Saturday’s Parade, Junior Dairy Show Successes for 2023 Hopkins County Dairy Festival
Festival Heats Up Saturday With Hot Air Balloon Rally & Glow, Milking Contest The 2023 Hopkins County Dairy Festival Parade was a huge hit, the Junior Dairy Show a great success and the milking contest included a few surprises. The second day of Hopkins County Dairy Festival dawned somewhat eerily, with lots of color, and black and white cows and ice cream décor galore. As the parade progressed though, darker clouds encompassed...
Lil 4’s Club Summer Lunch Giveaway
June 9, 2023 – The Lil 4s Club has been passing out lunch bags to kids this summer. They are currently looking for sponsors to help with chips, lunch meat, snacks, juice and anything that will go into brown bags. The Lil 4’s Club is a non-profit after-school organization that serves children ages 2-18. The President of Lil 4’s is Letitia Conliffe and Vice President is Sandra Cummings, both of Sulphur Springs. Kids gather...
Putt Putt And Pies With Pops
June 9, 2023- Putt Putt and Pies with Pops, an event hosted by Family First Home Health And Hospice, will be held at the Sulphur Springs Senior Center on Monday. Bring dad, grandpa, and kids and grandkids for games, pies and coffee and even win some prizes! Lets celebrate all the dads! Held on Monday, June 12 at 11am. Located at 150 Martin Luther King Jr Dr.
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Welcomes Father Justin Wylie
June 9, 2023- CHRISTUS Mother Frances invites you to meet and greet Father Justin Wylie. Father Wylie is the new Pastoral/Spiritual Care Program Manager. This is a come and go event, and refreshments will be served for all those who are to attend. The event will be held Tuesday, June 13 from 4-6pm at CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Medical Plaza 113 Airport Rd.
Texas Tarantula Season Has Begun
June 8, 2023- Every summer, thousands of tarantulas wander across Texas in what is now known as an annual tarantula “migration.” Beginnining in May and lasting through July, the large arachnids, mostly males, actively search for female to mate with. “One of the most spectacular spider events in Texas occurs for a few weeks each summer when male tarantulas actively wander apparently seeking females,” a...
New Opportunity To Win A Designer Handbag
Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation and Jordan’s Place Pediatrics, PA are providing an additional opportunity to win a handbag this year at Designer Handbag Bingo. Tickets for the raffle of a mystery designer bag are being sold for $20 each. Only 350 tickets will be sold. The bag will be valued at approximately $2,000. “So many people have wanted to attend this event and there is just no room to...
Hopkins County United Way Newest Board Members and 2023-2024 Board President
June 7, 2023- Hopkins County United Way introduced their newest board members during their meeting Wednesday. The new members are as follows: Jessica McInnis, KK McKenzie, Chelsea Mayes and Lyndsay Palmer. Also during this meeting it was announced that the serving board president will be Emily Glass, serving 2023 through 2024. Campaign Co-Chairs for this year’s campaign are Jessica McInnis and KK McKenzie. Members of the Budget...
Sulphur Springs City Council Swears In New Member, John Sellers Reselected As Mayor
June 7, 2023- The Sulphur Springs City Council, during Tuesday’s meeting, has sworn in new member Tyler Law to position 6 as well as swearing in John Sellers to his position 7 for which he was reeelected. Both Law and Sellers then took their places on the council for the June regular meeting. Tyler Law Being Sworn In John Sellers Being Sworn In Also during this month’s meeting, council members voted on nominating a new...
Chamber Connection – June 7 By Butch Burney
Join us for a fun and interactive Business After Hours this month at Northeast Texas Gellyball from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, June 15. NET Gellyball has not only the paintball-type game but also axe-throwing and other fun activities. Business After Hours is a great way to interact and network with other business professionals and members of the community. You don’t have to be a Chamber member to attend and there is no cost. NET...
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital News Release 6/5/2023
Sulphur Springs, Texas, June 5, 2023 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. June is Men’s Health Month- Make Prevention a Priority With June being National Men’s Health Month, this is a good reminder for men to schedule their “tune-up”. A routine physical is a great place to start. Many health conditions can be detected early with regular checkups and...
