Fall Color Abounds at Cooper Lake State Park’s Forests, Prairies, Lakeside
Experience Fall’s Coolness and Color at Cooper Lake State Park! Season’s change brings an energizing change in color! Cooper, TX— Midfall is a most special time of year here in Northeast Texas with leaf color peaking with reds, yellows, and oranges aglow. This year the leaf change is a little ahead of the 2019 season. With cool nights, sunny warm days, moderate rainfall, and a little luck, we should have outstanding...
Trading Post for October 26, 2020
Used furniture priced to sell ASAP. Cash only. Dining table w/4 chairs, China Cabinet, Sofa, Dresser w/mirror, Headboard, Chest, Dresser w/mirror, Refrigerator, Electric Clothes Dryer. Located on McGrede Drive in Sulphur Springs. Call 817-941-5829 leave message if no answer. Will haul off small brush and cut down small tress. Free estimate 903 348 6058 For Sale: Massey Ferguson front end loader and a box blade, $4500. Call 903 488...
Meal A Day Earns Award for Excellence During COVID 19
Getting food, resources and basic services to shut-ins has been a challenge for everyone during the past six months since COVID-19 struck. On October 22, 2020, the North Texas Food Bank recognized the Meal A Day of Sulphur Springs with an Award of Excellence, in appreciation for the excellence in service demonstrated through it’s COVID-19 response. Meal a Day was recognized on October 22, 2020 Karon Weatherman, Director of the...
Last Call for Pecans! Sr’s Fundraiser Sale Ends Wed. October 28, Delivery Nov. 2
Karon Weatherman knows there are some great cooks in Hopkins County who like to make sure they have enough pecans stored for winter baking! A few weeks ago, local resident Susan Vaughn organized the 2020 Fundraising Pecan Sale to help add to the Sr. Center’s funds for furnishings for the new building, and the deadline is nearing. Then pecans are plump, large and delicious! This is how the fundraiser works. Let Susan Vaughn know...
HC Genealogical Society ‘Cemetery Walk’ Fundraising Event Will Feature History Tour on Sunday November 1
A number of influential former citizens of Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County will be enacted by members of the Hopkins County Genealogical Society on Sunday November 1, 2020 in Sulphur Springs City Cemetery. The walk-through event will be held from 2-4pm. Cost is $10 per person to take the historic tour guided by historian John Sellers. Among those whom you will meet are a doctor, a confederate soldier and mothers and wives whose...
Oct. 26–30 Meal A Day Menu
Although the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center remains closed due to COVID-19, volunteers continue to work five days a week preparing and delivering meals to shut-in elderly in the community. The Oct. 26-30 Meal A Day Menu includes: Monday — Smothered Beef Patties, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans and Roll Tuesday — Chicken and Dressing Casserole, Cranberry Sauce, Candied Carrots, Winter Blend Vegetables and...
Hohenberger, Brantley, Juarez Receive Top Hopkins County Stew Contest Awards
Top honors at the 2020 Hopkins County Stew Contest went to super cooks LaWanna Hohenberger and Broc Hohenberger and Richard Brantley and Ashley Brantley. Wade Juarez captured the John Chester Campsite award. Despite COVID-19 restrictions on the gathering, cooks turned out for a fun time. Even the weather cooperated. Friday’s storm and weather front dropped temperatures to the perfect stew weather on Saturday. First place Beef...
Paris District Road Report for the Week of October 26, 2020
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district during the week of Oct. 26, 2020. 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 as...
Tire Town’s Mike Gilmer Featured in Radio Ink Magazine As Longtime Local Radio Advertiser on KSST
Mike Gilmer, owner of the Sulphur Springs ‘Tire Town’ discusses the role that local radio plays in his business in a full-page feature in the October 2020 issue of Radio ink magazine. Gilmer has been successfully reaching customers who are ‘local radio listeners’ to KSST for nearly 40 years. Radio Ink is a radio broadcasting industry trade magazine owned by Streamline Publishing. Radio Ink serves the management...
Hopkins County Records – Oct. 23, 2020
Applications for Marriage Licenses Vivek Nirajbhai Shukla and Dana Leann DunnJoseph Edwin Moore and Jamie Diane LandKeaston Shane Fanligan and Alisha Diamond GainesWilliam Parker Preston and Emily Michelle TamezTimothy Glen Peeples and Dana Marie GilbreathShawn Wesley Green and Rebecca Mae KendleLawson Bonnette and Annie Rhea Johnston Record books Land Deed Transactions Joseph Lozak to Yvonna Goldsmith; tract in the Richard Moore...
