Honor Flight Send Off Held For 4 Area Veterans Oct. 31
Honor Flight Sendoff Oct. 31, 2019, at Hopkins County Courthouse Community members and veterans filled the second floor courtroom at Hopkins County Courthouse Thursday to recognize Rick Flanary and Jerry Hanna of Sulphur Springs, Earl Stubblefield of Bogata and Marvin Cherney of Mineola who have been selected to participate in DFW Veterans Honor Flight. Hopkins County showed appreciation for their service with a send-off event...
Winter Is A Wonderful Time To Plant Trees, Shrubs
Dr. Mario Villarino By Dr. Mario Villarino, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent, Ag./NR As I was writing this piece, the temperatures overnight dropped below freezing levels. I wonder what happen to our fall? All I can remember was two weeks of mild temperatures this year. According to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, from a gardening perspective, the end of the year can seem to be relatively mundane. With the hustle and bustle of the...
All Hopkins County Veterans Are Invited To SSHS Veterans Day Celebration On Nov. 11
Sulphur Spring High School will have a special Veterans Day program to honor our past and present military. “We are inviting all Hopkins County veterans, current service members, and their spouses for a reception followed by a patriotic program,” said Rusty Harden, Sulphur Springs Independent School District assistant superintendent. A reception will begin at 12 noon in the SSHS Library. The program will follow at 1 p.m....
Larry Jumper
Funeral Service with military honors for Larry Jumper, age of 73, of Como will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday November 8th , 2019 at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel with Buddy Wiggins officiating and Ronnie Gun and Davis Jumper servicing as honorary pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Thursday November 7th , 2019 at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home. Arrangements under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral...
Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Was Pleased With Defense Against Greenville But Wants More of the Same on Friday
Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Alex Guerra said he was pleased with his defense’s effort last Friday (October 25) against Greenville from front to back. The Wildcats defense yielded only one touchdown and 147 total yards. He said it would be awesome to continue that effort over the next two weeks. Coach Guerra said he has seen no quitting by the Wildcats. He said it was hard to single out any defender against Greenville because...
Wildcats Offensive Coordinator Discusses Play Against Greenville and Kaufman Defense
Wildcats Offensive Coordinator Matt Young said the Wildcats’ offense did not get into the end zone enough last Friday night (October 25) at The Prim against Greenville. He said some offensive guys did some good things last week but he added little things continued to hamper the Wildcats. Wildcats quarterback Kaden Wallace was injured against Greenville and may be a game time decision as far as playing against Kaufman Friday....
Como-Pickton Lady Eagles Cross Country Team State Bound After Regional Showing Monday
The Como-Pickton Lady Eagles Cross Country Team will be heading to the State Meet on Saturday, November 9 at Old Settlers’ Park in Round Rock. The Lady Eagles finished fourth at their regional meet in Class 2A last Monday. Lexi Busby led the Lady Eagles with an 11th place finish with a time of 13:02. Bailey Neal was 38th, Shelby Speed was 44th, Kara Tifft was 49th, Hannah Warren was 56th, Aylin Gonzalez was 65th and Breanna...
Early Voting Continues In JP 2 Courtroom With Extended Hours Thursday
All early voting in Hopkins County is being conducted at the Courthouse Annex, 128 Jefferson St. (tax and registration office), in Sulphur Springs. Early voting continues this week with early voting hours extended until 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, in the Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Courtroom in the Courthouse Annex, 128 Jefferson St., in all city, school, regional and constitutional amendment election. Early voting by personal...
Blood Drive Held at the PJC Sulphur Springs Center
blood drive held at the PJC Sulphur Springs Center The Blend Club, a student service organization on the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center campus, sponsored a blood drive this week to collect units of blood for Carter BloodCare. Among the students donating was Krystal Crump, pictured above being assisted by a Carter BloodCare specialist.
