Extended Voting Hours Thursday; Rain Hampers Wednesday Numbers
Thursday, November 1st, will offer extended hours for early voting. Hours Thursday are 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. This extended hour opportunity to cast a ballot in the November 6th General Election follows a rain soaked Wednesday that saw only 337 early votes cast. Wednesday was the lowest vote total for a weekday during this early voting period. Early voting continues through Friday this week. Friday hours are 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the...
Hearts of Life Present Heidi and Peggy Sue for Adoption
Heidi & Peggy Sue are still waiting for a family to call their own. They are bonded best friends who must stay together. Heidi is approximately 3 years old. Peggy Sue is approximately 4 years old. Their adoption fee together is $100.00 which includes all previous vetting, shots, spay and rabies. Please contact Hearts of Life Animal Rescue to meet this precious pair! Call 903-439-5019,...
Chamber Connection November 1, 2018
Thank you to all who attended the 49thAnnual Hopkins County Stew Contest! We enjoyed delicious stew, BEAUTIFUL weather, and great memories. I love that we live in a community that welcomes an event of this size, allows us to think of our big dreams, and execute them. Thank you to our sponsors,our cooks, and our volunteers for a wonderful, wonderful Hopkins County tradition! See you next year for the gigantic 50th Annual Stew...
Wednesday Arrest of Local Man Leads to Quantity of Meth, Mushroom, Guns, and More Found in His Possession
Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit and Hopkins County Criminal Investigator Wade Sheets executed a search warrant at Econo Lodge in Sulphur Springs regarding drug activity. Multiple buys of over 20-grams of methamphetamine over the past month led to the warrants, according to SCU officers. In serving the warrants, law enforcement found a total of three pistols and two pellet pistols, multiple pieces of Penalty Group 1 drugs...
Thursday Forecast
20% chance of showers; High: 54; Low: 44; Wind: North,northwest 15-10 mph
Miller Grove ISD Late Start Thursday November 1st
Heavy rains and flooding forced Miller Grove ISD to issue a late start for Thursday November 1st, 2018. “Due to heavy rains and flooding, Miller Grove School will have a delayed start of 1 hour, tomorrow, Thursday, November 1st. Buses will run 1 hour later and school will start at 9 am. Thank you.”
Wildcats Host Kaufman in Senior Night Game at Prim Stadium
At his weekly media gathering Wednesday (October 31), Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said the Wildcats are still working to get better and striving to clean up some problem areas the team has. He said some of the problems arose in the Greenville game last week that Coach Owens said was a rough game. He pointed out that even some of his very successful teams in the past got well into the playoffs before ironing out some rough...
Mary Nell (Tubb) Robinson
Funeral service for Mary Nell (Tubb) Robinson, age 86, of Mt. Vernon will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel, 419 Gilmer Street, Sulphur Springs, TX with Bro. John Gandy officiating. Interment will follow at South Liberty Cemetery with Sean English, Adam English, Gregg English, Logan English, Alan English and Lucas Robinson serving as pallbearers and Benny and Lewis Potter and...
Mary Carolyn Reid Hester
Mary Carolyn Reid Hester passed away Monday, October 29, 2018 at the age of 88. She was at the family farm in Cooper, Texas surrounded by family. Born April 2, 1930 in Fredrick, Oklahoma to Archibald and Texa Lee Reid; she was the youngest of four. We celebrate her life as a person, a nurse of 30 plus years and a mother of five. She had a distinguished career in nursing as head of three Emergency Rooms in Houston and Dallas. She is...
