Jack Godfrey
Funeral service for Jack Godfrey, age 85, of Sulphur Springs, will be held on 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 23, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Pastor Steve Cook officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Joey Godfrey, Buddy Daehn, Eddie Daehn, Broc Hutchings, Jason Brown, and Toby Home serving as pallbearers and Aron Daehn and Wesleyan Sunday Class serving as honorary pallbearers. Visitation will be...
Clayton Sulphur Springs Building Facility Closed Temporarily After Employee Tests COVID-19 Positive
The Clayton Sulphur Springs Building Facility temporarily closed Wednesday for deep cleaning and sanitizing, after a company employee tested positive for COVID-19, Clayton Media Relations Manager Caitlyn Crosby confirmed Thursday. “The health and safety of our team members and their families is extremely important to our company. A Clayton team member at our Clayton Sulphur Springs home building facility in Texas has tested...
The Independence Concert, Fireworks Set on Celebration Plaza Saturday September 5!
L. to R. Sharla Campbell, Symphony League Treasurer and Linda Galligher, League President The news is out and it’s flag-waving news! The annual Independence Concert and Fireworks, put on by the Sulphur Springs Symphony League, will be held in 2020. The will be staged in the usual grand style on Celebration Plaza on Saturday September 5, 2020 during the Labor Day weekend. First cancelled by COVID-19 restrictions from it’s...
Hodges, Tippit Honored As Top Seniors At Saltillo High
Madison Hodges and Joe Tippit are recognized as this year’s top seniors at Saltillo High School. Madison (Graycie) Hodges Madison (Graycie) Hodges, daughter of Jamie Watts and Charles Hodges, earned valedictorian honors with a 3.74 grade point average. She has been active in UIL One-Act Play competition, earning Best Actress honors at District in 2019 and All Star Cast honors at District in 2020. Hodges participated in several...
UPDATED: Ed I. Palmer II
Memorial services for Ed I. Palmer II, 78, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 10am Saturday, June 13th, in the Spence Chapel of First Baptist Church Sulphur Springs with Pastor Bruce Welch officiating. A public graveside service will follow at 11am in Sulphur Springs City Cemetery. An additional memorial service will take place at a later date in Garland under the direction of Charles W. Smith & Sons Funeral Home...
Relay For Life Format Will Be Modified To Honor, Keep Survivors Safe This Year
This year’s Relay For Life format is being adapted in order to both honor and protect survivors as the community and world continues to employ health safety practices due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The format of the June 12 Relay For Life Tri-County Tx is being modified to honor survivors, while still keeping them and the community safe. “We are so sorry for the many changes this year, but we are trying to adapt to the...
Northeast Texas Children’s Museum Makes Plans to Reopen
(May 18, 2020, Commerce, Texas) As guidelines evolve daily regarding safety standards, the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum is scheduling a reopening of the Children’s Museum on Tuesday, May 26. Plans are to open the Children’s Museum gradually so that safe practices can continue to be evaluated as specifics for a healthy environment continue to change. The museum will open from 9:30 to 12:00 and close from 12:00 to...
Missing Sulphur Springs Teen
*Update* This missing person has been found and is safe. See Related Story Sulphur Springs Police Department is asking anyone with information about the whereabouts of missing 15-year-old Camri Leigh Propes to contact the SSPD at 903-885-7602 or Crimestoppers at 903-885-2020. Camri Leigh Propes Camri is approximately five feet-four inches tall and weighs about 100 pounds. She has long brown hair and brown eyes. She was reported to...
Deputy Arrested A Sulphur Springs Man On A Warrant
A deputy arrested a Sulphur Springs man on a warrant Tuesday afternoon. Hopkins County Sheriff Office Cpl. Todd Evans located Chaisen Jadran Chamness of Sulphur Springs at his Main Street address. He was taken into custody at 3:24 p.m. May 19. Chaisen Jadran Chamness (HCSO jail photo) Chamness was booked into Hopkins County jail for insufficient bond on a December 2019, third or more driving while intoxicated, charge. The arrest,...
Suspicious Vehicle Report On County Road 2307 Results In Controlled Substance Arrest
A suspicious vehicle report on County Road 2307 Tuesday night resulted in a controlled substance arrest, according to sheriff’s reports. Hopkins County Sheriff Office’s Deputies Chris Baumann and Zack Horne responded at 9:30 p.m. to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in an empty lot on CR 2307. A man had allegedly been spotted in the wooded area behind the lot just prior to the report, Mark Alan Hicks (HCSO jail...
