Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab Pumpkin Decorating Contest Results
The Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab Departments had a Pumpkin Decorating Contest on Friday, October 20th. Here are the winners! 1st Place – Therapy Department (Little Old Lady on her Walker) 2nd Place – Marketing Department (Pink Troll) 3rd Place – Office (Raggedy Ann and her Mummy) The Nurses Stations also did 2 cute Pumpkins. Super Nurse and Masquerade Ball
Dixie Dave Davidson Named to Class of 2017 Dixie Baseball Hall of Fame
M. D. “Dave” Davidson has been selected as a member of the Class of 2017 Dixie Baseball Hall of Fame by the Dixie Baseball Board of Directors during their biennial meeting in Bluffton, South Carolina. Davidson is one of sixteen nominees this year. Of the 16 nominees, the 2017 Hall of Fame Class is composed of five members that have provided distinguished service to the organization and advanced opportunities for youth to...
Special Sports Day for SSISD, Rains ISD, and Como-Pickton CISD at SSHS Gym Friday
About one hundred special needs kids attended the annual Special Sports Day in the Sulphur Springs High School Main Gym Friday. Rains ISD and the Como-Pickton CISD sent students. There were also SSISD, students participating from Lamar Primary, Sulphur Springs Elementary, Douglas Intermediate, the Middle School and the High School. During opening ceremonies, there was a parade of athletes, singing of the National Anthem, pledges to...
Non-Game Day: Wildcats, Lady Cats Off Tonight
Absolutely nothing to report on this Friday non-Game Day (October 20). With seven-team districts for both the Wildcats’ football team and Lady Cats’ volleyball team, some school has a bye every time district games are played. Friday is the bye for the Wildcats’ football team. It’s the second bye this season for the Lady Cats’ volleyball team since they have two rounds of district play. The Lady Cats hit...
Billie Johnson
Funeral service for Billie Johnson, age 53, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel, Sulphur Springs. Interment will follow at City Cemetery with Marrow Johnson, David Normdeau, Dakota Patton, DeWayne Johnson and Marcus Gotcher serving as pallbearers. Ms. Johnson passed away on Monday, October 9, 2017. Billie Ruth Johnson was born on May 24, 1964 in Terrell, Texas,...
Sulphur Springs ISD Middle School Students Visit LEAP Youth Career Expo
Students from the Sulphur Springs ISD Middle School visit the 3rd annual Career Expo at the Hopkins County Civic Center Friday October 20th, 2017. ss6 ss7 ss5 ss3 ss4 ss2 saltillo como det ss1 Sulphur Springs Middle School Career Expo8 Sulphur Springs Middle School Career Expo9 Sulphur Springs Middle School Career Expo10 Sulphur Springs Middle School Career Expo11 Sulphur Springs Middle School Career Expo12 Sulphur Springs Middle...
Hopkins County Republican Party October Meeting
Hopkins County Republican Party October Meeting is Monday October 23rd at 6:30 pm at the Hopkins County Civic Center. The speaker will be Craig Vincent Mitchell, PhD. He is a Christian ethicist, economist, and engineer. He has served as an associate professor of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Criswell College in Dallas, Texas. He also served as a Senior Fellow for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation....
Wood County Sheriff’s Report October 11-17, 2017
October 11th Deputies were dispatched to FM 2869 near Hawkins, at approximately 12:04 a.m., in reference to an alarm. Deputies checked the building and it was secure. Deputies conducted a traffic stop on Loop 564 near Mineola; at approximately 2:58 a.m. Derrikk Griffin, 22, of Mineola, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. Deputies were dispatched to FM 2869 near Hawkins, at approximately 4:40 a.m., in reference to an alarm....
National Honor Society Induction Announcement
The Sulphur Springs High School’s National Honor Society’s induction ceremony is Monday, October 30th at 6:30 pm in the high school cafeteria. They will be inducting 46 new members into the Gladys Alexander Chapter of the National Honor Society. Students were chosen based on scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Members of NHS participate in several activities throughout the year. They promote literacy by...
Hopkins County EMS Named Lights of Life Campaign Honorees
Every year, the Lights of Life Campaign Committee selects an individual, couple, group or business that has shown exceptional service, commitment and passion for Hopkins County and specifically for their support of the hospital. That tradition continues with the 2017-2018 Campaign Honorees…Hopkins County EMS Since August of 1983 Hopkins County EMS has compassionately served the residents of Hopkins County and the surrounding...
