GoFundMe Campaign Benefits Lil’ 4’s
A GoFundMe Campaign, created by local author Collen Hoover, is nearing it’s second goal of over $35,000. To donate: https://www.gofundme.com/for-the-children-of-sulphur-springs The campaign story, written by Ms. Hoover follows: Thirty years ago, she was living under a bridge with her one-year-old daughter. She would line her daughter’s diapers with leaves to make them last longer. Now, she is committing her entire life to making...
Free Thanksgiving Feast at Mitchell Chapel Thursday
Thursday, November 16,2017 at 11:00am until 1:00pm, The Mitchell Chapel COGIC Food Ministry invites the community to their first annual Thanksgiving Feast. Thanksgiving is next week and there are a lot of people in this community that don’t get to spend time with their families or get a good hot meal on Thanksgiving. So The Mitchell Chapel COGIC Family wants to be blessing to the community. MENU: Chicken And Dressing English Pea...
“Fly Your Flag” On the Air During Contest Hosted on KSST…Texas A and M Commerce Wins Again
KSST opened it’s doors to the Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation Executive Director Meredith Caddell, board members and volunteers on Tuesday November 14 for the annual “Fly Your Flag” fundraising effort which benefits the Lights of Life Campaign. KSST owners Chad and Rhonda Young, General Manager Jim Rogers and the staff fielded phone calls from listeners who pledged money to have their own Alma Mater flag flown...
Sulphur Springs Youth Orchestra Sets Fundraiser Concert
Sulphur Springs Youth Orchestra will present a Fundraiser Concert at Shannon Oaks Church Thursday, November 16. Donations are welcome.
CASA Cookie Walk Set for December 1
The annual CASA Cookie Walk is set for Friday, December 1, 2017 at First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 301 Church Street, 9 a.m. until noon. Cookies are $5 per pound. The event is a fund raiser for Lake Country Court Appointed Special Advocates. Lake Country Court Appointed Special Advocates serve as advocates for children in the Child Protective Services System awaiting court appointments and they assure that no child...
Eagle Scout Project Update
Nathan Tiegiser has completed his Eagle Scout Project. He has decided to refurbish the signs in Pacific Park, on Saturday November 11th. With the help of his troop and members of the public the group was able to update and repair the four signs around the park.Each sign needed new wood backs, wood frames, and new paint all around. Stop by Pacific Park to admire their hard work and the new beautiful signs!
Scout Completes Eagle Leadership Service Project; Dedicated Flag Pole at Union Cemetery
Johnathan Johnson, 17, a resident of Sulphur Springs and a Life rank Scout in Boy Scouts of America – Troop 322 of Greenville, has completed his Eagle Leadership Service Project. He and fellow Scouts in his Troop installed a flag pole at the Union Community Cemetery in Hopkins County. The project took many hours of planning, gathering supplies, and two Saturdays of leading his peers in the work to complete. He dedicated his...
Lilley Files for Republican Nomination for Judge of the Hopkins County Court at Law
Sulphur Springs resident and attorney of thirteen years Steve Lilley filed paperwork November 11th to run for Judge of the Hopkins County Court at Law on the Republican ticket. Lilley graduated from Baylor Law School in 2004 and moved to Hopkins County. Currently serving as an assistant district attorney in Hunt County, he previously worked as a prosecutor and attorney in civil practice in Sulphur Springs. “I have been honored to...
