Anna Marler Beggs
Memorial Service for Anna Marler Beggs, age 85, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. Interment will be held at a later date at Cumby Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Ms. Beggs passed away on Thursday, Janauary 11, 2018 at her residence. Anna Marler Beggs was born on October 7, 1932 in...
Game Day: Wildcat, Lady Cat Soccer in Tournament Play
Both the Wildcats and Lady Cats’ soccer teams will be playing in their second tournament of the season this Thursday through Saturday (January 11-13). The Wildcats are in Austin for the 2018 Longhorn Challenge. It’s being played at the newly renovated Charles Alan Wright Fields at the Berry M. Whitaker Sports Complex at UT Austin. The Wildcats open play at 1 p.m. Thursday against Humble from the Houston area. The Wildcats,...
Testimony Given in Kougher Case Involves Witnesses from Hopkins County to Canada
The story of Bradley Curtis Kougher, 41, who is on trial in Eighth Judicial District Court for one count of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child Under 6-years of age, a Felony 1; Sexual Performance by a Child under 14-years of age, a Felony 1; Indecency with a Child Sexual Contact, a Felony 2; and Attempted Sexual Performance by a Child, a Felony 2 is revealing a series of situations stretching from Hopkins County Texas to Canada....
Board Member Election for Texas Corn Producers Begins Monday, January 15
The Texas Corn Producers Board will hold elections in three of its five voting regions to elect five board members where current members’ seats are expiring. The TCPB election is conducted by voting regions and will be held from Jan. 15, 2018, until Jan. 29, 2018. There are two seats open for election in Voting Region Three, which includes Hunt, Delta, Lamar, Hopkins and a large number of counties in North-Central, Northeast and...
Commissioners’ Court to Discuss Courthouse Annex in Friday Work Session
Following the Friday 1 p.m. Hopkins County Commissioners’ Court special meeting, Commissioners will meet in a budget work session to discuss the construction of a courtroom annex adjacent to the New Hopkins County Jail. The courtroom annex was on the Monday, January 8th regular session agenda but commissioners tabled the item when questions regarding the building of a second building for offices for the District Attorney and District...
Helen Marie Gaddis
Memorial services for Helen Marie Gaddis, age 84, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, January 13, 2018 at Chapel Hill Baptist Church in Emory, TX with her son-in-law, Billy Walker officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Helen passed away on Friday, January 5, 2018 at Hunt County Regional Hospital in Greenville. Helen was born on July 7, 1933 in Denison, TX, the daughter of Robert Cecil Harber and...
Christy Norman
Funeral Service for Christy Norman, age 52, of Mesquite, TX will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, January 13, 2018 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Thomas Norman, Tommy Norman, Tracy Norman, Tracy Norman II, Jordan Horn and Tim Wisdom Jr. serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Ms. Norman passed away on January 9, 2018 in Mesquite,...
Chamber Connection January 11, 2018
Would you like to recognize an Outstanding Educator? Here is your chance…this year the Chamber of Commerce Education Committee wants to allow all Hopkins County Citizens to nominate their candidates for “Outstanding Professional Educator” (Administrator, Counselor, Diagnostician, or Teacher) “Outstanding Para Professional Educator” (Secretary or Aide) and “Outstanding Auxiliary Educator” (Maintenance, Custodial, Transportation, Nurse...
Thursday Forecast; Wind Advisory
30% chance of showers mainly before noon; High: 59, falling to 41 by 5 p.m.; Low: 27; Wind: Advisory… south, southwest 15-20 mph becoming north 20-30 mph, gusting to 40 mph
