Hospital District Board To Consider Tax Rate And Budget At 6 p.m. Meeting Sept. 20, 2022
Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors are scheduled to meet at tonight to review and consider approving the budget, capital items for and set a tax rate for the fiscal year 2022-2023 which will end on Sept. 30, 2023. Proposed Tax Rate During the regular Aug. 25, 2022, HCHD Board meeting the directors recommended a tax rate for the that is roughly 2.5 cents less than the current tax rate. The hospital district’s tax...
Sulphur Springs Emergency Sirens Will Be Tested September 20
9/20/2022 – Emergency sirens will be tested in Sulphur Springs at noon today by the Sulphur Springs Emergency Management Office. The test is to gauge the reliability of the emergency warning system and is conducted to find any potential flaws in the system so they can be corrected prior to a real emergency situation. The sirens could be sounded not only for weather warnings such as tornados, which are the most common...
Pair Caught In Hopkins County With Property Stolen During Cass County Home Burglary
A pair was caught in Hopkins County early Tuesday morning with property stolen during a Cass County home burglary Saturday night, according to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Justin Wilkerson and Joshua Davis, and Sgt. Scott Davis recovered the following items, reported stolen during a Saturday night home burglary in Cass County. HCSO Deputies reported stopping a white vehicle being...
Volleyball Hosts Final Game Tuesday Prior to District Season
Coach Bailey Dorner’s team picked up another win Friday, Sept. 16. Sulphur Springs travelled to Clarksville Friday hoping to get back in the win column. They did just that, sweeping the Lady Tigers on their home court 3-0. The win Friday on the road gives volleyball a 13-12 season mark. Next up, they return home in their final game prior to beginning their district season. Tuesday, Sept. 20 has Sulphur Springs hosting PTAA in...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed After Leading Cumby Police On High Speed Chase Along I-30
A 24-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed Saturday evening after leading Cumby Police on a high speed chase along I-30 east, according to arrest reports. No HCSO jail photo available at 6 p.m. Sept. 19, 2022, for Jerry Wayne Hill III Cumby Police Officer Justin Talley was alerted by dispatchers of a report received at 8:04 p.m. Sept. 17, 2022, of a white Chevrolet car traveling east on I-30 near the 109 mile marker at a high rate...
Local Men Jailed On Insurance Fraud Charge
September 19, 2022 – Two local men were jailed on an insurance fraud charge each over the weekend. Each is are accused of involvement in a scheme in which a $115,000 pickup was reported stolen and burned; a third man has also been implicated in connection with the July case, according to sheriff’s investigators. Jerry Wayne Hill Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Dennis Findley said the case has been...
Wildcat Football Blows By Van Alstyne, Hosts Homecoming Game Friday
Sulphur Springs Friday picked up their first wire-to-wire win, beating the Panthers by 30 en route to their first road win on the season. The Wildcat defense forced several stops throughout the game, the offense scored early and often, and special teams routinely set up the offense for success with great field position. Flipping the script from their previous game, in Hallsville, the Wildcats jumped out to a commanding 21 point lead...
Team Tennis Starts District Season 1-0, Continues Home Stand Tuesday
Team tennis continues a lengthy home-stand en route to playoff season. In their first home contest of four straight, Coach Martinez and his squad took care of business. On Tuesday, Sept. 13 Sulphur Springs hosted Atlanta to begin district play. Missing two top players in Ian Westland and Trinity Luckett is never ideal for a squad. Even so, Sulphur Springs did not miss a beat, easily handling Atlanta 10-2 to start district play 1-0....
Three Hopkins County Veterans are Going on the Dallas DFW Honor Flight to Washington DC
We have 3 Veterans who are going on the Dallas DFW Honor Flight to Washington DC from Hopkins County . These men and women will visit the memorials and have a banquet in their honor. There will be about 50 Veterans on this flight. They are being honored with a send off on Thursday September 22nd on the Courthouse steps at 11:30. Judge Newsome will speak and Brad Cummings will sing the National Anthem. We would like to have a large...
Recall: Certain Colgate Products Sold At Family Dollar Stores In Texas, 10 Other States
News Release — Sept. 19, 2022 Family Dollar is initiating a voluntary retail level product recall of certain products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that were stored and shipped to a limited number of stores in AZ, CA, GA, ID, IN, MT, NM, NV, OR, TX, and UT on or around May 1, 2022 through June 21, 2022 due to product being stored outside of labeled temperature requirements. To date, Family Dollar is not...
