Significant Weather Advisory For County Until 8:45 a.m. Monday
Hopkins, Delta, Rains and surrounding Counties are under a significant Weather Advisory until 8:45 a.m. Monday, July 30, 2018. At 749 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an outflow boundary along a line extending from near Cooper Lake Park Doctors Creek to Cross Timber. Movement was southeast at 35 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this boundary and any storms behind the boundary.
Two Local Back to School Events Planned For Saturday August 11
Here are two separate Back to School giving events scheduled in Sulphur Springs, Texas on Saturday August 11, 2018. A Back to School Clothing Drive, sponsored by Hope Family Fellowship, is going on through August 6 for new and gently used clothing in boys and girls sizes for kindergarten through sixth grade. Donations of clothing are welcomed and are tax deductible. To make a donation of clothing, contact Wanda Reed at 903-348-2887 or...
Dinner Bell Menu For August 1, 2018
DINNER BELL MENU August 1, 2018 Community Partner Ryan McKenzie Family and Friends Menu: Ham and Swiss Salad Frito Corn Salad Marinated Green Beans with Sour Cream Dressing Fruit Melange Crispy Bread Slices Apple Walnut Cake Mandarin Orange and Cottage Cheese Salad (no sugar added dessert) Come out of the heat. Enjoy a cool glass of iced tea or water. Visit with your Wednesday friends. Enjoy a summer meal. Served Wednesdays at 11:45...
Photos From Shadow Renaissance Festival’s “Family and Friends Day”
The first day of Shadow Renaissance Festival was “Family and Friends Day” and vendors were still setting up during the early afternoon. Retail traders included Danna Bain and her Buffalo Girls Flea Market and Swap, Bruce Garner “The Leather Man” and Steve Plumlee’s “Cobwebs and Cubbyholes”. Performers setting up included Master Ash Cary of ‘Knightwings Birds of Prey’, a Fortune...
Elliott Leaves Legacy of Community Service
A legacy of community service remains following the death of William S. “Billy Sam” Elliott, 75, of Sulphur Springs. Elliott passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018 at his residence. Elliott served as president of the Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees and president of the Hopkins County Dairy Festival. He is best remembered by many for his service as President and CEO of the Hopkins County...
Local Man Arrested for Possession of Controlled Substance in Drug Free Zone
A traffic stop in the 700 block of Main Street by Sulphur Springs Police resulted in the arrest of Steven Joe Garrett, Jr., 27 of Sulphur Springs. The police officer searched Garrett’s 2005 Altima with the driver’s consent and found contraband. The arrest was made in a Drug Free Zone. Garrett was arrested earlier this month on drug charges. Garrett is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty...
Local Woman Arrested in Traffic Stop
A traffic stop at the 126 mile marker on I-30 resulted in the arrest of Crystal Dawn Sims, 36, of Sulphur Springs. With consent to search, the Hopkins County Deputy noted a purse in the passenger seat. Sims was asked if anything illegal was in the purse. She answered there was nothing illegal in it. A search of the purse produced a package of cigarettes containing a syringe and cotton swab and a small clear plastic baggie containing a...
Ten Reasons to Smile; Back to School Fair
Why Smile? Ten Reasons Why Do you know anybody who seems to always have a smile? I do! Every Sunday morning from the choir loft at my church, I have the perfect view of a sweet lady who smiles during our choir special, during congregational singing, and while listening to the morning message. It seems to brighten my spirit, and makes me want to smile, too! Smiling is a great way to make yourself stand...
Lights Out U-10 Baseball Give Back to Community and Sponsor
Members of Lights Out, an under-10 baseball team sponsored by CPI, prepared backpacks for a Back to School Bash, August 11th from 11am-2pm, at the old Houston School location, 411 College Street, in Sulphur Springs. The team filled the backpacks as a give back to CPI and the community for support of their team and the local baseball association. Sponsors of the event will provide school supplies, snow cones, hot dogs, & drinks...
