Cumby Trojans Robotics Team Hosts State, National VEX Qualifying Event
Coach Lee Gifford looks on as Ken Chapin and Kadden Cota prepare for competition On Saturday January 26, 2019 the World Champ Cumby ISD Robotics team will host a qualifying event for other Texas high school teams. About 20 teams from nearby and across the state who compete in the VEX Robotic Program competitions will arrive at Cumby High School for the day-long qualifier. Matches will begin at 9am, and spectators are welcome to attend...
PJC-Sulphur Springs Welding Behind the Mask
BEHIND MASK Working behind the welding mask is Martin “Bull” Bullington of Neylandville. Martin is a second semester pipe welding student in the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center welding program.
Kid’s Trout Fishing Day Set for Saturday, February 2, 2019
On Saturday February 2nd, 2019, at Sulphur Springs City Park Pond (Peavine Pinion Pool located behind the Civic Center) will be the site of the Larry Buster Memorial Sulphur Springs Kids’ Trout Fishing Day. The event, which is sponsored by the National Wild Turkey Federation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Inland Fisheries Division, the City of Sulphur Springs, local merchants, civic organizations and many individual contributors,...
Chamber Connection January 24, 2019
The Chamber has moved to its temporary location as of Friday, January 18th. Our new location is 128-A Jefferson Street which is a bit misleading. If you are looking for us, we are in the small building across from First Baptist Church and next to First Presbyterian Church off College Street. Come by and see us anytime!! We hope to be in our permanent location on the South side of the square by May. Big...
No Coal Ash Buried or Deposited in Lakes at Thermo Mine
Although a local newspaper said property being donated to the City of Sulphur Springs could threaten groundwater in the area due to coal ash dumps, City Manager Marc Maxwell has been assured by Luminant Mining that there are no dumps at the Thermo Mine site. He also notes that the dumpsites for the coal ash are downstream from Hopkins County. All coal mined at the Thermo site was transported to Monticello power plant southwest of Mt...
New Telemedicine Specialties Available at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs
Holly Ragan, who is Senior Market Development Director at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital, announces three new specialties now available through Telemedicine visits at the Sulphur Springs hospital. Persons who are under care for Pulmonology, Neurology and Psychiatry can receive a continuum of care and no longer have to travel out of town for follow-up care. Through Telemedicine visits, these patients can be “seen” by...
Local Woman Arrested for Possession and Sale of Meth
Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit began an investigation into the possession and sales of methamphetamine by Loreen Leann Deleon, 25, of Sulphur Springs. As a result of the investigation, Deleon was arrested on two warrants for Manufacture Delivery Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 more than 4-grams but less than 200-grams. Deleon is in Hopkins County Jail held on bonds totaling $200,000.
Merle Norman Spa Opens With Ribbon Cutting
Owner Gay Bailey cuts the ribbon Gay Bailey is the Beauty Consultant at the Merle Norman Studio, downtown Sulphur Springs. She is happy to be adding a Facial Spa to her cosmetics and hair studio. The spa room was added during late 2018 and will expand the beauty services already being offered at the 212 North Davis Street salon. On January 22, 2-19 the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce grandly opened the facility with a ribbon...
Local Book Club Attends the annual "Girlfriends Weekend" Authors Conference
Bright Star Literary Society President Sharon Feldt and a group of local members met book authors from around the nation at the 20th annual Pulpwood Queen International Book Club Convention at Jefferson, Texas on January 17-19, 2019. Over 100 women gathered for the 3-day conference at the Jefferson Civic Center in the heart of historic downtown to mingle with the authors, hear them in discussion panels and purchase autographed copies...
