Early Voting In Party Primary Runoff Elections Wraps Up Friday, July 10
Hopkins County voters have 1 more day to cast an early ballot in the Party Primary Runoff Elections. Early voting will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, July 10, in the Justice of the Peace 2 Courtroom at Hopkins County Courthouse Annex (Tax Office/JP Offices). As of the close of the voting center Thursday afternoon, a total of 1,012 of Hopkins County’s 23,351 registered voters had cast ballots in person, according to...
4 New Positive COVID-19 Cases Reported In Hopkins County On July 9
The Hopkins County Emergency Management Team at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 9, reported they have been notified of 4 new positive COVID-19 cases for Hopkins County. The new cases include both city and county cases. That brings the total of positive COVID-19 cases reported since March for Hopkins County to 77. Of those, 50 Hopkins County patients have recovered. That leaves 27 active cases of COVID-19 for Hopkins County. There are 2 patients...
Sulphur Springs Junior Golfers Represented Us Well
Sulphur Springs Junior golfers represented us well today. Golf 2020 Kip Childress(bottom left), Jace Jordan(middle bottom), Mariam Tran (bottom right) Kip Childress(bottom left), Jace Jordan(middle bottom), Mariam Tran (bottom right) won 1st place in their division. Boys 15-18, Boys 11-12, Girls 15-18. McKenna Meskimen, (Middle Back, 2nd place in girls 13-14) Tatum Tran (2nd in Boys 11-12.) Wildcats Golf 2020 Kip Childress, Mariam...
Attendance Lags For The Edge Thursday After Break
After four days off for The Edge conditioning program for football, it resumed Thursday morning July 9) in the Multipurpose Building. Wildcats Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Greg Owens said he was happy with the ones who were there but he noted that attendance numbers were down. He said attendance was off by about 50% Thursday. Coach Owens added some of the athletes were sluggish Thursday morning. He said there are now 11...
Mount Vernon Woman Jailed After Turning Herself In On A Felony Warrant
Sulphur Springs, TX – July 8, 2020 – A 64-year-old Mount Vernon, TX woman was jailed after turning herself in at Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office at 5:32 p.m. July 8. Jennifer Wilkes (HCSO jail photo) Jennifer Wilkes was escorted into the county jail by HCSO Deputy Nick Marney and booked on a warrant for driving while intoxicated with 3 or more prior convictions, according to arrest reports. Wilkes’s reckless driving...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed On Violation Of Probation Warrant
Sulphur Springs, TX – July 9, 2020 – A 27-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed on a violation of probation warrant July 8, according to arrest reports. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman reported seeing Ramiro Eliseo Hernandez walking on Main Street shortly before 8 a.m. July 8, 2020. Aware of an outstanding warrant for the man’s arrest, Hoffman contacted the man. Ramiro Eliseo Hernandez (HCSO jail photo)...
Chamber Connection – July 9: Hopkins County Adult Leadership Currently Taking Applications For Next Class
By Lezley Brown, President/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce The Hopkins County Adult Leadership is happy to announce that we are currently taking applications for the 2020-21 class. The Adult Leadership Class is a community leadership development program sponsored by the Hopkins county Chamber of Commerce. The course was created in 1989 with the concept of offering leadership training and community involvement for emerging...
Hopkins County Gardening In July
By Bob Suson, Hopkins County Master Gardener The spring was probably the wettest spring vegetable gardening in our memory; the changes that have occurred are beginning to show up. If you experienced less than desirable results, July is time to start to plan on what you want or need to change. Low spots that hold water areas that is too shady for plants to grow and don’t produce to their potential, these are suggestion areas that could...
Tira News – July 8, 2020
By Jan Vaughn We want to express our appreciation to all of those who have sent contributions for the upkeep of the Tira Cemetery. We hope to see you at the homecoming next July. Tira city limit sign Billy Moss reports that he and “Cinda Moss celebrated [their] weddinganniversary on July 4th alone at Cooper Lake Dam, watching the sun go down.” He added that they’ve been together 22 years and have been married for 3 years. Billy, also,...
Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report – July 2020
The following Manager’s Report was presented July 7, 2020, to Sulphur Springs City Council by City Manager Marc Maxwell. COVID-19 RESPONSE • Most City Offices have reopened. Police Department, Fire Department, Water Treatment Plant and Wastewater Treatment Plant remain closed. The Municipal Library has reopened.• Police and Fire continue to implement new procedures for dealing with persons suspected of COVID-19.• Police and Fire...
