Executive Session, Annexation, Parking, Watercraft Exhibition Top Council Agenda
Sulphur Springs City Council has two sessions scheduled Tuesday evening: a special executive session at 6 p.m. followed at 7 p.m. by the regular monthly council meeting. The executive session is being held for “personnel matters specifically relating to the City Manager.” The agenda cites Texas Government Code Title 5, Chapter 551.074, is slated to discuss is to specifically relate to personnel matters regarding the city...
Hopkins County EMS: Ambulance, Vehicle Collision On Hillcrest Drive Resulted In No Serious Injuries
Hopkins County Emergency Medical Services ambulances An ambulance and another vehicle collided Saturday afternoon on Hillcrest Drive. No one sustained serious injuries as a result of the crash, according to Hopkins County Director of EMS Brent Smith. The mobile intensive care ambulance unit reportedly had a patient on board and was headed to CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs when the crash occurred at the intersection...
Holiday Shop-at-Home Gets Boost by Vendors on Dec. 7 "Christmas Market on Main"
Marlene DeYong and Katie Moss Steelman are Main Street business owners. They both own and operate retail clothing shops in downtown Sulphur Springs, and they both employ practical and innovative ways to reach the shopping public, echoing the same message, “shop and spend with your local merchants in your home town!” Both Marlene’s Sass and Class and Simply Spoiled carry a broad inventory of ladies and...
Veterans Voices Program Reminds of Dec. 7 'National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day'
Tommy Allison, host of KSST’s ‘Veterans Voices’ weekly radio program, reminded his Monday morning listeners of the importance of December 7 in our national’s history. He related how on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service attacked Naval Station Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii Territory, without warning and without a declaration of war, killing 2,403 Americans, and...
Woman Accused Of Trying To Hide Methamphetamine Pipe During Traffic Stop
Rachelle Ford Madison A 51-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was arrested early Sunday morning by police for allegedly trying to hide a methamphetamine pipe from police during a traffic stop. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Zach Brown stopped a Nissan Altima at 1:23 a.m. December 1st in the 700 block of Freeman Street for an equipment violation. The driver, identified in reports as Rachelle Denise Ford Madison, exited the car upon...
Kentucky Man Arrested On Controlled Substance Charge Following I-30 Stop
Derek Brian Wilson A 33-year-old Keavy, Kentucky man was arrested on a second-degree felony controlled substance charge following a routine traffic stop. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cleve Williams conducted a traffic stop on a Pontiac G6 at 9:34 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, on Interstate 30 east at mile marker 137. During the course of the traffic stop, Williams reported finding 8 grams of methamphetamine in Derek Brian Wilson’s...
Main Street Theater Will Present "A Christmas Carol-Adapted for Radio-on-Stage"
Enjoy live community theater at Main Street Theater downtown Sulphur Springs This holiday season, the Sulphur Springs Community Players will close the 2019 season with “A Christmas Carol: Radio-on-Stage” on the Main Street Theater stage. The classic work was adapted for radio-on-stage by Anthony Palmero. The work of this Audie-award winning radio dramatist, performer and educator features live performers voicing scripts...
Meal A Day Menu for Dec. 2-6, 2019
Monday – Beef spaghetti, English peas and garlic toast Tuesday – Rope sausage, sauerkraut, black-eyed peas and cornbread Wednesday – Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans and roll Thursday – Chicken and dumplings, crackers and tossed salad Friday – Apricot glazed chicken breast, rice, Malibu vegetables and broccoli
County Personnel Policies Regarding CDLs, Travel, Longevity and Holiday Pay
Hopkins County Commissioners Court County employees will want to note of at least six personnel policy changes Hopkins County Commissioners Court approved earlier in the week. Adopted were amended, update or new policies regarding commercial driver’s license and certification pay, holiday and longevity pay, uniform budgets, health incentive programs, and mileage and traveling. “There’s a number of changes, some are...
