Miller Grove FFA Banquet to be Held May 9th
April 25, 2024 – The 2024 Miller Grove FFA Banquet is scheduled for May 9th, 2024. The will will be Miller Grove’s 90th FFA Banquet, which will begin at 6:00pm. Established in 1934, this year’s Miller Grove FFA Banquet will take place at the Miller Grove ISD Multipurpose facility. Don’t miss out. Miller Grove ISD Staff Banquet Invite 2024
A&M-Commerce Hosts Luncheon to Celebrate Lyon Center for Gamebird Research
April 25, 2024 – COMMERCE, TEXAS: Texas A&M University-Commerce hosted a luncheon at the Hilton hotel in Rockwall, Texas, on Tuesday, April 16, to celebrate the university’s planned Ted and Donna Lyon Center for Gamebird Research. A&M Gamebird Research The Lyon Center, which will be located along Highway 24 in Commerce, Texas, approximately 1.5 miles south of the university campus, will feature a state-of-the-art...
TikTok Needs A New Owner
April 25, 2024 – The clock has begun ticking for TikTok to find a new owner. TikTok is a short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance. President Joe Biden signed legislation Wednesday that would ban TikTok in the United States unless its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sells the app. The bill was signed into law by President Joe Biden on April 24, 2024, giving ByteDance until January 19, 2025 to divest...
Teresa Faye Carpenter
Funeral service for Teresa Faye Carpenter, age 72, will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 26, 2024 at Mt. Sterling Church with Bishop Richmond officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Sterling Cemetery with David Jacobs, Max Jacobs, Marlin Jones, Bryan Shultz, Charlie Reeder, and Nolan Hill serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at the old Murray Orwosky Funeral Home location at 419 Gilmer...
James Ray Smith
Funeral service for James Ray Smith, age 79, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, April 29, 2024 at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home in Sulphur Springs, TX with Andy Wright and Mike Eason officiating. Interment will follow at North Hopkins Cemetery with David Smith, Steven Smith, Calvin Brey, Jimmy Boswell, Rodney Boswell, and Danny Darlin serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Sunday,...
Pickleball Champions Announced
Craig Johnson and Drake Clarke emerge victorious in the Inaugural Hopkins County Open, Pickleball Championship! April 23, 2024 – After a very Stormy Saturday, beautiful weather peaked through and gave pickleball fans in Hopkins County the perfect weather for the Inaugural Hopkins County Open Pickleball Championship benefiting client services of your Hopkins County Community Action Network, more commonly known as CANHELP....
What you need to know about Texas’ school safety policies
By Nina Banks, The Texas Tribune April 24, 2024 In response to the deadliest school shooting in Texas, lawmakers have upped legislation concerning gun and school safety. House Bill 3 passed late last year, which created the requirement for an armed security guard to be present on all campuses and also ramped up mental health resources for students. In Texas, the responsibility for establishing the guidelines for public school safety...
First Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation Mingo Deemed a Success
April 23, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s first Mingo event was a success. Not only didplayers have fun, but the funds were secured to offer free heart calcium tests to HopkinsCounty men. Mingo night involved 196 players vying for 24 prizes and 11 door prizes. Players enjoyeddelicious BBQ sandwiches from Slaughter’s BBQ Oasis, and the Grub House provided the barstocked with sodas,...
Rachel Tara Gonzales
Rachel Tara Gonzales 49, of Yantis, TX unexpectedly left us on Saturday, April 20, 2024 following an aneurysm. She was born September 9, 1974 in Standish, Michigan. Rachel was known for her creativity, writing, telling stories, love of yard sales or any activities with her mom, spending time with her sisters, and ability to make children smile. She loved spending time with her son, Michael Carrasco, nieces, nephews, and great-nieces...
Fight for Zachariah
April 23, 2024 – Fight for Zachariah is a local effort to raise funds for an alternative cancer treatment for 19 year-old Zachariah Walker. Walker is fighting a rare and aggressive cancer. He was originally diagnosed at the age of 17. His family is seeking funds to provide an alternative cancer treatment. That treatment is not covered by insurance. His family will need to provide the entire $54,000. Walker worked at Signature...
