Public Forum Dominates December City Council Meeting
Public Forum took much of the time of the Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night, December 5, 2017, as the council allowed extended time to Marty Brown of Wisconsin. Locally, Mr. Brown’s corporation, DOUBLE INSANITY INVESTMENTS LLC, owns the building that once housed Lou Viney’s Restaurant and Pub. Double Insanity Investments, LLC shows to be a Texas corporation with Martin C. Brown and Tamara M. Brown as officers. Mr. Brown...
City Manager’s Report Presented December 5, 2017
PAMPA STREET – The sewer line is finished, and the water line is finished. I expect our contractor, Texana Land and Asphalt, to cement-stabilize the base and repave the street this month. STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM – Expect the following streets to be repaved in December: Calvert, Junell, Beth/Rasure/Rose and a portion of Gossett Lane. Also expect portions of Woodside Lane to be reconstructed totaling 400 linear feet. CANTEX FORCE...
Cole Announces Candidacy for Precinct 4 Commissioner
Kevin Cole has announced he is running for the office of Hopkins County Commissioner Precinct 4. He and his wife, Sonja, operate a small cattle ranch. Kevin also works as an Engineer at L-3 Technologies in Greenville and his wife at Texas A&M University Commerce. Kevin uses his conservative Christian values in everything he does. Kevin’s vision for the county is keeping taxes low and making sound decisions with taxpayer money....
Winners Announced by Lions Club in the 2017 Christmas “Parade of Lights”
According to John Campbell, President of the Lions Club of Sulphur Springs, among the many floats entered, these are the first, second and third-place float winners in this year’s popular Lighted Christmas Parade were: NON-PROFIT CATEGORY 1.Central Baptist Church 2. Trinity Harvest Church 3. Brewer/Rawson SMALL BUSINESS CATEGORY 1. Janet Martin Realty 2. Don Lalos Restaurant 3. Sister Babyz Fashions LARGE BUSINESS...
Sharon Dunn Brown
Memorial services for Sharon Dunn Brown, age 55, of Yantis will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at Triumph Christian Center with Bro. Kevan Brown officiating. Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m., prior to the service at the church. Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Comer, Joshua Dunn, Dustin Dunn, David Pool, Kyle Newman, Chad Brown, Blake Weir, Payton Hammons, Tyan Hammons and Colby Suggs. Sharon passed away on...
Main Street Theater Presents “A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas”
For the past few weeks, co-Director Brenda Payne and her cast of nine local actors have been practicing redneck accents and mannerisms for the holiday run of “A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas” on the stage of Main Street Theater December 8-17. Be sure and reserve your seats to enjoy this slightly different but nevertheless warm and wonderful rendition of the Christmas story and a miracle birth among common...
North Hopkins FFA Chapter Does Well at District, Area: Prepares for Stock Show
From November 2017 report by FFA Reporter Breeanna Hicks For the North Hopkins FFA Chapter, this past month has been spent competing in LDEs and preparing for the holidays. Now that LDEs are done with, the chapter can finally take a quick breather before the upcoming stock show in February. In the Leadership Development Events, we had a great outcome with success at both the District and Area Levels. At District competition The North...
Wildcats Defeat North Lamar 48-32
The Wildcats’ basketball team took care of business and defeated North Lamar, 48-32 Tuesday night in Paris. The Wildcats did not allow the Panthers to think about springing an upset as Sulphur Springs jumped out to a 17-7 first quarter lead. The Wildcats increased their lead to 29-14 at halftime. During the last two quarters, the teams basically traded baskets, Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta played all twelve of his players and...
Dave Evans
Graveside service for Dave Evans, age 51, of Cumby, TX will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at Sunny Point Cemetery, Cumby, TX with Rev. Mike Eason officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Mr. Evans passed away on Friday, December 1, 2017 in Lake Charles, LA. Ronald Dave Evans was born on September 14, 1966 in Greenville, Texas to Alton and Joy (Bloodsworth) Evans. He married Dana Wallace on June 13, 2015...
