SSHS Theater Students To Perform Addams Family
Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Theatre Department will present “The Addams Family” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, and Monday, Nov. 4, with a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, Nov. 3. All performances will be in the SSHS Auditorium, at the Civic Center. Tickets will be $15 at the door.
Cummins, Bowen Recognized At National FFA Convention
Como-Pickton High School was well represented at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis this week, including two who received medals recognizing their achievements, according to CP reports. Presley Cummins earned a medal ranking for the dairy cattle handlers contest. Breanna Bowen, a 2018 CP graduate who started her second year at Tarleton State this fall, received a national finalist medal for placing in the top four dairy...
Nestlé Toll House Recalls Batches Of At least 2 Dozen Ready-to-bake Refrigerated Cookie Dough Products
November 1, 2019 – If you’re planning to make a few cookies from one of those pre-mixed tubs, bars or tubes, be sure it’s not one of the batches of ready-to-bake refrigerated Nestlé Toll House Cookie Dough that have been recalled due to the potential presence of food-grade rubber pieces. Certain batches of ready-to-bake refrigerated Nestlé Toll House Cookie Dough products are being recalled. Batch numbers are after...
Wildcats Football at Kaufman and Lady Cats Volleyball at Home on Game Day Friday
The Wildcats Football Team plays their next to last district game of the season on this game day Friday (November 1) and they are going to a place they may have never been to before, Kaufman’s Lions’ Stadium. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens remembers the stadium from his days playing there as Lindale’s head football coach. A journey back into Wildcats Football records as far as 1956 when Sulphur Springs went into...
Fruit Recalls: Season’s Choice, Raley’s Frozen Raspberries, Berry Mixes; North Bay Fresh Apples
November 1, 2019 – Anyone who’s purchased fresh apples or frozen raspberries or berry mixes recently will want to check their labels before eating or cooking with them. Recalls have been announced for fresh North Bay apples and Season’s Choice and Raley’s brand frozen raspberries and berry mixes due to possible health concerns. Fresh Apples North Bay Produce is recalling nearly 2,300 cases and 2 bulk bins of...
Meet CHRISTUS New ‘Family Practice Nurse Practitioner’ Lydia Amartey
The term ‘Nurse Practitioner’ may be rather new to some, but it’s the important title of a very important job in medicine today. Lydia Amartey is one of six Family Practice Nurse Practitioners now on staff in the clinics of CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. The term refers to ‘a nurse who is qualified to treat certain medical conditions without the direct supervision of a doctor’. We...
“Blue Santa” Season: Give Christmas Toys for Needy Children of Hopkins County
The Hopkins County Blue Santa program got underway this week, making an early start toward the needs of the needy this Christmas. Toys are collected from the blue barrels stationed in several local shopping and business areas, in addition to the toys and bicycles collected during the Toy Drive on December 2 and 3 at Lowes parking lot. This program helps supplement toys for some children of Hopkins County who may not have a bright...
Honor Flight Send Off Held For 4 Area Veterans Oct. 31
Honor Flight Sendoff Oct. 31, 2019, at Hopkins County Courthouse Community members and veterans filled the second floor courtroom at Hopkins County Courthouse Thursday to recognize Rick Flanary and Jerry Hanna of Sulphur Springs, Earl Stubblefield of Bogata and Marvin Cherney of Mineola who have been selected to participate in DFW Veterans Honor Flight. Hopkins County showed appreciation for their service with a send-off event...
Winter Is A Wonderful Time To Plant Trees, Shrubs
Dr. Mario Villarino By Dr. Mario Villarino, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent, Ag./NR As I was writing this piece, the temperatures overnight dropped below freezing levels. I wonder what happen to our fall? All I can remember was two weeks of mild temperatures this year. According to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, from a gardening perspective, the end of the year can seem to be relatively mundane. With the hustle and bustle of the...
All Hopkins County Veterans Are Invited To SSHS Veterans Day Celebration On Nov. 11
Sulphur Spring High School will have a special Veterans Day program to honor our past and present military. “We are inviting all Hopkins County veterans, current service members, and their spouses for a reception followed by a patriotic program,” said Rusty Harden, Sulphur Springs Independent School District assistant superintendent. A reception will begin at 12 noon in the SSHS Library. The program will follow at 1 p.m....
