Sulphur Springs FFA Chapter Recognizes Members’ Achievements
The Sulphur Springs High School FFA Chapter recently recognized members’ achievements and honors throughout the 2021-2022 school year at the 84th Annual Parent and Member Awards Banquet. The students kicked off the meeting with Chapter President Cash Vititow serving as toastmaster for the occasion. Sentinel Wayne Hinton giving the invocation, then serving lines opened for the buffet meal catered by Big Smith’s BBQ....
Early Voting Ends Friday In Democratic, Republican Party Primary Runoffs Elections
Friday will be the last day to cast an early ballot in person in the Democratic and Republican Party Primary Runoffs, with Election Day following on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Hopkins County residents may still vote early by personal appearance from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday-Friday, May 16-20, in the Hopkins County Justice of the Peace 2 Courtroom, 128G Jefferson Street, Sulphur Springs in either the Democratic or Republican Primary...
White, Gurley Earn Top Honors Among Saltillo High School Senior Class Of 2022
Trinity White and McKenna Gurley earned the top honors among the Saltillo High School Senior Class of 2022. Trinity White, Saltillo High School Senior Class of 2022 valedictorian Trinity White, daughter of Robert and Shannon White, earned distinction as the 2022 senior valedictorian with a 3.824 grade point average. She has been active in Academic UIL, athletics and school organizations. White is a four-year member of the Beta Club,...
Red River Historian Robin Cole-Jett Featured Speaker At May 19 Genealogical Society Meeting
Hopkins County Genealogical Society’s May meeting will feature Robin Cole-Jett, known as the Red River Historian. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. May 19, 2022, at the research library at 611 North Davis St. in Sulphur Springs, or may be accessed via Zoom. For more than 20 years, Cole-Jett has researched, documented, and shared the history of the Red River Valley of the Southwest through her website, presentations, books, articles,...
Understanding Causes For Muddy Ponds
Mario Villarino DVM, Ph.D. Hopkins County Extension Agent By Mario Villarino, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Hopkins County, [email protected] A frequent complaint of pond owners, especially after filling newly constructed ponds, is a muddy, dirty, or turbid appearance. According to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, many owners wish for clear sparkling waters but are instead greeted by muddy...
Texas A&M AgriLife Experts Recommend Pediatric Advice On Infant Formula
By Johanna Hicks, Hopkins County AgriLife Extension Agent for Family & Community Health, [email protected] With the shortage of infant formula on store shelves and uncertainty of when there may be new supplies, many people are turning to the internet and social media to find out how to make their own infant formula at home. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension personnel are advising worried mothers to check with their pediatricians...
CHRISTUS Associates, Others Donate $2,500 To Help A Ukraine Community
Hospital Also Donating Medical Supplies To Send To Kharkov Sulphur Springs, Texas, May 18, 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] Inpatient Hemodialysis Now Available We are now offering inpatient hemodialysis for...
Chamber Connection – May 18, 2022: Graphic Artists May Submit Logo For Total Solar Eclipse Contest
By Butch Burney Graphic artists are invited to submit a logo for the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse that will occur that afternoon. Sulphur Springs is on the centerpoint of the Path of Totality, which means we will assuredly have thousands of visitors that weekend. What that means is that Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County needs to gear up for that event. People travel from literally all over the world to witness a total solar...
Moore, Neal Named Top Seniors At Sulphur Bluff High School
The top seniors at Sulphur Bluff High School have been announced. Trevor Don Moore is the valedictorian and Bailey Rachelle Neal salutatorian of the SBHS Senior Class of 2022. Valedictorian Trevor Moore has attended Sulphur Bluff ISD for 10 years and will graduate with a 4.9 weighted grade point average. This is Moore’s second time to be named valedictorian; he also was the valedictorian of the 8th grade class. Trevor Don Moore,...
Winnsboro Man Receives 2-Year Sentence On Controlled Substance Charge
Christopher Evin Pyron AKA Chris Evin Pyron Jr. and Chris Ervin Pyron Jr. (HCSO jail photo) A 32-year-old Winnsboro man received a 2-year sentence on a controlled substance charge Monday afternoon, according to arrest and jail reports. Christopher Evin Pyron was scheduled to appear in the 8th Judicial District Court at 1:30 p.m. May 16, 2022, for a trial before the court on a motion to proceed on the April 4, 2019 possession of a...
