthetics, etc. to help women undergoing breast cancer treatment and/or a mastectomy to get items they need locally in Sulphur Springs. In My Closet, a project of the...

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Trading Post for October 20, 2022
Oct20

Trading Post for October 20, 2022

For Sale Antique Grate Room Heaters, 3 different sizes, Box of extra grates, Bathroom Wall Medicine Cabinet, Small Bathroom Heater. LP gas, Camping Tabletop Cooking Stove, All for $100. OBO Or will sell separately Call 903-885-3420 China Hutch, oak, glass front, 2 piece, 6 doors. vintage. 903 878 2964. 903 850 0863 $75. Needs new home ASAP. a pair of Christian Siriano leather white and black We the People tennis shoes worn once asking...

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Junior Racer Andrew Vo Ends Season At Jetski World Finals
Oct20

Junior Racer Andrew Vo Ends Season At Jetski World Finals

It was been quite a season for Andrew Vo, a 13-year-old junior Jetski racer from Sulphur Springs, Texas, recently relocated from Southern California. This year, Andrew finished the Jettribe Mid America series with a impressive first overall in the Junior 13-15 lites 2-stroke class and a second in the 4-stroke class. Andrew Vo competing in the Jetski World Finals in Lake Havasu City, Arizona With confidence, we headed to the Jetski...

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