Sulphur Springs City/Mel Haven Cemetery Site of ‘Wreaths Across America’ Project Honoring Veterans
Over 100 persons gathered outside City Cemetery’s Myra Wilson Chapel on the morning of Saturday December 15, 2018 for the first local participation in the Wreaths Across America project. Following a brief ceremony, these participants helped place over 500 live fir wreaths upon the gravestones of military veterans in both the City and adjoining Mel Haven cemeteries. The wreaths, manufactured by the Worchester Wreath Company in...
Kids Kingdom Closed Tuesday for Maintenance/Sealant
Kid’s Kingdom will be closed Tuesday, December 18, 2018 as city crews perform maintenance and apply sealant .
City Council Emergency Meeting Closes Gilmer Street Between Main and Tomlinson
Following an emergency meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council Saturday morning at 9 a.m., the owner of the building at 200 Main Street is considering what to do about the side of the building fronting Gilmer Street. Thanks to a fire in the 1930’s that burned half through some of the wall joist and over the years the wall began buckling and cracking the building is now unstable. Although adjoined the separate building that houses...
Local Resident is First to Earn High School Diploma Through Program Offered by Sulphur Springs Public Library
Hope Cain, Sulphur Springs Librarian Raquesha Sneed is the first Sulphur Springs resident to earn her high school diploma through the Career Online High School program at Sulphur Springs Public Library. The library partnered with Gale, a leading provider of library resources anda Cengage company, in September 2017 to offer the innovative program in an effort to help the city’s 21% of adults who lack a high school diploma. “I feel so...
New CMO Dr. Martin Fielder is on OB/GYN Team at Trinity Clinic
CMO Dr. Martin Fielder, OB/GYN Dr. Martin Fielder brought a military medical background with him when he joined the Sulphur Springs medical community in 2013. Making the transition from serving at Bethesda Naval Hospital upon retirement from military service, he moved his family to Hopkins County, Texas. Since then, he has been part of the OB/GYN team at Trinity Clinic, and during 2018 was named to the administrative staff as Chief...
Bright Star Christian School Presents Band, Choir Christmas Concert Dec. 18
The Bright Star Christian School invites you to the annual Christmas Concert on Tuesday December 18, 2018 at 7pm in the sanctuary of Bright Star Baptist Church at Como, Texas on Hwy. 11 East. The 30-member concert band, under direction of Richard Shanks and Jeff Smith, as well as the 10-member chorus, directed by Krista Branch, have prepared a number of classic holiday compositions for the audience. An elementary program featuring...
Local Man Arrested on Possession, Intent to Deliver Charge
Knowing the driver of a vehicle at the corner of Locust and Houston Streets did not have a driver’s license, the Sulphur Springs Police Officer made a traffic stop. The driver Erick Jerome Sims, 40, of Sulphur Springs had in his possession 28-grams of suspected methamphetamine in a clear plastic baggie. Erick Jerome Sims Sims is back in Hopkins County Jail charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1...
Local Woman Arrested Following SCU Investigation
An investigation by the Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit led to obtaining a warrant and the arrest of Charla Nicole Tillery, 36, of Sulphur Springs. The arrest took place around 3:58 p.m. Thursday, December 13, 2018 in the 200 block of Locust Street. Tillery was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, less than 1-gram in a Drug Free Zone, a Felony 3. She is in Hopkins County Jail held on a $15,000...
