“Battle of the Badges” Blood Drive This Saturday in SS
First responders know how important it is to have a safe and abundant community blood supply. Carter Bloodcare is bringing a mobile unit to Sulphur Springs, Texas to be placed on the Jay Hodge Chevrolet lot on Saturday June 16, 2018 from 8am til 3pm. Members of law enforcement, fire and emergency teams will enter into friendly competition for the most donations of “the gift of life”, and invite the public to get involved. ...
Queen Jaci Plans College, Career Onstage in Musical Theater, Business
She’s loved singing, dancing and acting all her life. Her first big break to fame was a local one, as the 58th Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen, crowned in 2017. Jaci has absolutely loved the role, and hopes that the new Dairy Festival Queen will have as much enrichment and enjoyment wearing the crown as she has. Now, Jaci plans to take her singing, dancing and acting skills to school at the University of Central Oklahoma,...
SCU Serves Warrant Following Meth Purchase
During an investigation, Special Crimes Unit purchased Methamphetamine from Danny Joe Woodard, 31, of Sulphur Springs. A warrant was obtained and Woodard is now in Hopkins County Jail charged with Manufacture Delivery Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 less than 1-gram, a State Jail Felony. His numerous arrests for illegal substances began in 2004 in Hopkins County. An attempt to serve the felony arrest warrant began when SCU and...
Accident Closes Highway 19N near FM 1537 Just Days Before 19N Coalition Forms
Traffic was routed around an accident Thursday morning on State Highway 19N near FM 1537. Northbound traffic on 19N was routed to the Mahoney cut-off. Two vehicles were involved in the accident that closed Highway 19 near the intersection. Currently, residents in northern Hopkins County that often travel State Highway 19N are forming a coalition to seek more immediate changes to the roadway that combines both State Highway 19 and...
Video Presentation: Preview of Benefit Album Set for Caps and Flasks; Pullen, Cortez Present Ajaneece Johnson
A preview of an album being produced by a Sulphur Springs High School graduate, Santiago Cortez, will be presented at Caps and Flasks Friday, June 15, 2018, 9 p.m. until midnight. When the album of Cortez original music is produced, one half of the proceeds will be given to needy families in Sulphur Springs. Tristan Pullen, also a SSHS grad and well known local actor/director, says Ajaneece Johnson, who began her career as a...
Tira News for June 15th, 2018
By Jan Vaughn Joyce Dodd would like to let everyone know about a Bible study at the Tira United Methodist Church every other Tuesday at 1:00, taught by Beth Hargrave. She says, “Bring your Bible and study with us on June 26th”. Tonja Dodd Jones and Jerry Lucas were married on Sunday, June 10, 2018, at the Sulphur Bluff Assembly of God church. The couple will be living in Tira, after a short wedding trip. Tonja is the daughter of...
Nitrate and Prussic Acid Management By Mario Villarino
The One Health concept is a strategy for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of health care for humans, animals and the environment. To promote improvement in community health, The Hopkins County Leadership Advisory Board is sponsoring a two series event (July 6 and 13) at 6:30 PM at the Hopkins County Extension Office with the idea of conducting an open discussion related to pet and human...
JB Weld Breaks Ground for New Facility
An official ground breaking for a $7-million-plus, 78,000 square feet facility to house JB Weld on CMH Road in Sulphur Springs attracted the presence of JB Weld employs, leadership, city council, and members of the Economic Development Corporation. Chip Hanson, JB Weld Executive, said the expansion will enable greater efficiency for the company. Although others cities were attractive to relocating the local JB Weld facility, Hanson...
