Are Your Cucumbers Tasting Bitter? From Master Gardener David Wall
July 26, 2024 – Ever bite into a whole cucumber or slice and find it bitter? Basically, the bitterness is caused by plant stress. It seems weird for a cucumber to be in stress, but the stress is caused by several factors such as genetics, widely fluctuating temperatures, poor soil, or inconsistent watering. Cucumbers belong to the cucurbit or gourd family, and all members of this family produce cucurbitacin. It’s produced...
Winnsboro ISD Facing Lawsuit Over Alleged Bullying
July 24, 2024 – A family is suing the Winnsboro school district over what they say are ignored reports of verbal and physical sex-based and disability-based harassment of their child by two Winnsboro ISD students. K-L-T-V television reports the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, was brought because of “actions and omissions” of Winnsboro ISD and the board of trustees. The suit...
Texas A&M Commerce Highlights Money Management Center
July 24, 2024 – Financial literacy is essential to higher education, and the new Blue to Gold Money Management Center at Texas A&M-Commerce is already making an impact. Opened on May 1, the center aims to help students successfully navigate money matters in college and beyond. The center, funded partly by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education, is staffed by trained money...
Chamber Connection – July 23, 2024
By Butch Burney Even if you think you know Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County, you are sure to learn a lot through Leadership Sulphur Springs, which is back on this year, with applications online! The leadership class is for Hopkins County men and women who want to learn and become more invested in their local community. It’s an intensive nine-month program that immerses the participants in the business and government of Sulphur...
Trees play a Significant role in the Landscape by Mario Villarino
July 23, 2024 – Trees play a significant role in the landscape, specially in east Texas. There is a strong association between the east Texas and the presence of big oaks or pecans. We all have memories of our childhood playing or spending time around a big tree. Trees are, from my perspective, magnificent creatures. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension provides detailed guidance on tree care to help maintain the health and...
John Mark has Another chat with Hopkins County Master Gardener Ronnie Wilson on This Episode of A Second Cup Of Coffee
On this exciting episode of KSST’s A Second Cup of Coffee With John Mark Dempsey, John Mark sat down, again, with Hopkins County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Master Gardener Ronnie Wilson. The two continue their conversation about water and watering plants from their last chat. The two also talk about lantana. In one of the pictures of lantana there is a green humming bird. And, at the end of the episode, after the credits,...
Murder Hornets Coming to our Area? From Master Gardener David Wall
July 21, 2024 – Asian giant hornets (Vespa mandarinia) are considered a serious danger in the United States. At 1.75” in length with a .25” stinger and a 3” wingspan, they’re well known for killing people in their native Asian environment, and unlike our European honeybees, they can sting repeatedly. After being found in the northwestern coastal area (fortunately, only a few nests), people became concerned as to how long it...
Hopkins County Records – June/July 2024
Daily Instrument Register For 7/1/24 Thru 7/3/24 Don Dona aJarnd Phyllis Dona to Delayne Didonato; Tract in the AC Ocela Borb Survey Anthony Ty Marler and Tammy Lynne Marler to Wendy Godfrey and William Godfrey Jr; Tract in the AC John Polk Survey Cheyenne L Smithers and Lisa D Smithers to William Cody Smithers; Tract in the AC Elizabeth Mitchell Survey Shannon McCorkle to Samuel Jordan Smith; Tract in the M A Bowlin Survey Amanda...
Hopkins County Genealogical Society to Hold Next Lunch & Learn July 24th
Lunch & Learn will be held this coming Wednesday, July 24, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at 611 North Davis St., Sulphur Springs, Tx. The Hopkins County Genealogical Society invites anyone who wants to learn more about doing genealogical research to join us. Bring your sack lunch, salad or drive-through meal and your tablet or laptop, if you wish. We are...
Chamber Connection – July 16, 2024
By Butch Burney The anticipation has been growing and now it is time for the actual preparation. We are looking forward to a fantastic 55th Annual Hopkins County Stew Contest on Oct. 26, and it’s time for stew cooks to start registering. Registration for last year’s cooks are going out in the mail and email this week, so be looking for it in your mailbox and inbox. You can also register online at HopkinsChamber.org/stewcooks. We...
