Cumby Bond Election: What The Bond Funds, Tax Impact
Voters within Cumby ISD will be asked this fall to cast their preference either in favor of or against a $6.2 million bond election to fund facilities improvements. The bond proposal is at least 2 years worth of work by administrators trustees and a facilities comittee. District administrators explained a facilities inventory and evaluation was ordered in 2017. Then, a 10-member facilities committee determined how best to meet...
National Qualifier with American Degree through Como-Pickton FFA, Breanna Bowen Heads to Tarleton State University
Heading off to school In Stephenville, Texas at Tarleton State University is just one of the exciting life events for Breanna Bowen, a Hopkins County student who graduated from Como-Pickton CISD in 2018. In fact, she is starting her second year at Tarleton pursuing a degree toward…what else?…an ag-related career! Breanna’s major is Ag Communication. Her chosen career would involve writing and educating through...
Flo Ree Bramlett
Graveside services for Flo Ree Bramlett, age 90, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 23, 2019 at Cumby City Cemetery with Rev. Deidre Maples officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Flo passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at Carriage House Manor. She was born on April 12, 1929 in Cumby, TX, the daughter of W.C. Rape and Cora Bell Moseley Rape. She married Raymond E. Bramlett in November 1954 at...
Dorothy Peterson Houghton
Dorothy Peterson Houghton died August 19, 2019. She was 84 years old. Dorothy was known for her love for her husband, Bill, her love for her family and her love for God and His Word. At the time of his death, Bill and Dorothy were just two months shy of celebrating 65 years of marriage.Dorothy Peterson was born on November 28, 1934 in Independence, Missouri. Shortly after she moved to Midland in 1974, she became employed by BTA Oil...
Earlene Alexander Reynolds
Earlene Alexander Reynolds went home to be with the Lord on Friday, August 16, 2019 in Cooper, Texas. Earlene was born on February 2, 1941, to William and Margaret Alexander in Malakoff, Texas. She lived in Hopkins County, until she graduated from high school in 1959, at which time she moved to Dallas, Texas. She worked at AT&T in Mesquite, Texas beginning in 1968, until her retirement. She married Stephen C. Reynolds on April 6,...
Cumby Mayor, School Bond On Nov. 5 Ballots
Cumby Independent School District’s incumbents weren’t challenged in their bids for reelection to the board of trustees, nor were those hoping to serve as aldermen on Cumby City Council. Candidates, Bond CISD President Jason Hudson, Jody Jarvis and Secretary Tony Aguilar were the only candidates to turn in applications for a place on the Nov. 5 Cumby ISD Board of Trustees ballot. Similarly, the only candidates to file for...
North Hopkins ISD Trustees Election Draws 7 Candidates
Seven candidates signed up for a place on the ballot in the North Hopkins Independent School District Board of Trustees Election. Candidates, including incumbents are D. Ellis Dicus, Vicki Hillis Ferrell, Justin Holland, Andy Kendall, Robert McPherson, Sherry Smiddy and Charlie Vaughn. Voters will be asked to select up to three candidates to fill three at-large full three-year term seats on the school board. Early voting by personal...
City Tax Rate Will Remain The Same; Water, Sewer Fees Will Increase In Coming Year
The city of Sulphur Springs is proposing a $30.5 million budget for fiscal year 2020. The city budget is projected to fund routine operations as well as a few projects without having to raise the city tax rate above the current 44-cents per $100 property valuation, according to Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell. City residents will, however, see a small increase in water, sewer and trash rates, to help support those services...
Sulphur Springs Police Arrest 4 On Marijuana Possession Charges
Sulphur Springs Police arrested four people, two each at two different locations Monday on marijuana possession charges. Special Crimes Unit investigators at 1:45 p.m. Aug. 19 stopped a Toyota Camry in the 100 block of South Moore Street for a traffic violation. On contact with the vehicle, the SCU officers alleged they could smell a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Both the driver and passenger were asked to step out...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed On Aggravated Assault With Deadly Weapon Warrant
A 52-year-old Sulphur Springs was arrested Monday on an aggravated assault with deadly weapon warrant. Douglas Paul Merrell turned himself in at Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office to Sgt. Richard Greer at 4:30 p.m., according to arrest reports. Douglas Paul Merrell Greer escorted Merrell into the county jail, where Merrell was booked, then released for jail later Monday on $50,000 bond on the aggravated assault with a deadly weapon...
