Two Drug Dealers Charged With Murder in Wooten Overdose Death
December 28, 2023 – Two local suspects have been arrested and charged with supplying contraband to 21-year old Brayden Wooten who was found deceased on December 23rd. The suspects are identified as Xavier Hill and Bryson Lacy. Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum An investigation was conducted upon law enforcement finding pills containing Fentanyl and continuing with investigators tracking down two individuals suspected of being...
Foundation’s Gala Highlights Community’s Uniqueness
December 28, 2023 – Sulphur Springs, Texas – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation has hosted an annual Gala for eighteen years. It has changed and grown through the years with the Foundation finally settling on a program that suits the crowd. Yes, it is a fun night punctuated with amazing food, fine wines and beers, live music, games, and frivolity. It is also an important night of fundraising for the Foundation...
Lou Ella Maria Hollins
Born July 16, 1932 died December 27, 2023 at the age of 91. FUNERAL SERVICE – Saturday January 6, 2024 starting at 1:00 PM at West Oaks Funeral Home With our condolences.
Durwood “Pop” Smith
Funeral service for Durwood “Pop” Smith, age 84 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 30, 2023 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with K.C. Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Ronnie Nix, Laverl Edwards, Dan Petty, Bryan Hawkins, Chris Penny, and Dustin Emerick serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Glenn Hamlin, Bailey Davis, Don Petty, and Brennan Rhoades....
Glyn Strickland, Jr.
Born March 13, 1956 died December 21, 2023 at the age of 67. MEMORIAL SERVICE will be Thursday January 4, 2024 starting at 2:00 PM at West Oaks Funeral Home With our condolences.
Did You Drink ‘Big Chief’ Soda?
December 28, 2023 – While clearing out part of my shop, I came across a collection of old soda bottles. Most of them were Pepsi bottles touting the 1972 Dallas Cowboys, but one was unique. It’s impossible to know what flavors of soda were inside this bottle, but one thing is clear, it’s a ‘Big Chief’. My bottle is from a bygone era when independent bottlers were almost as common as modern fast food...
Brayden Wooten
Funeral service for Brayden Wooten, age 21, of Sulphur Springs, will be held on Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 2:30 P.M. at Shannon Oaks Church with Bro. Jonathan McGraw officiating. Interment will follow at Como Cemetery with Christian Ingram, Dylan Ingram, Kaden Wallace, Wiley Bennett, Braxton Hohenberger, Blayne Hohenburger, Jake Smith and Joseph Pelton serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Jermond Amos, Straton...
Be Sure to Renew Your Ag/Timber Registration by December 31
Farmers, ranchers and timber producers with a valid agricultural and timber registration number must renew those by December 31, 2023 The ag/timber registration numbers are required under Texas law to claim a sales tax exemption on products used in the course of agricultural or timber production. “This renewal process is part of helping farmers and ranchers reduce their input costs,” Brant Wilbourn, Texas Farm Bureau associate...
Make Your Reservation Now For Chamber Banquet
December 27, 2023 – From Butch Burney, Chamber President/CEO It is with great pleasure that the 2024 Board of Directors invites you to the 97th Annual Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Banquet on Thursday, February 15, at 6 p.m. at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. We will host a Networking Cocktail Happy Half Hour at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:30, and the awards will follow at 7 p.m. Please take this opportunity...
Ronny Earl Bailey
Ronny Earl Bailey, age 73, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2023 at his residence in Cumby Texas. Born December 14, 1950 in Sulphur Springs, TX to Roy Lee Bailey and Mary Ann Gafford. He is survived by his two sons, Ronny Bailey, and Jason Bailey; two grandchildren, Daniel Brian Bailey, and Shelby Bailey; two sisters, Sharon Powell, and Brenda Moerbe; and many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents. As per...
