Downtown Business Alliance Members and Volunteers Gear Up for a Busy Season!
At this month’s Downtown Business Alliance meeting, the agenda was filled with planned events that equal a lot of fun for the whole community! President Billie Ruth Standbridge called the meeting to order in the new meeting room of the Backstory Brewery. DBA officers are Vice President Joy Wilson, Secretary Linda Galligher and Treasurer Lynda Hager. Fourteen members and guests attended. Incidentally, you do not have to be a...
Murder Victim Identified
September 2018 – Sulphur Springs and Fort Worth Police along with the Hopkins County Sheriff’s office have released the name of the 34-year old woman whose body was found in of Highway 67W in Sulphur Springs. According to law enforcement, Rochelle Mims was murdered in Fort Worth and her body dumped on property inside the Sulphur Springs City Limits. With a crime scene in two cities that are 100 miles apart, Sulphur Springs...
Enrollment Continues at PJC-Sulphur Springs
Michael Arnold of Sulphur Springs, left, with assistance from his dad, Benjamin, and PJC-Sulphur Springs Center secretary Iris Gutierrez, completes enrollment to return to the Sulphur Springs campus this fall.
Murder Investigation Continues in Two Cities
With a crime scene in two cities that are 100 miles apart, Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders said his department is busy as they continue investigation into the murder of a 34-year old Fort Worth woman whose body was found in an undeveloped area off Highway 67W in Sulphur Springs. Fort Worth Police and Sulphur Spring Police are working together to sort out evidence from a crime scene in Fort Worth and the discovery of the body...
Fall Festival’s New Event for October is the Hay Bale Sculpture Contest
Shirley Patchen, left, and Sue Potts, right Local history researcher Shirley Patchen’s current interest in the era of 1914 made her realize the role that farmers played in the early growth of Hopkins County. Through their tireless labor, industry and innovation, Hopkins County became the Dairy Capitol of Texas. Patchen suggested that, as a tribute to past and present dairymen, farmers, ranchers, cattlemen and hay growers, Fall...
Body of Woman Murdered in Fort Worth Found in Sulphur Springs; Fort Worth Man Arrested
The murder occurred in Fort Worth but the body of the female victim was found on private property on Highway 67W just inside the Sulphur Springs City limits. Lucious Newhouse III, 54 of Fort Worth is currently in Hopkins County Jail charged with Felony 1 Murder and is being held on a $1-million bond. Lucious Newhouse III It began with a call regarding a suspicious person and finding a vehicle stuck in a ravine on private property that...
Dinner Bell Menu For September 5, 2018
DINNER BELL MENUSeptember 5, 2018 Community Sponsor: Alliance Bank Fall is upon us. Football is back. Yeah Wildcats! It is time for HOPKINS COUNTY STEW! Hopkins County Stew Cheese Sticks and Pickles Garden Salad Chili Cheese Cornbread Muffins Pineapple Delight Pineapple Yogurt Pudding (the no added sugar dessert) Served Wednesdays at 11:45 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs,...
