SSHS Band Ready for First Performance in Renovated Prim Stadium
Fans to come to the renovated Gerald Prim Stadium for Friday night’s football game will be able to see half of this year’s band halftime show. It’s a four element show and Band Director Charles McCauley says the band will perform element one and element two Friday, just like they did in Sherman last Friday. It may have sounded like just a single element last Friday but McCauley explains element two begins very...
Indian Summer Day Announced for October 7 at H C Heritage Park and Museum
Everyone of all ages will enjoy discovering Hopkins County’s own heritage through living history. There will be outdoor cooking, art, handmade items, pioneer skills demonstrations, tours and children’s attractions. Youth and adults who wish to enter the cooking competition are welcome to enter.
City Development Department Proposes Fees Adjusted to Value of Project
Tuesday night, the Sulphur Springs City Council passed the first reading of an ordinance setting the fee schedule for the Community Development Department. A second reading approval is necessary before the new fee schedule takes affect. The proposed Community Development Department fee schedule does a number of things, according to Tory Niewiadomski, Community Development Director. It provides more clarity such as defining what...
County Treasurer Jim Thompson Announces Re-election Campaign
Hopkins County Treasurer Jim Thompson has announced his campaign for re-election. A 51-year resident of Hopkins County, Thompson is serving his first term in office, and has filed documents to officially establish his campaign in the Republican primary for another 4-year term as Hopkins County’s chief financial officer. Thompson said, “The voters strongly placed their faith in me almost 3 years ago to handle the daily financial...
Lou Jane Umphress
Funeral services for Lou Jane Umphress, age 84, of Dallas, have been scheduled for 2:30 pm on Sunday, September 10, 2017 at Tapp Funeral Home Chapel with O. S. Hawkins officiating. Interment will follow at the City Cemetery. No visitation has been scheduled. Lou Jane Umphress was born in Sulphur Springs on April 9, 1933, the daughter of James Alfred Pogue and Llewellyn Stinson Pogue. She married Michael Lee Umphress in Dallas. He...
Sixteen Named to SSHS Homecoming Court
Next week is Homecoming week at Sulphur Springs High School. Sixteen Homecoming nominees, who are hoping to be selected as Homecoming queen, have been chosen by the high school student body. High School Assistant Principal Vanessa Abron coordinates Homecoming activities and she says this is the largest Homecoming court that she can recall since she got involved with Homecoming back in 1998. The nominees are Alyssa Abron, Karlee Adams,...
SSISD Students Collecting Donations for Calhoun County ISD in “Fill the Bus” Campaign
Calhoun County ISD was greatly impacted by Hurricane Harvey and the subsequent flooding. Dr. James Cowley, a former Sulphur Springs ISD employee, is currently the superintendent at CCISD. They are in need of basic school supplies as they prepare to begin their school year on September 11th. Sulphur Springs ISD would like to invite the community to help them by collecting needed school supplies. Please help us “Fill the Bus” by...
