Hopkins County United Way Almost At Half Way Mark In Campaign To Raise $165,000
Hopkins County United Way campaign workers turned in $25,548 in pledges and donations over the last week. That brings to total collected as of the fourth campaign workers report meeting Tuesday morning, Oct. 22, to $71,361.26, about 43.25 percent of the overall $165,000 campaign goal. “We are so grateful for every bit,” said HCUW Executive Secretary Susan Berning. Campaign workers reported several of the packets turned in...
Hay Show and Sale Coming Up Friday Oct. 25, 11:30am
A Hopkins County agricultural tradition is continuing, and in 2019 being sponsored by the Natural Resources Conservation Services which, like Hopkins/Rains Farm Bureau, serves Hopkins and Rains Counties. The long-standing tradition is for hay growers to compare their product with others, with an eye to top nutrition in the hay they raise for forage for their animals. The 2019 deadline to enter hay samples was October 4, and according...
Jeanie Pace
Graveside service for Jeanie Pace, age 63, of Clarksville, Tx will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, October 25, 2019, at North Hopkins Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation held. Ms. Pace passed away Monday, October 21, 2019, at Clarksville Nursing Center. Jeanie was born April 9, 1956 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to Eugene and Mary Ruth Lively. She married Allen Edward Pace in Clarksville on September 18th, 1981. Jeanie worked as...
Sulphur Springs ISD Trustees Approve 6 Staff Changes
Sulphur Springs Independent School District administrators will be tasked with finding two teachers and a payroll coordinator in the near future. SSHS will need an auto tech teacher starting in the spring semester. Troy Emerson turned in his notice of resignation, effective at the end of the semester. High school will also be losing math and robotics teacher Ruston Pennington at the end of the school year. Pennington notified...
Dinner Bell Menu for October 23rd, 2019
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church is the Community Partner I was informed it was STEW TIME in Sulphur Springs so what are we serving BUT: Hopkins County Stew Pickles, Cheese Sticks, Crackers and Crispy Bread Logs Garden Salad THAT Four Layer Chocolate Dessert Chocolate Pudding (the no added sugar dessert Same time (11:45 a.m.). Same place (Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church). Come join us. You may have as many...
Sulphur Springs Man Allegedly Caught With Stolen Car
Sulphur Springs Police reportedly caught a 27-year-old Sulphur Springs man with a car that’d just been reported stolen early Tuesday morning, according to arrest reports. Trondamion Andrzhel Cleveland A Mitsubishi Galant was reported stolen from the 600 block of Ingram Street at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22. A short time later, Trondamion Andrzhel Cleveland was reportedly located in the 700 block of Calvert Street with the...
Kyle Man Jailed On Felony DWI Charge Following Crash
A 57-year-old Kyle, Texas man was arrested on a felony driving while intoxicated charge after allegedly driving his pickup in the ditch Monday evening. Emergency dispatchers were first alerted at 6:18 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, of a possible vehicle crash on State Highway 11 east. The caller reportedly heard a loud engine revving and stepped out of the garage to check it out. The resident reported seeing a truck in the ditch. The resident...
Beth Wisenbaker and Committee of SSHS Class of 1969 Plans 50th Reunion Celebration on October 26
Beth Brady Wisenbaker Beth Brady and 156 other Seniors graduated in May 1969 from Sulphur Springs High School, located back then on the site of today’s Sulphur Springs Elementary School and formerly Sulphur Springs Middle School. Plans for the 2019 reunion set for Saturday October 26 are twofold. There is a gathering for stew at 11am on the Hopkins County Stew Contest grounds under the Class of 1969 tent, set up across from...
Peggy Lou Friddle Williams
Funeral services for Peggy Lou Friddle Williams, age 75, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 26, 2019 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Thompson officiating. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m., prior to service time. Interment will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, October 26, 2019 at Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer, TX with grandsons, Price Griggs, Collin Williams, Brandon Jones, Blake Holly,...
Halloween Treats and Eats
Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Family & Community Health Agent, 1200-B West Houston St., Sulphur Springs; 903-439-4909; [email protected] By Johanna Hicks, Extension Agent Halloween is just around the corner, but that doesn’t mean you have to be spooked by the sweets your child will be consuming. With preparation and help from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension’s “Dinner Tonight,” you can ensure that your child...
