Another ‘Quiet Community’ Fights Back Against Data Center
May 12, 2026 – RED OAK, Texas — Tensions ran high Tuesday night in Red Oak as residents packed a City Council meeting to voice opposition to a proposed 800-acre data center development planned for agricultural land near local schools. The turnout was so large that the meeting room, with a capacity of 136, quickly filled, leaving dozens waiting outside. The proposal, which would require rezoning farmland for industrial use, has...
Natalie Pyle Hammer
February 21, 1938 — May 10, 2026 Sulphur Springs Natalie Pyle Hammer, age 88, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, passed away at Christus Mother Frances on Sunday, May 10, 2026. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Full obituary to come. With our condolences.
Patsy Ruth (Morgan) Gibson
Graveside funeral services for Patsy Ruth Gibson age, 96, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 pm Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the Restlawn Cemetery with Rev. Jeff Cravens officiating. Mrs. Gibson passed away on Monday, May 11, 2026, at the Wesely House Manor with her family at her side. She was born on October 5, 1929, in the Star Ridge community of Hopkins County the daughter Wiley and Sallie Craig Morgan. She...
Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act of 2026 – What Side Are You On?
May 11, 2026 -Washington, D.C. — May 2026 — A newly introduced bipartisan bill known as the Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act of 2026 is drawing attention in Congress and online for its unusually specific focus: allowing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to purchase hot, prepared rotisserie chicken using benefits. The legislation would carve out a narrow exception to existing SNAP rules, which generally...
Janice Helen Andrews
Janice Helen Andrews, age 89, of Mount Vernon, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 8, 2026, in Sulphur Springs. Janice was born on June 26, 1936, in Haddon Heights, New Jersey, to Buell E. Clatworthy and Ida Beatrice (Miller) Clatworthy. On January 18, 1957, she married the love of her life, Joe D. Andrews. Together, they shared 65 years of marriage and a lifetime of devotion that began in their teenage years. Janice...
Wayne White
Wayne White, 67, of Sulphur Spring, Texas passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2026. Visitation with the family will be from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at West Oaks Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 AM on Thursday, May 14, 2026 in Restlawn Memorial Park in Sulphur Springs.
Next Hopkins County Genealogical Society Monthly Meeting to be Held May 21st
May 10, 2026 – You are cordially invited to attend a presentation by John A. Sellers on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting is free and open to the public, and we encourage you to bring a guest. We will meet in person at 611 N. Davis, Sulphur Springs, TX, or you may join us virtually via Zoom using the link provided below: You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: May 21, 2026 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)...
The CRCG Student Art Contest and Mental Health Resource Fair was Held May 7th
May 10, 2026 – In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Hopkins County Community Resource Coordination Group, in partnership with local schools and community organizations, held a Student Art Contest and Mental Health Resource Fair May 7th, 2026, at the ROC in Sulphur Springs, Texas. All Hopkins County students in grades 6 through 12 were welcome to participate. Below is KSST/Cable Channel 18’s coverage of this...
A Message of Inspiration From the Author of Living Loved, May 10, 2026
MOMMAS, THERE IS A BEAST OUT FOR YOU!! Bear with me, it’s long, but I pray it will be worth it. A story from when I was a young momma. There I was, walking into Walmart with a young child in tow, ragged and dirty from camping, and a baby in the bottom of my cart in one of those carrier things. I hadn’t had a baby in tow in a long time, and especially not one that wasn’t mine. Moving on. So...
Josh “Joshy Boy” Foster
June 10, 1987 — May 8, 2026 Mesquite Funeral service for Josh “Joshy Boy” Foster, age 38, of Mesquite, Texas, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Interment will follow at Caney Cemetery in Pickton, Texas. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 11, 2026, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mr. Foster passed away in his home on Friday, May 8,...
