Dairy Festival Udderances Announces Preparations for June: Hot Air Balloons, Parade, Queen Candidates
The Hopkins County Dairy Festival Board of Directors is beginning preparations for the 2018 Dairy Festival! We have already received lots of inquiries from interested participants – for the parade, the balloons, and of course, from candidates for the Coronation Pageant. The Festival dates are June 8 – June 16. This year’s theme is: “Party ‘Til The Cows Come Home!”. Our Board President, Carolyn McKinney, will host the opening...
Conliffe, Lil 4s Honored by GoFundMe to Celebrate Women’s History Month
by Heidi Hagberg with GoFundMe To celebrate Women’s History Month and everyday heroes, GoFundMe is honoring Letitia Conliffe as she has dedicated her life to helping the children in her hometown of Sulphur Springs. After enduring life on the streets as a single mother, she recognized the importance of paying it forward to help teens in her community who are facing similar hardships but have dreams to change their fate. Thirty...
Fall Festival Board Seeks Donations
Hopkins County Fall Festival enters its 49th year of providing a festival, county fair atmosphere honoring the traditions and providing new and exciting venues to celebrate the county and its heritage. As a non-profit board, the Fall Festival Board is asking for input and opinions as well as donations to provide an exciting festival for 2018. The cost of the traditional festival continues to increase each year and the board is seeking...
See “The Women of Lockerbie” at Main Street Theater March 16-25, 2018
The lives of the residents of Lockerbie, Scotland as well as individuals from around the world were forever altered by the in-flight breakup and crash of Pan Am Flight 103 in late 1988. All 243 passengers on the plane lost their lives due to the terrorist bombing, in addition to eleven residents of Lockerbie on the ground. Seven years later, the personal effects of these victims continue to be locked away in storage as evidence,...
Chamber Connection March 15, 2018
Chamber Connection-March 15th It’s filling up fast! The 29th Annual Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament will be held at the Sulphur Springs Country Club on Friday, April 13th. Just like last year, we will have morning and afternoon tee times. Please consider bringing a team and enjoying a very fun day of golf and prizes! We have limited availability, so let us know as soon as possible if interested. Teams are already signing up! ...
North Hopkins Defeat Sulphur Bluff 11-1
Three North Hopkins’ pitchers combined to a throw a no-hitter as the Panthers defeated the Sulphur Bluff Bears, 11-1 Tuesday. Wyatt Wharton threw three innings, Caleb Wyatt went 2 innings and Chase Williams pitched the final inning for North Hopkins. Wharton and Victor Rojo both drove in two runs. Rojo, Williams, and Branson Thomas all had two hits. North Hopkins scored in every inning with 2 in the first, 2 in the second, a run...
Lady Cats Softball Collect 13 Hits in Tuesday Win
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo said he was glad his team took care of business Tuesday afternoon to go 3-0 in district play. The Lady Cats defeated Pine Tree, 8-1 at Lady Cat Park. The Lady Cats scored in every inning except the sixth. Coach Carrillo said they collected 13 hits. Several players had two hits. He said he was frustrated by the runners left on base by Lady Cats’ batters. They stranded 10 base runners in the...
Wildcat Baseball Coach Pleased With Stadium and Team Play
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack said he couldn’t have asked for a better start to the district season or at a new field after his team defeated Pine Tree, 12-2 Tuesday night at sparkling, new Wildcat Park. The game was called with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning because of the ten-run rule. Coach Hammack said it was big for the Wildcats to put four runs on the new Wildcat Park scoreboard in the bottom of the...
Local Trustee Continues Participation in Leadership Program
Leesa Toliver, trustee from Sulphur Springs ISD joined 29 other school board members from across Texas February 28–March 3 at the third of five sessions of the Leadership TASB class of 2018. Selected by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), the group is participating in a yearlong education leadership study program. These trustees represent school districts of all sizes, with student populations of 158 to 98,688, and reflect...
