Ernestine Cox
Graveside service for Ernestine Cox, age 101, of Mt. Pleasant, TX will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Sulphur Springs. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 P.M. on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Cox passed away on Monday, May 14th, 2018 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.
Tabernacle Baptist Church is Mission-Oriented…Local and Global
Pastor Mike Haun and the congregation of Tabernacle Baptist Church believe in supporting the work of Christian missions. To name just one, they sponsor a Bible distribution and teaching ministry in Papua, New Guinea conducted by the Jason Brewer missionary family, originally of Sulphur Springs, Texas. And practically in their “own back yard” is the Holy Highway Girls Home which the Tabernacle Baptist Church family...
SSISD Board Celebrates Academic Accomplishments During May Meeting
Sulphur Springs School Board honored Peyton Dietze, Valedictorian of the Class of 2018 and Sarah Harper, Salutatorian of the Class, heard reports from various educational programs including Academic UIL achievements, reorganized the board, and conducted routine business during Tuesday night’s regular May session. Incumbents Jason Dietze and Kerry Wright were given the oath of office for a three-year term. Neither candidate had an...
SSISD Places Second in Elementary Academic UIL Competiton
SSISD’s 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students participated in an Elementary Academic UIL competition on Saturday, March 24th, 2018. The contest was hosted at Pine Tree Middle School in Longview, TX. Our team was represented by 120 students, 33 coaches, and our five campus coordinators. Our students competed in 27 events ranging from number sense to storytelling. Our SSISD team earned second place standing overall. This is SSISD’s...
Early Voting Begins in Primary Runoff; 170 Ballots Cast on First Day
Early vote for the first day of the Primary Runoff Monday, May 14, 163 Republican and seven (7) Democrats cast ballots. A number of ballot by mail have also been sent out to those over 65 years of age who made the request, according to Hopkins County Clerk Debbie Shirley. Early voting in the Primary Runoff Election continues 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day through Friday, May 18th. Early voting takes place at the Justice of the Peace...
Steven Proctor Retires and Other End of School Year Personnel Changes in SSISD
During Tuesday night’s School Board meeting, personnel changes were approved. As the school year ends, several changes will be made. One of those changes that ends an era of dedicated service is the retirement of Steve Proctor. Mr. Proctor has been a director in the Sulphur Springs ISD band program 33 years and has been in education for 39 years. Approved personnel changes include: Retirement Steven...
Tuesday Forecast
30% chance of showers and thunderstorms; High: 87; Low: 69; Wind: South, southwest 5-10 mph, becoming west in afternoon, and east, southeast in the evening
County Commissioners Approve Exception to Plat Requirements; Appoint Bartley to Water Planning Group
Hopkins County Commissioners Court heard a report on county use and services at the Sulphur Springs Public Library, approved the appointment of Wade Bartley to the North East Texas Regional Water Planning Group, and approved an amendment to the Hopkins County Platting Procedures and Subdivision Regulations. Exceptions to plat requirements include: An owner of a tract of land located outside the limits of a municipality who divides the...
