County, Hospital District Approve Tax Abatements For Ashoka Steel Mills
Negotiations Ongoing With City Regarding Land Acquisition The county and hospital district this week approved tax abatements for Ashoka Steel Mills, LLC, clearing two more steps for the company to invest $245 million in construct of its first plant in the United States on the city-owned old coal mine property on FM 1870 in Sulphur Springs. Ashoka Steel Mills Sulphur Springs-Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation Executive...
HCSO: Attempt To Serve A Warrant Results In Gunfire And 1 Death In Hopkins County
An attempt to serve a warrant resulted in gunfire and the suspect being found deceased, according to sheriff’s reports. Hopkins County Sheriff Hopkins County sheriff’s deputies, accompanied by Sheriff Lewis Tatum, reportedly went to a residence in Harmony community Tuesday morning with the intent to serve the 48-year-old resident with a warrant for unlawful disclosure or promotion of intimate visual materials. Officers...
Early Voting Error With Bond Election Has Been Fixed
Some voters who voted early when polls opened Monday morning discovered they were unable to vote for the SSISD bond election. The programming error on polling machines affected those residents living in Precinct 1 and within the boundaries of the Sulphur Springs Independent School District. Some voters, realizing the ommission, immediately contacted election officials and were able to vote in the bond election. Once the error was...
Saltillo Man Accused Saturday Of Assaulting His Father
A 37-year-old Saltillo man was jailed Saturday night, Oct. 22, 2022, after being accused of assaulting his father, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 5 p.m. Oct. 22, on County Road 3534, to talk to an individual about an assault. Upon arrival they were told a man had been physically assaulted by his son, while they were driving to work together earlier that morning. Just prior to...
Hopkins County Tax Foreclosure Sales, Tax Resales Can Soon Be Conducted Online
Final Plat Approval For Noah Joy Estates Granted Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday passed a resolution which will allow tax foreclosure sales and tax resales to be conducted online instead of on the courthouse steps in the near future. The Court also rejected a truck bid, approved a final plat for Noah Joy Estates and a letter of engagement for the county’s annual financial audits. Hopkins County Commissioners Court Tax...
8th Annual George Dorner 42 Tournament Slated Nov. 5
The 8th Annual George Dorner 42 Tournament is scheduled to be held Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in Sulphur Bluff United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Registration for the 42 tourney will begin at 9 a.m. and play will start at 9:30 a.m. Domino game on wooden background Early registration through today, Oct. 25, 2022, costs $10 per person. Oct. 26-Nov. 5, the cost will be $25 per team. Metal plaques will be awarded to the top three...
Elections On Nov. 8, 2022 Ballots
Nov. 8, 2022 General Election ballots include multiple candidates for district, county and state offices, as well as certified unopposed incumbent candidates and options for voters to manually add certified write-in candidates. Sulphur Springs ISD Nov. 8, 2022 Sample Ballot containing SSISD Proposition A Sulphur Springs ISD has called a bond election, asking district voters to casts ballots either for or against Proposition A: SSISD...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report —Oct. 17-23, 2022
Winnsboro Police Department each week provides a media report with information about department activity. WPD activity for the week Oct. 17-23, 2022, included: Arrests Makenzie Knight, 23 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on Oct. 23, 2022, on a Wood County Warrant for Possession of 2 Ounces or Less of Marijuana. Scotty Wallis, 33 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on Oct. 22, 2022, for Aggravated Assault with Deadly...
Camping Is More Than A Tent In The Woods At Cooper Lake State Park
Fall RV camping is available at Cooper Lake State Park Have you ever been camping? If not, how would you like to get started? Do you know your camping comfort level? Cooper Lake State Park is a perfect place to explore camping since the park has such a wide variety of overnight opportunities! The park contains two unique units perched on the banks of Cooper Lake. The South Sulphur Unit, which is the largest of the two, is located on...
Benefits Of ‘Overseeding’ Pastures
By Mario Villarino, Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Hopkins County, [email protected] “Overseeding” is the term generally used to refer to broadcast-seeding winter annual forage crops on summer pastures, with or without disking or other tillage. “Sod-seeding” usually refers to planting annual crops into a pasture using a drill. Either or both of these operations may be used to...