RSVP 12th Annual Hopkins County Recognition Banquet
Volunteer of the Year and Station of the Year were named at the RSVP 12th Annual Hopkins County Recognition Banquet Thursday afternoon, June 16th at New Beginnings Fellowship Church in Sulphur Springs. Roughly 80 to 100 people attended, and the Banquet was catered by Murray’s BBQ. Tim Walsworth was master of Ceremonies. RSVP Director Kelly Hamill lead the Recognition of Guests and introduced Musician and Singer Enola Gay...
Girls Basketball Camp Registration Open
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Jeff Chapman will have his girls basketball camp next week, June 20-24. It will take place in the main high school gym Monday through Thursday. The camp for girls who will be entering the fourth through the ninth grades will take place from 9 a.m. until noon each day. Cost to attend is $40. Coach Chapman’s assistant coaches, Ashton Wells and Kevin Tanton, will be on hand to help at the camp....
DWI, PI, and Mischief Increase in Summer; Consequences Remain; Man Arrested for Felony 3 DWI
Public intoxication and drinking and driving are a bad mix and the mix has increased in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County in the past few weeks according to offenses filed, arrests made, and the incarceration of several at the Hopkins County Jail. Among those charged with a 3rd degree felony, DWI 3rd Offense or More is Weldon David Jordan, 33. Sheriff-Elect Lewis Tatum and Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders point to summer...
Tira News
By Jan Vaughn The annual Tira Homecoming and Cemetery Association Meeting is coming up on Sunday, July 3rd. The program and business meeting will begin in the Tira Methodist Church at 11:00, followed by a covered-dish lunch at the picnic tables on the grounds. Last year, Larry Fitzgerald volunteered to serve as the Program Chairman, but he has since taken the position of Music Director of First Baptist Church in Somerville, so he and...
PJC Atheletic Director and Baseball Coach Becomes AD at New Mexico Junior College
After two decades at Paris Junior College, baseball coach and athletic director Deron Clark contemplates his next step. He has accepted the position of Athletic Director for New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs, N.M. “It’s a combination of excited and sad,” said Clark. “It’s a strange emotion. My wife and I are both looking forward to the change and the new environment but at the same time we’re...
Technological Advances To Be Made At SSHS
The Sulphur Springs High School campus is implementing the 1:1 Tablet Program next school year. Next school year is being described as the “year of zero” by some staff due to all the new learning techniques and advances being made. Each student will receive a tablet, making the ratio 1:1. The tablets will be used to take notes in class, stay organized, complete assignments, and learn interactively. Only one in six students...
Tesla Charging Station Nears Completion
The Tesla charging station is the world’s fastest charging station. These charging stations charge Model X and the Model S in minutes instead of hours. Tesla is a American automotive and energy storage company that designs, manufactures, and sells electric cars, electric vehicle power train components and battery products. The Model S is a fully luxury Sedan which was followed by the model X, a crossover. The station only takes...
Wildcats 7 on 7 in State Qualifier Friday
The Wildcats 7 on 7 football team will participate in its’ only state qualifier tournament of the season Friday at Rowlett High School. As of Thursday morning, Wildcats Offensive Coordinator Matt Young said he still had not been notified of the opponents the Wildcats will play in pool competition. All competition will be Class 6A and Class 5A and Coach Young said they would be the stiffest competition the 7 on 7 team had played...
Community Juneteenth Celebration
Saturday, June 18th, at Pacific Park in Sulphur Springs the community will be celebrating Juneteenth. The celebration will begin at 10:30 am and conclude at sundown. Juneteenth was born June 19, 1863 when General Gordon Granger and troops arrived in Galveston, Tx with the delayed news that slaves had already been freed by the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln two and a half years earlier on...
