County Emergency Responders Participate In Mock Disaster Drill
Emergency responders worked together Friday morning to practice, assess and hone their emergency skills in the field during drill simulating a mock disaster. Hosted in the Gerald Prim/Hopkins County Civic Center Pavilion parking lot and within Sulphur Springs ISD Athletic Complex, officials reacted as if dispatched to areas in which a tornado had occurred. Multiple people sustained varied levels of injuries, from the walking wounded...
You’re Invited to Cooper Lake State Park ‘Doctor’s Creek’ for Concert, Nature Walk, Free Park Admission
Cooper Lake State Park On Saturday June 22, 2019, Cooper Lake State Park’s ‘Doctor’s Creek’ Park will re-introduce the public to this wonderful resource during a free admission day. You will be welcome to enjoy the park and lake all day at no charge. Organized activities will begin at 7pm with a nature program “Skins and Skulls: Mammals of Northeast Texas” will be presented for all ages by Park...
“Victims” Being Prepped For Local Disaster Drill
“Victims” were being prepped Friday morning for the upcoming “disaster drill”, set for Friday June 21. The drill will be held near the Sulphur Springs High School area. If you notice a number of response vehicles and personnel in that area, rest assured it is part of a State-recommended effort which evaluates our local response to various scenarios that may arise during a disaster, and to test the capability of local...
Crazy Days of Summer
Johanna Hicks Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, 1200-B West Houston St., P.O.Box 518 Sulphur springs, TX 75483; 903-885-3443 – phone;903-439-4909 – fax; [email protected] By Johanna Hicks, B.S., M.Ed. Summertime around our office is busy – not so much from phone calls and foot traffic, but from camps, 4-H events, conferences and youth leadership events. We are over half-way finished with the 2019...
Annual Fan Drive For Seniors Concludes
Pictured: Mike Hart, Karon Templeton Weatherman, Tim Gee and Steve Junkins The Sulphur Springs Corvette Club partnered with the Senior Citizens Center for the fourth year in a row to hold an Annual Fan Drive for senior citizens. This year 91 fans were collected and distributed to senior citizens throughout the community.
PJC Sulphur Springs News
PJC SSpgs Preciado registers Ulises Preciado, right, reviews the Paris Junior College class schedule for fall as he prepares to enroll at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center. He gets some help from Campus Assistant Director Iris Gutierrez, left, and his mother, Maria C. Preciado. Summer II and fall registration is underway at the campus. Call 903-885-1232 for information.
2 Arrested On Felony Warrants, 1 on Misdemeanor Charge Wednesday
A Yantis man and Sulphur Springs woman were arrested Wednesday by local officers on felony warrants. A third person also was jailed on another unrelated misdemeanor warrant, according to arrest reports. John Phillip Smith Jr. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Alvin Jordan was dispatched to the adult probation office, where he took 43-year-old John Phillip Smith Jr. of Yantis into custody on a felony warrant for violation of...
Don’t Miss 28th Annual Independence Concert on Saturday June 29!
Symphony Board members Bill Owens and Sharla Campbell Hard to believe it’s been 28 years since the first Northeast Texas Symphony Orchestra Concert and Fireworks! The largest annual public event held on the Sulphur Springs downtown Celebration Plaza, today it’s even bigger, bolder and more awesome than ever, and still absolutely free for everyone to attend! Plan to bring your lawn chair and be downtown on Saturday June 29,...
