Send Off Planned June 9 To Recognize Area Veterans On Honor Flight DFW
Four area veterans will be honored at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 9, in front of Hopkins County Courthouse with a send-off for Honor Flight DFW, which will carry them to Washington D.C. to see the veterans memorials and participate in special events designed specifically for veterans. All are encouraged to come downtown to help show appreciation and to honor these men who have served. Four Vietnam veterans will be honored Thursday...
Some Tips To Help Stay Safe This Memorial Day
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News: Sulphur Springs, Texas May 23, 2022 CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. By Jennifer Heitman, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] In honor of our fallen heroes this Memorial Day, we say THANK YOU. May...
Missouri Man Accused Of Money Laundering, Theft of Firearm
A 30-year-old Poplar Bluff, Missouri man was accused early Sunday morning of money laundering and theft of a firearm, according to arrest reports. Jaleel Devontae Gipson (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Josh Davis reported stopping a red Hyundai for an expired registration and an equipment violation at 2:56 a.m. Sunday, May 22, 2022, on Interstate 30 west at mile marker 110. Davis reported smelling a...
Personnel Policy Changes Regarding How Work Hours Are Reported, 3 Other Matters Approve
Commissioners Court Approve Agreement With TxDOT For Timber Creek Road Bridge Replacement Hopkins County Commissioners Court approved an agreement with Texas Department of Transportation for replacement Timber Creek Road bridge, and personnel policy changes giving elected officials options regarding how county employees’ time is reported, amount given for out-of-town travel, inclement weather pay and date certain holidays are...
Vargas-Booth, Emigh Announced As Top Honor Graduates At North Hopkins High School
Chyloe Vargas-Booth and Emma Emigh are the tops honor graduates in the North Hopkins High School Senior Class of 2022. Both have attended NHISD since kindergarten and both said people have a hard time saying their names correctly. The valedictorian said few pronounce her first name correctly and the salutatorian said people typically stumble over her last name. Chyloe is pronounced Shy-Low or as if spelled Shiloh, while Emigh is...
Meal A Day Menu – May 23-27, 2022
Volunteers prepare meals at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center and deliver them five days a week to Meal A Day program recipients in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. The Meal A Day Menu for the week of May 23-27, 2022 includes: Monday – Macaroni Taco Bake, Corn & Black Bean Salad and Sliced Tomatoes.Tuesday – Chicken Cacciatore On a Bed of Rice, Italian Vegetables and Garlic Bread.Wednesday – BBQ Beef Patty, Baked...
Williams Returning To High School As Principal
Sulphur Springs ISD Assistant Superintendent Josh Williams announced in a social media post Saturday afternoon that he will be returning to the high school as principal, pending board approval of the change. Williams had previously served as principal at the high school. In April of 2016, he was approved to become the assistant superintendent of secondary education and state programs in June of 2016. Derek Driver began his contract as...
Potter, Ricketson Top Ranked Saltillo 8th Graders
Tobin Potter and Shelbi Ricketson are recognized as the top ranked Saltillo 8th graders. Valedictorian Tobin Potter is the son of Dr. T.K. and Karen Potter. He said his favorite subjects in school are math and science. He received Math, Reading and Science Awards and is on the A Honor Roll. At school, Tobin is involved in Junior FFA, and plays on the Saltillo Lions Basketball team, runs cross country, baseball and trade. He is a...
37th Annual Como-Pickton Tractorcade Another Remarkable Occasion
Friday, May 20, 2022 was what Assistant Superintendent Lydia Walden describes as “one of those remarkable days at Como-Pickton CISD.” “Prices are on the rise everywhere… With all of the strife in the world today, one constant remains: our close knit community came together for its 37th Tractorcade! It was fun to watch the students enjoy the tractors in motion at their school, and it was just as fun to watch all those...
2 Men Caught Trying To Withdraw Thousands From Someone Else’s Account At Local Bank
Two Dallas area men were caught trying to withdraw thousands from someone else’s account at a local bank, according to police reports. Isaac Clidell Woods (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Officer Francisco Castro, in a May 17 arrest reports, stated he was dispatched May 5, 2022, as a backup unit in reference to a possible suspect inside a Gilmer Street Bank attempting to take money from another person’s bank...
