Plant Carrots Now! From Master Gardener David Wall
January 16, 2024 – OK, why grow carrots when they’re so easy to pick up at the grocery store already peeled, cut into bite sized morsels, cleaned and packaged? Well, I have to admit, these are pretty good reasons for using the grocery store. On the other hand, growing them for self and the needy provides a great service and satisfaction for the grower. Many of us had grandparents who gardened and tried to instill a...
Two Black Corvettes Brave the Weather As Their Fate is Determined
January 15, 2024 – Two high value sports cars await their fate outside in the elements as their future is sorted out by law enforcement. The two Chevrolet Corvettes, both black, have been secured behind a chain-link fence for over a week after being towed from a Sulphur Springs residence as suspected stolen vehicles. Although the years of the vehicles are unknown, one C7 example is a Z06 model making it’s possible year...
Odessa Woman Arrested For Felony DWI Involving Small Child
January 15, 2024 – Sulphur Springs Police were dispatched to a Como Street Business over the weekend in response to a call about a suspicious vehicle at the business. The caller knew that the car was unfamiliar and knew the driver was not employed by the business. Upon arrival, officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver was slow to react and appeared to have trouble operating the vehicle. As officers approached the...
TAMU-C Closed Tuesday Due to Weather
January 15, 2024 – Due to the adverse winter weather conditions and to help ensure the safety of our students, faculty, and staff, the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus and Dallas site will be closed tomorrow Tuesday, January 16, 2024.
Bell Concrete Sponsors the January 27th Gala
Our friends at Bell Concrete know how important a good foundation is for a house and a healthy community! We appreciate them for helping us to build a strong Hopkins County Health Care Foundation by sponsoring the January 27 Gala! Visit LOLGala2024.GiveSmart.com for more information about the Gala. Pictured here are Gala Chair John Sellers and Bell Concrete’s Matt Jasmer. Bell Concrete and the Hopkins County Health...
Two Ways to Participate Remotely in the Sold-Out Gala
Sulphur Springs, Texas – Though every seat in the ballroom may be spoken for at the Hopkins CountyHealth Care Foundation’s Gala, you can still get in on the fun by purchasing a 100 for $100 ticket ortickets and by bidding on silent auction items. 100 for $100 tickets allow you a 1 in 100 chance of winning one of 9 live auction items BEFORE the bidding begins. These tickets may be purchased online at LOLGala2024.GiveSmart.com. After...
SSISD Cancels Tuesday Classes, Delayed Start For Wednesday
SSISD Logo January 15, 2024 – Superintendent Deana Steeber has cancelled all classes for Tuesday, January 16th in anticipation of the roads still being slick from the winter storm in Hopkins County. In addition, a two-hour delay start time for Wednesday, January 17th has been scheduled.
Billy Paul Bratton
Memorial Service for Billy Paul Bratton will be held at West Oaks Funeral Home on Friday,January 19, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. Billy passed away on January 12, 2024 in Dallas, TX.
Waymon Charles “Butch” King
Waymon Charles “Butch” King passed peacefully among family and friends on January 11, 2024. Butch was born in Houston and lived much of his adult life in New Caney, Texas. Butch was a licensed electrician by trade and spent the past 35 years running a business in the traffic signal trade alongside with wife. He has been a resident of Dike, Texas for the past twenty years. Butch was preceded in death by his parents Alfred...
Dinner Bell Menu For January 17, 2024
Diversified Storage Systems (Tim and Michelle Dollison) has supported the Dinner Bell feeding ministry for many years four times yearly! Dinner Bell is so appreciative of the support of Diversified Storage Systems. GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday. MENU King Ranch...
