2022 NETBIO Seventh Annual Cattleman’s Classic And Ribeye Round Up
Sep13

2022 NETBIO Seventh Annual Cattleman’s Classic And Ribeye Round Up

Texas Heritage National Bank is proud to be the title sponsor for the 2022 Cattleman’s Classic And Ribeye Roundup (CCRR) to be held October 1, on Celebration Plaza. Thirty cooking teams are expected to be competing. With $7,200 in prize money, plus bragging rights, the competition is expected to be intense. Setting up for the 2017 Ribeye Roundup Brandon Bell with Potts Feed Store out of Emory, states, “Every year the teams get better...

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Trial Of Cooper Man Accused Of 2021 Shooting At Delta County Gas Station Under Way
Sep13

Trial Of Cooper Man Accused Of 2021 Shooting At Delta County Gas Station Under Way

The trial of a 48-year-old Cooper man accused of a 2021 shooting at a Delta County gas station is under way in the 8th Judicial District Courtroom in Hopkins County just after 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, Sept. 13, 2022. Robert Clevon Jeffery of Cooper (2021 Delta County Sheriff’s Office photo) A jury panel was selected Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, in Delta County in the case, but the decision was made to move the trial to the Hopkins County...

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Republicans Rally Around Stump Speakers
Sep13

Republicans Rally Around Stump Speakers

Republicans rallied around stump speakers while enjoying homemade ice cream, popcorn and hot dogs Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, at Hopkins County Civic Center. The prevailing message carried throughout the 2nd Old Time Political Rally hosted by Hopkins County Republican Party was the need to make a big push to get everyone possible to Stephen Willeford, national spokesman for Gun Owners of America and “The Good Man and a Gun”...

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Wildcat Football Continues Two-Game Road-Stand Friday
Sep13

Wildcat Football Continues Two-Game Road-Stand Friday

Sulphur Springs last Friday hit the road for the first time this season, traveling to Hallsville to take on the Bobcats. Friday, Sept. 9 did not go as planned as the Wildcats fell in Hallsville 34-21. Sulphur Springs had a much better second half, much like their first scrimmage at home versus Lindale, but could not overcome a shaky start on both sides of the ball. The Bobcats came screaming out of the gate, reeling off three...

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CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News — Sept. 12, 2022
Sep13

CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News — Sept. 12, 2022

By Jennifer Heitman, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Sulphur Springs, Texas, September 12, 2022 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. Register Now for Free Mammogram If you are an uninsured woman over the age of 40, you can register now for a FREE mammogram at the Ruth...

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Dike Resident Submits Attorney’s Response To Judge’s Letter Regarding Incorporation Petition
Sep12

Dike Resident Submits Attorney’s Response To Judge’s Letter Regarding Incorporation Petition

Dike resident Kirk Reams Monday morning submitted to Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom during the public forum portion of the regular Hopkins County Commissioners Court meeting an attorney’s response letter in response to the judge’s letter regarding the incorporation petition submitted to him at a previous meeting. Michele Barnes, another Dike resident, also during public forum at the Sept. 12, 2022, Commissioners Court...

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Lady Cats Volleyball Continues Chugging Along to District Play
Sep12

Lady Cats Volleyball Continues Chugging Along to District Play

Coach Bailey Dorner and her squad continue to roll through their fall season, as they have just three games to play before volleyball begins their district season. They play both two home and road games over the next 12 days, alternating between home and the road until Saturday, Sept. 20. But before we can look ahead to district play, Sulphur Springs first finishes a three-game home-stand Tuesday. The Lady Cats host Melissa on...

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Team Tennis Starts District Play Tuesday
Sep12

Team Tennis Starts District Play Tuesday

Wildcat team tennis Coach Tony Martinez is excited to begin district play this week. Sulphur Springs hosts Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at the Tennis Center. Last week saw team tennis travel to Wills Point, a perennial state contender in tennis. Against stout competition, Coach Martinez’s squad could only manage two wins against a dominant program. Both the mixed doubles team and the #4 player for the Lady Cats, Jessie Lee,...

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What to Keep In Mind If Considering Buffalo Grass For An East Texas Lawn
Sep11

What to Keep In Mind If Considering Buffalo Grass For An East Texas Lawn

By David Wall, Mount Pleasant Master Gardener Almost every year about this time, people start asking whether they should try buffalo grass (Bouteloua dactyloides). It’s a warm season grass that does well with little to no maintenance and has relatively little water requirements once established. Until then, it takes as much water as most other lawn grasses. It can be laid down as seed (not recommended) or sod, but it spreads by...

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North Hopkins ISD Welcomes 11 Feathered Friends To Their New Cluckingham Palace
Sep11

North Hopkins ISD Welcomes 11 Feathered Friends To Their New Cluckingham Palace

North Hopkins ISD has begun a hands-on project involving feathered friends students at various grade level and including school organizations, as well as staff and community. Chickens eating recycled vegetables and fruits in their new home, Cluckingham Palace, at NHISD North Hopkins Elementary Principal Kodi Wright reported “11 feathery friends” arrived at their new residence on campus Tuesday morning, Sept. 6, 2022, with...

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