Community Invited on Saturday, July 3, for Free Independence Concert and Fireworks Downtown at 8 p.m.
American Flag Thanks to the Sulphur Springs Symphony League, the 2021 Independence Concert and Fireworks will take place at 8pm on Saturday July 3. This year’s event is the 29th annual extravaganza hosted by the Symphony League. Bring the family for this heart-stirring, flag-waving red, white and blue occasion, free and open to everyone. Conductor Dr. Doug Bakenhus and the NE Texas Symphony Orchestra will present a thrilling...
Hopkins County Records – July 2, 2021
Land Deed Transactions Records at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office John H. Heilman to Andi Leigh Haven, Mary Elaine Heilman, Parker Heilman and Brittany Taylor Page; tract in the J Y’Barbo surveyAmy D. Bookout and Stephen Caulder Bookout to Amys Farm Eggs LLCCathie J. Holden and William N. Holden to Brenda Tubb and Scott Tubb; tract in the Ocela Barb surveyRobert Aaron Blackwell, independent executor for the Jack H. Schuster...
Health And Human Services Commission Expands Outpatient Competency Restoration Services In Texas
Texas Health and Human Services Commission news Release AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission announces $1 million in federal Mental Health Block Grant funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration to expand Outpatient Competency Restoration (OCR) services for Texans with mental health and substance use disorders living in mostly rural communities. “With these grant funds, we are improving...
CANHelp Plans Back to School Fair on July 30 at Civic Center; Families Can Sign Up Now
Shanna Martin, Executive Director of Hopkins County Community Action Network, encourages families to sign up if they want to receive back-to-school help for their students. If you are a low to moderate income family with children enrolled in a Hopkins County or Yantis school system, go ahead to the website canhelponline.org and fill out the forms to qualify to receive the backpack/school supply package per student. Shanna estimates...
Due To Rise In RSV Cases, Hospital Visitation Is Temporarily Limited
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News, July 1, 2021 CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. Submitted by Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Attention: Hospital visitors, families, guests Due to the recent rise in RSV (Respiratory...
Paxton Joins Multistate Coalition Demanding Protection Of The Right To Bear Arms
AG Press Release – July 1, 2021 AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate amicus brief demanding that the U.S. Supreme Court uphold Hawaiians’ Second Amendment rights to bear arms outside their homes. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton In a 2020 decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the State of Hawaii’s refusal to allow its citizens the right to carry firearms outside of their homes. But the Second...
SSISD Summer Food Service Free For Children Up To Age 18
The Summer Food Service is being offered through July 22 at the Barbara Bush Primary Campus at 390 North Hillcrest in Sulphur Springs. Breakfast and Lunch are prepared Mondays through Thursdays. Any child up to age 18 can come in and enjoy the nutritious meals at no charge and with no application or qualifying process. Breakfast is served 7:30-8:30am, and lunch is served from 10:45-12:30. No meals are served after 12:30pm. The Food...
Growing a Fall Garden, by Hopkins County Master Gardener Brenda Payne
By Brenda Payne Summer might be high season in the vegetable garden, when tomatoes, squash, and other warm-season plants are in overdrive, but autumn can be just as productive. If you begin planning and planting in late summer, you can extend your harvest of garden-fresh produce well into fall and even winter by growing cool-season crops. Many sweet root crops like beets and carrots as well as cabbage cousins like kale can continue...
30+ Attend 14th Annual Ken And Suzi Chapman Scholarship Weekend
By Jan Vaughn, Tira News Correspondent Ken and Suzi Chapman’s Scholarship Program recipients gathered in Tira this past weekend for their 14th Annual Scholarship Weekend. Thirty-plus young adults participated in the activities, which included card games, outdoor games, fishing and swimming. Ken reported, “Additionally, lots of pizza, chips, cookies and sandwiches were consumed, and Saturday evening the Scholars were...
Groundbreaking For New EMS Station-HCHD Headquarters Planned July 1
A groundbreaking ceremony planned at 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning, July 1, will signal the start of construction of a new EMS station and Hopkins County Hospital District headquarters. Planning for the new station has been in the planning stages for about a year and a half. The structure will be built at 114 Airport Road on property located across the street from CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs that is owned by the...
