First Presbyterian Church Sign Being Installed
First Presbyterian Church should soon be able to list service information on the new church sign, which a crew was installing earlier today. New sign being installed at First Presbyterian Church on College Street The sign was donated to replace an old sign that was in such bad shape it had to be taken down. However, the church’s initial request to the city zoning board to put up the sign was denied. The sign required approval of...
Architect, Demolition Company Approved By Hospital District Board
Chapter 381 Tax Abatements Granted BY HCHD To Pine Forest, Dike solar farms Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors approved Chapter 381 Economic Development Tax Abatements for two solar farms, and selected an architectural firm for a new EMS headquarters/Hospital District Building and a company to demolish three houses on Airport Road. EMS/District Facility The requested information was posted seeking qualifications for...
Chamber Connection- February 27, 2020
By Lezley Brown, CEO/President, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Guess what time of the year it is? Oh yes! It’s Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament time! Letters have gone in the mail this week for the 31st Annual Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament. Save the Date for Friday, April 10th at Sulphur Springs Country Club, and let us know right away if you would like to have a team. It’s a wonderful tournament to be shared with friends...
Sulphur Springs Pair Accused Of Substance Charge Possession
February 26, 2020 – Sheriff’s officers stopped a Ford F150 around 6:30 p.m. Feb. 25 for running the red light at that Bill Bradford Road and Gilmer Street intersection. Officers ended up taking the Sulphur Springs man and woman in the truck to jail for controlled substance possession, according to arrest reports. Claston Wayne Bearden Hopkins County Sheriff’s Lt. Amanda Weatherford and Sgt. Scott Davis reported...
SSHS Theatre Students To Perform OAP ‘Emma’s Child’ On March 1
Sulphur Springs High School Theatre Department will offer local residents a sneak peak at the One Act Play the student will perform at competition on Tuesday. They will perform Kristine Thatcher’s OAP “Emma’s Child” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 1, in the Sulphur Springs High School Auditorium. In “Emma’s Child,” seniors Rachel Bramlett and Chase Berry portray Jean and Henry Farrell, who,...
Independent Sulphur Springs Team Places Second At Destination Imagination
An independent group of Sulphur Springs youth earned second place honors in the Destination Imagination contest held recently. While not officially an Sulphur Springs Independent School District team, all four students reportedly attend high school in SSISD. “These are high school kids who love DI so much that they formed their own team and their parents pay for it themselves,” reports SSMS teacher Brooke Howard. The team...
Hopkins County Teen Jailed For Allegedly Threatening Family Members With Knife
A Hopkins County teen allegedly threatened his family with a knife and ended up in jail on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge, according to sheriff’s reports. Brayden Lynn Brown Hopkins County sheriff’s dispatchers received a 911 call at 7:07 p.m. Feb. 25 in which a FM 1536 resident’s 18-year-old son was reported to be suicidal and to have run away. The 18-year-old was reported to have a knife while...
Cumby, Como-Pickton Students Earn Top Awards At NETLA Ag Mechanics Show
The NorthEast Texas Livestock Association Ag Mechanics Show featured 29 projects from six schools, some team and some individual projects. Cumby and Como-Pickton students went home with the top awards presented at Tuesday’s event. Grand Champion went to Cumby FFA members Fabian Camargo and Logan Miller for their hay bunker and Reserve Champion to Como-Pickton FFA members Jason Monk, Canyon Thomas and Braden Miller. Baylee Bowen,...