Northeast Texas Rural Transportation Summit; Registration; Schedule
Chris Brown, Executive Director of the Ark-Tex Council of Governments invites the public to attend and to preregister for the Northeast Texas Rural Transportation Summit at the Hopkins County Civic Center October 31st. He said, “One thing Northeast Texans have in common is the dependence on improved transportation for our rural area. Each city and county in the region has identified needed highway improvements such as safety...
Community Chest Wins North Texas Food Bank “Excellence in Innovation” Award for REACHOut Program
As Executive Director of Community Chest, Judy Moore is always trying to come up with better ways to assist the needs of the low-income population in Hopkins County. While studying a 2016 list of Community Chest clients, she noticed that most had in-town Sulphur Springs addresses. She developed an idea to offer the services of Community Chest to the outlying areas of Hopkins County to see how it was accepted. It has turned out to be...
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Meets in Special Session Friday
Hopkins County Commissioners Court meets Friday in special session in the first floor courtroom of the county courthouse at 11 a.m. Friday, October 27, 2017. Shortly after the open of the session, the commissioners will convene in Executive Session to discuss legal issues and pending litigation. Following the executive session, the court will reconvene the opening session to consider action on any items discussed in executive session...
Jerome Savage
Funeral service for Jerome Savage, age 86, of Sulphur Springs,TX are pending at this time. Mr. Savage passed away on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.
Carl Elmo Anderson
Funeral services for Carl Elmo Anderson, age 86, of Sulphur Springs,TX will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, October 28, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Bro. David Hamm officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Kris Anderson, Jeremy Cruz, Darren Renshaw, Pat Potts, Otis Walls and Bo Potts serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 P.M. on Friday, October 27, 2017 Mr. Anderson...
Van Hall Adams
Funeral service for Van Hall Adams, age 56, of Sulphur Springs,TX will be held at 2 P.M. on Saturday, October 28, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. Interment to follow at Maple Springs Cemetery, Winnsboro. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 P.M. on Friday, October 27, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mr. Adams passed away on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 in Tyler, Texas. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of...
Thursday Forecast
High: 80; Low: 50; Wind: South, southwest 10-15, increasing to 15-20, gusting to 30
Hopkins County United Way Over 50% of Goal; Give Back Event at Muddy Jake’s
Official donations to Hopkins County United Way counted Tuesday day totaled $53,915.40 making the grand total thus far into the campaign $94,550.40. The local campaign is now over half-way to their goal of $175,000. The next campaign meeting is Tuesday, October 31 at 9:30 at the Texas AgriLife Extension office. The final campaign meeting is Wednesday, November 8 at 9:30 a.m. when workers hope to wrap up the Campaign and distribute...
Wildcat Football Head Coach Owens Calls Mt Pleasant “Scrappy”
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said the Wildcats had a good bye week last week. He called it the most productive that he can recall. Coach Owens praised the players’ attitudes. He said they got to work on fundamentals and conditioning. Coach Owens said he hoped it would help during the last three weeks of the season. He said the Wildcats need to win all their remaining games to make the playoffs. Coach Owens said the team...
