Mini-Walk # 2 Held at Wesley House/Wesley Oaks for Terrific Tuesdays Program
Group of attendees of Wesley House/Wesley Oaks Mini-Walk Walk # 2 in the series of seven local mini-walks was held at Wesley House Assisted Living/Wesley Oaks Memory Care. Residents and their families participated alongside local health care workers and members of the facility staff. Walkers can receive a yellow Terrific Tuesdays T-shirt for $20, which goes to the Terrific Tuesdays Cargiver Respite Program. Terrific Tuesdays is held...
United We Serve…2018 United Way Campaign Is Underway With a Goal of $165,000
Mike Jumper is 2018 United Way Campaign Chairman The Hopkins County United Way is 63 years old, successfully continuing to serve Hopkins County people in major ways with a simple concept: gathering and distributing funds to local charitible organizations so that the services these organizations offer can remain available to everyone in the community who need the services. Alliance Bank Sr. VP Mike Jumper, the 2018/2019 Campaign...
Let the ‘Mini-Walks’ Begin…Fundraising Fun for Terrific Tuesdays Program
Attendees of the first of seven Mini-Walks A series of seven Alzheimers “Mini-Walks” are planned through the remainder of September 2018 as a benefit fundraiser for the Terrific Tuesdays respite program in Sulphur Springs, Texas. The first walk was held at the weekly Terrific Tuesdays Club meeting at First United Methodist Church. Fun and friends are always part of Terrific Tuesdays, and the dress-up event during the walk...
Chamber Connection September 20, 2018
The deadline has come and gone for last year’s cooks to keep their stew site, but we have a few sites left in the 49th Annual Stew Cook-off. The absolute deadline for entry into the contest is Friday, October 5th at 5:00 p.m. All cooks signed up for the 49th Annual Stew Cook-off will need to attend the cooks come-and-go reception on Tuesday, October 16th at 6 p.m. at the Southwest Dairy Museum. Cooks will receive their grocery...
Significant Weather Advisory Wednesday Night Until 11:15 p.m.
Significant weather advisory for Western Hopkins County and Northeastern Rains County until 11:15 p.m. Wednesday night has been issued by the National Weather Service. At 10:28 p.m. Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorms 9 iles northeast of Emory and 13 miles south of Sulphur Springs moving northeast at 20 miles per hour. Winds in excess of 40 mph possible in the storm. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with...
Local Man Arrested for Aggravated Assault
Mugshot September 19th Arrest -September 19th, 2018 Arrest Story-She said Stephen Roy Wyatt, 60, of Sulphur Springs, hit her in the head with the bottom of a pistol and chased her around with the gun. He was arrested for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. During the investigation at the scene, Wyatt told Sulphur Springs Police that he wanted to commit suicide. He was transported to the local hospital by EMS while in police...
Como-Pickton FFA, Jr. FFA Students Win at 4-States Fair
From a report from Como-Pickton ISD Ag teacher Michael Bowen: Several of the 200 students in FFA and Jr. FFA programs at Como-Pickton ISD showed livestock projects at the 4-States Fair in Texarkana, Arkansas last weekend, and brought home honors! Later in September, the Dairy Cattle team will head to the East Texas Livestock Show. Sudents showing Dairy Cattle will be Senior Miss Presley Cummings, Alex Holcomb, Miss Baylee Bowen,...
PJC-Sulphur Springs Music Appreciation
THE BAND PLAYS ONMusic Appreciation Instructor Richard Shanks, right, gets to do a little impromptu directing during a recent class when several students picked picked up instruments to see how they feel. Students from left with instruments are Russell Edwards, Arturo Hernandez, Justus Kelly, Katelynn Fryer and Emma Hampton.
Fall Carnival at Sunny Springs Nursing and Rehab
A Fall Carnival to benefit the residents’ activity fund is planned at Sunny Springs Nursing and Rehab at 1200 North Jackson Street in Sulphur Springs, Texas. The Carnival will be held on Thursday September 20, 2018 from 6-9pm with games, food, fun and prizes. Tickets for games and activities are $1 each.
