Gala Time is Almost Here!
The 2019-2020 Lights of Life Campaign & Gala Chairs are Dr. David and Pam Black. The couple were selected during summer 2019 and are excited that the culmination of the successful fundraising season is almost here. The Blacks have a longstanding commitment to the community and our hospital and are truly the perfect choice to lead the efforts of the Lights of Life Campaign for the Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation. From the KSST...
A Few Simple Rules For Tree Pruning
By Dr. Mario Villarino, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent, Hopkins County, agriculture/natural resources Mario Villarino According to Oregon Extension Services, Forestry & Natural Resources Extension, there are many reasons people pick up a saw or loppers to prune up their trees in young stands. The most common motivations I hear are accessibility, aesthetics and fire resistance/prevention. Even pruning up just a single 8...
Investigation Of Possible Gravel Scam Results In Warrant Arrest
Prince Damon Long An investigation into a suspected gravel scam resulted in a 34-year-old Texarkana, Arkansas man being arrested shortly before noon Tuesday on FM 275 at County Road 1142 on a warrant. Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched Tuesday morning, Jan. 21, to more than one complaint of people contacting residents to whom they were trying to sell pavement or rocks, according to sheriff’s reports....
Hopkins County 4-H Member Wins Class, Group Reserve At Fort Worth Stock Show
(Photo credit: Nicole Mayhew) Aspen Mayhew, Hopkins County 4-H member, wins class and reserve in group at the Braford Point Show, Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo 2020.
Aguilar Files For Place 3 On Sulphur Springs City Council
As of lunch Wednesday, only three people have filed candidacy for the six places to be determined in the May 2 Sulphur Springs City Council Election. Oscar Aguilar Oscar Aguilar had filed candidacy for Place 3 on the City Council late Wednesday morning. Oscar served on the City Council from 2006-2018, when Norman Sanders defeated him in his bid for reelection 685 votes to 509 votes. Sanders was among four council members to resign...
Balch Springs Man Jailed Following I-30 Traffic Stop
Texas Department of Public Safety highway patrol vehicle A 32-year-old Balch Springs man stopped around 1:45 p.m. Jan. 21 on Interstate 30 at mile marker 116 for an obscured license plate. The driver ended up in Hopkins County jail on tampering with evidence, possession of drug paraphernalia and no driver’s license charges, according to arrest reports. Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Arturo Ugalde, in arrest reports,...
The 30th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Ceremony
The community came together in a spirit of togetherness Monday night to celebrate nearly 90 people in the Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County community who have demonstrated the spirit of the Reverend/Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Individuals honored at the 30th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Ceremony demonstrated Dr. King’s legacy of raising public consciousness to social justices, securing progress on civil...
