Mystery Designer Handbag Raffle Tickets are Available
Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Designer Handbag Bingo is sold out, but you could still win a luxury designer handbag. The Foundation is offering 300 tickets for sale for the Mystery Handbag Raffle. Tickets are $25 each. The luxury designer bag is valued at over $2,500. Tickets are available at handbagbingo24.givesmart.com until they are sold out. The drawing will occur at Designer Handbag Bingo...
TxDOT Slates Several Summer Traffic Safety Outreach Events
July 18, 2024PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation officials today announced that several traffic outreach events are slated in July and August, 2024. The schedule of events includes: July 24, 10 a.m. to Noon, Mamas & Munchkins Car Seat event, the Hub Center in Clarksville, Texas; 501 West Broadway Street. Aug. 1, 4 to 6 p.m., Hopkins County Back to School event. 115 Putman Street, Sulphur Springs, Texas 75482. Aug. 3, 9 a.m....
Dinner Bell for July 24th, 2024
If you are a farmer, a rancher or “country living is just for you”, Texas Farm Credit is able to help!!! Farm Credit Bank of Texas is part of the Farm Credit System established in 1916 by Congress to support rural agricultural communities. It consists of cooperative banks and associations who provide credit to individuals and businesses throughout the United States. The FCS assist the rural community and...
Chamber Connection – July 16, 2024
By Butch Burney The anticipation has been growing and now it is time for the actual preparation. We are looking forward to a fantastic 55th Annual Hopkins County Stew Contest on Oct. 26, and it’s time for stew cooks to start registering. Registration for last year’s cooks are going out in the mail and email this week, so be looking for it in your mailbox and inbox. You can also register online at HopkinsChamber.org/stewcooks. We...
Vera Ann (Ponder) Johnson
November 5, 1931 — July 16, 2024 Sulphur Springs Funeral service for Vera Ann (Ponder) Johnson, age 92, of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, July 20, 2024 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Vera Ann passed away on July 16, 2024 at Christus Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs. Officiating the ceremony...
Frances Loretta Haggard
Frances Loretta Haggard 75 of Cooper, Texas passed away on July 16, 2024 at Christus Mother Francis Hospital in Tyler, Texas. She was born on April 28, 1949. The daughter of Alton Cornelius “Babe” Chester and Norena Doris Chester. She married Wayne Akard Haggard Jr on October 27, 1974. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Kristina Denise Crump, and husband Wayne. She is survived by daughters Stephanie Malburg and wife Jeanette of...
Mary Ida Stone
Mary Ida Stone, age 88, of Mount Vernon, Texas, passed away on Sunday, July 14, 2024, in Tyler, Texas in the presence of her loving family. Mary Ida was born December 23, 1935, in Winnsboro, Texas, to Gordon and Sybil (Buchanan) Lloyd. She was a Winnsboro Red Raider Raiderette and a graduate of Winnsboro High School. After high school and time spent living in the Highland Park area, she was introduced to Jimmie Jack Stone by...
Texarkana High School Band Instructor Sentenced to 25 years in Federal Prison for Child Exploitation Violation
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Texas TEXARKANA, Texas – A Texarkana man has been sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Brandon Neil Sams Brandon Neil Sams, 48, pleaded guilty to coercion and enticement of a minor while serving as a band instructor at Texas High School in Texarkana,...
Dallas Jailed 14 Illegal Alien Suspects for Child Sex Crimes in a Single Month
Seven of Texas’ ten most-wanted illegal aliens are accused of being child sexual predators. Erin Anderson | July 17, 2024 In just one month, Dallas County jailed more than a dozen suspected illegal aliens accused of sexually abusing children. The X account Illegal Alien Crimes documented the June arrests of 14 males who were charged with sex crimes against minors, were sent to Dallas County Jail, and had...
H.R. “Hawk” Barnett
December 21, 1928 ~ July 15, 2024 (age 95) H.R. “Hawk” Barnett passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, July 15, 2024. He was born on December 21, 1928, in Yantis, Texas. H.R. was a long-time member of First Baptist Church and the Radio Bible Class. By trade he was a bricklayer for many years and after semi-retirement he had a dairy and throughout his life was a beekeeper. H.R. enjoyed all his hobbies and adored spending time...
