Governor Abbott Outlined Plans To Reopen Texas
Governor Greg Abbott outlined plans to reopen Texas during his press conference Monday afternoon. The stay at home safe order in place will be allowed to expire at the end of the month. He outlined a plan to begin opening businesses starting May 1. Governor Gregg Abbot during a televised press conference Monday, April 27. Abbott said the stay at home safe order had done it’s place to reduce the spread of COVID-19. He announced...
Free Mobile COVID-19 Testing In Sulphur Springs
Free mobile COVID-19 testing in Sulphur Springs is offered on Thursday, April 30, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Hopkins County Civic Center, 1200 Houston Street. You must first register and be screened for symptoms of COVID-19. This testing is by APPOINTMENT ONLY. You will not be able to register until late Tuesday evening or early Wednesday morning. For screening information and registration, go to www.txcovidtest.org or call...
Firearms And Marijuana Were Found During Traffic Stop
An Interstate 30 traffic stop resulted in the arrest of a 24-year-old Pine Bluff, Arkansas man after firearms and marijuana were found in his vehicle. Marcus Jerome Jackson (HCSO jail photo) Cumby Police Officer Jonathan Painter reported initiating a traffic stop on a white Cadillac CTS at 7:01 p.m. Saturday. The stop occurred on Interstate 30 west near mile marker 130. After allegedly smelling a strong marijuana odor emitting from...
State Highway 11 Traffic Stop Resulted In An Arrest
A State Highway 11 traffic stop resulted in an arrest for controlled substance possession Saturday evening, according to sheriff’s reports. Brandi Rose Ann Propes (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Elijah Fite reported, while on patrol around 7:15 p.m. April 25, 2020, seeing a tan Honda Civic with a defective tail light. The vehicle was traveling west on State Highway 11 east near the Sulphur Springs, TX...
Como-Pickton Elementary New Student Registration To Be Conducted Online
Como-Pickton Elementary new student registration will be conducted online via the link on the school website. Parents will need to complete registration forms along with required documents via email to [email protected].
Rose Spencer Enix
Rose Spencer Enix, age 96, passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2020, in Sulphur Springs, TX. She was born the daughter of Johnny and Annie Kitts Spencer in Hopkins County on June 6, 1923. A life-long resident of Hopkins County, Rose graduated from Sulphur Springs High School in 1941. She married Edward Enix on June 14, 1941. He proceeded her in death in 1980. She was a homemaker and worked for Ike Clark then H.D. Lee Company for...
Washburn, Westlund At Top Of SSHS Senior Class Of 2020
Sydney Claire Washburn was announced this week as valedictorian and Andrew Bryan Westlund as salutatorian of SSHS Senior Class of 2020. Valedictorian Sydney Washburn, Sulphur Springs High School Senior Class of 2020 valedictorian Sulphur Springs High School Principal Derek Driver made the announcement for the top honor graduates at a small gathering, with social distancing observed, in front of the high school Monday morning....
Meal A Day Menu
The Senior Citizens Center may be temporarily closed due to COVID-19, but the dedicated Meal A Day volunteers continue to work five days a week preparing and delivering meals to shut-in elderly in the community. The Meal A Day menu for April 27-May 1, 2020 includes: Monday — Chicken Broccoli and Noodle Supreme, Pinto Beans and Corn Tuesday — Apricot Glazed Chicken On a Bed of Rice, Providence Vegetables and Roll Wednesday...
Commissioners Expected To Extend Second Amended Disaster Declaration Monday
Retirement Benefit Limits For Hopkins County Employees To Be Discussed During Work Session Hopkins County Commissioners Court are expected to extend the second amended disaster declaration, in addition to authorize a major equipment purchase and two others items related to county road repair, and roofing contract for the probation office. Hopkins County Commissioners Court Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom, following the...
City Of Como Is Accepting Scholarship Applications
The City of Como is accepting scholarship applications from seniors who have a Como address. Applications may be picked up at Como City Hall or call Mary Cay Doss at 903-488-3434 to have one emailed. Once complete, applications should be returned by the May 11 deadline to [email protected] or dropped into the bill slot at the city during regular business hours. Two scholarships will be awarded. In 2019, Como Mayor Darla Henry...





