SSISD Trustees Approve 10 Personnel Items
Following an executive session, SSISD Board of Trustees Monday night approved professional employment contracts and approved 10 personnel items. Overall, the board accepted one notice of retirement and four resignations, approved two new hires and three job swaps which will impact five campuses. Kenya Singleton notified the district of her planned retirement as special programs/testing coordinator at Sulphur Springs Middle School. The...
Dermatology, Urology Among Medical Specialty Needs Offered In Sulphur Springs
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Sulphur Springs, Texas, April 13, 2021 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. Important Notice We are aware of the new order announced by Texas Governor Greg...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report April 5-11, 2021
The Winnsboro Police Department media report for the week of April 5-11, 2021, included the following activity: Arrests Winnsboro Police Department badge Dakota Robinson, 25 years of age, of Plano, was arrested on 4/09/2021 for possession of drug paraphernalia.Megan Wells,32 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on 4/10/2021 for a Mount Vernon Municipal Court warrant for neglect to return book or other property.Tara Rogers, 34...
Public Notice: Child Find Process Helps SSISD Identify, Locate, Evaluate Students Birth-21 Years In Need of Special Education, Relate Services
Federal and state laws require all students (birth through age 21) with disabilities, residing within the SSISD district, who are in need of special education and related services, including children with disabilities attending private schools and children who are homeless or are a ward of the state, to be identified, located, and evaluated, which is a process referred to as CHILD FIND. “It is an annual, ongoing...
Crain Reports No Problems Noted In County Audit
HVAC Units For Courthouse, Building Consulting Services, Donations, Agreement with City Approved By Commissioners Court Lewis Crain of Rutherford, Crain & Company, PC, when presenting the audit during the April 12, 2021 Hopkins County Commissioners Court, say despite a strange year, Hopkins County’s financials look good as far as the annual independent review. Crain repors the biggest change in revenues between the 2018-19...
Wildcats Baseball Team and Lady Cats Softball Teams Host Texas High on Tuesday
Both the Wildcats Baseball Team and the Lady Cats Softball Team have home games on this game day Tuesday (April 13). Both host district games with Texas High with quite a bit on the line. The Wildcats come into the game in a three-way tie for second place with Texas High and Longview. All three have 5-3 district records. The Wildcats are 9-13 for the season and Texas High is 11-5-1. Plans call for a JV game at 4 p.m. The Varsity game...
Wildcats Tennis Team Has Singles and Doubles Team Playing at District Tourney Tuesday
The Wildcats Tennis Team had a girls’ singles player and a girls’ doubles team stay alive after the first day of the District 15-5A Tennis Tournament in Texarkana on Monday (April 12). Tuesday on day two, Wildcats top girls’ singles player, Jeauxleigh Cantu, is playing in the finals of the consolation bracket. Cantu dropped her first match of the day Monday but then won her way into the consolation final. The...
Things to Know When Planting Melons, by Mario Villarino
Curcurbits include the melon subgroup (muskmelons and watermelons), and the squash subgroup (cucumbers and gourds, etc.) These crops are important in all regions. According to Texas A&M AgriLife horticulture, cucurbits can be planted in Region III (where Hopkins County is located) all the way until May 1. The eastern region of Texas plants 31,000 acres of watermelons (the most of all regions in Texas). Known for its summer...
Providers To Pause Distribution Of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine; Moderna, Pfizer Vaccine To Be Administered As Scheduled
CHRISTUS Health: Anyone Receiving J&J Vaccine In Last 2 Weeks Should Monitor For Symptoms, Contact PCP Immediately If Detected The Texas Department of State Health Services issued a statement asking all COVID-19 vaccine providers in Texas to pause all administration of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine following Tuesday’s recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and...
HCGS Hosts Special Zoom Program on April 15 by Texas State Genealogical Society, ‘Underutilized Research Sources’ by Pat Gordon
Although the Society is always seeking new members, you don’t have to be a member of the Hopkins County Genealogical Society to take advantage of their great educational ZOOM programs, like the one planned for 7pm Central on April 15, 2021 on ‘Underutilized Sources’ by Pat Gordon. Register in advance to access the ZOOM program by clicking HERE: Our program will be:”Underutilized Resources,” by Pat...
