Stewpot Showdown! Scenes from History-making Stew Day 2019
Judging underway on Stewgrounds! Stew Day in Sulphur Springs, Texas dawned energizingly cool but quite damp from overnight rains, however that did not dampen the spirits of the cooks and volunteers busily preparing the official dish of Hopkins County! Pictured are just a few of the individual camps where cooking teams were ready to compete for the for the biggest World Championship Hopkins County Stew Contest to date: the 50th...
Hay Show 2019 Won by Hopkins and Rains County Forage Producers
Held in the Autumn of the year following hay season, the Hopkins County Hay Show is a long-standing tradition. The tradition continued this year with a new title, the Hopkins/Rains County Hay Show sponsored by Natural Resources Conservation Services and organized by the Hopkins/ Rains Soil and Water Conservation District. This year, 38 producers entered samples for the contest. The samples were collected at Texas Agri-life Extension...
Littlefield, Sears Named Grand Champion Hopkins County Stew Winners
2019 Hopkins County Stew Contest winners Top honors at this year’s Hopkins County Stew Contest, awarded Saturday, Oct. 26, for the first and only time in honor of the festival’s 50th anniversary, went to Steve Littlefield and Dwayne Sears. Grand Championship Grand Champion Hopkins County Stew Winners Steve Littlefield and Dwayne Sears This contest featured only previous first place super stew champions, competing for the...
Brazzies Awarded In Health Care Foundation’s Mardi Bras For A Cause Contest
Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Saturday announced the following Brazzie Awards winners from this year’s Mardi Bras Contest at Saturday’s Hopkins County Stew Contest. Community members were encouraged to decorate a bra, promote breast cancer awareness and raise funds for the cause. Judge’s Pick Award winners in the business category went to Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce, awareness category to Alliance...
College Street Traffic Stop Results In Controlled Substance Arrest
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies Nick Marney and Tanner Steward arrested a 28-year-old Sulphur Springs man early Saturday morning after finding him in possession of a substance that field-tested positive for methamphetamine. Kerry Renaldore Duffey Jr. Deputies reported stopping a Honda Accord at 2:18 a.m. Oct. 26, on College Street at Oak Avenue, after seeing a car with an obscured license plate/registration accelerate while...
Cooper Man Arrested In Sulphur Springs On Felony DWI Charge
A 60-year-old Cooper man was arrested Friday night at a gas station on what reports show is at least his fourth DWI charge. Terry Wynn Grant Terry Wynn Grant reportedly caught Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper William Gillentine’s attention with his less than stellar parking job and behavior in the E-Z Mart parking lot in the 1500 block of East Shannon Road around 9 p.m. Friday. Gillentine reported he was at the gas...
Hopkins County Records for Oct. 25, 2019
Land Deed Transactions Lisa Renee Mitchell, Michael Keith Mitchell, Lisa Renee Mitchell Touchtone and Steven Touchtone to Nona Fair Gober; tract in the E. Melton survey Amanda Weatherford and Corley M. Weatherford to Brian Adams and Chelsea Adams; tract in the James Ford survey David M. Owens and Emma L. Owens to Marica Castillo and Samuel Castillo Gonzalez; tract in the John S. Bowen survey Don E. Courtney to Colbie Cross Norment;...
Sulphur Springs Man Accused Of Assaulting Sister
A 24-year-old rural Sulphur Springs resident was jailed early Friday morning after allegedly assaulting his sister during a disturbance at his residence. Hopkins County sheriff’s deputies were reportedly dispatched to a verbal disturbance at 12:17 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25, to the County Road 3504 residence. Dispatchers had received a 911 call in which no one spoke directly to dispatchers, but a male and female could be heard yelling...
Future of Houston-Rosemont Street Site, Building Discussed By Commissioners Court, County Officials
County building on the corner of Houston and Rosemont streets. Hopkins County Commissioners Court moved their work session Thursday from the courthouse to a county building on Rosemont Street at Houston Street, to inspect the condition of the structure and discuss potential proposals to replace it. The structure, which had a hole in the roof, was purchased by the county prior to the construction of and move into the new Hopkins County...
