North Hopkins Beta Club News
The North Hopkins Beta Club ended the 2016 semester with 60 member students and a blockbuster canned food drive for Hope House. At over 2,780 pounds, theirs was the largest single donation toward the Delta County charity. New projects for 2017 include a recycling project, a coat drive and a club fundraiser. Members will do morning coffee sales, fruit sales and online cake auctions to raise money for State Convention coming up...
Tuesday Forecast
Wind Advisory with sustained winds 20-30 mph, gusting to 40 mph through midnight tonight; Chance of sprinkles before noon and after midnight; High: 71; Low: 60; Wind: south, southwest
Car Driver Casts Drug Paraphernalia Under Deputies Truck
A man and woman from Arkansas were arrested early Monday morning in Hopkins County on drug related charges. Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Michael Russell stopped the driver of a Ford Mustang for a traffic violation at around 2:15 a.m. Monday at the 135 mile marker of eastbound I-30. An arrest report indicated Sgt. Russell detected the smell of marijuana coming from inside the car. During a search, a passenger in the car was found to...
Bear Country Store Holds CD Release Event
The old Sulphur Bluff store has a new name, Bear Country Store. On it’s first Saturday of operation, owners Billy Emerson and Brad Cecil and employees held a CD release event for Jack Phillips. It was standing-room-only!Almost everyone ordered something for lunch, so the short-order crew stayed busy with burgers, fries, BBQ sandwiches and pots of coffee. Area residents and the school community are excited about having the store...
Charles Skidmore
A private service will be held at a later date for Charles Skidmore, age 81, from Pickton, Texas. Mr. Skidmore passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at Rock Creek Health and Rehab.
El Vaquero in Sulphur Springs
I finally did it, I got some El Vaquero today. It’s not that I was scared, but I was never sure how the process worked. Do you park and walk up? Do you order then wait for someone to bring it out? Is there a place to go in and order? Do they take credit cards? I didn’t want to look like an idiot… Gentle readers, gather around the dim flicker of your screen and I will give you the details…. Here’s...
August Henry Metz
August Henry Metz, age 92, of Point, passed away Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, at his home, with his loving family around him. He was born in Oak Harbor, Ohio, Nov. 1, 1924, to Mr. and Mrs. August H. Metz. He married LaQuita Preskitt, in Garland, on Dec. 10, 1974. Gus worked as a salesman for a plastics company for many years. Also, he worked for South Rains SUD, as general manager for a number of years. Gus was a member of Emory Baptist...
Community Outreach Lunch
Community Outreach Lunch set for this Sat. January 14 at the MLK Church of Christ located at 154 MLK Jr. Dr here in Sul. Spgs, TX beginning at 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
Into the Fire Once Again
TxDOT crews respond early Monday morning to the recently ‘removed’ No Left Turn sign at the intersection of I-30 and Highway 19. Recent changes to the interchange have confused some drivers. Static signs, and portable illuminated signs have proved ineffective at smoothing the flow of traffic. The navigation app WAZE has been updated with the new information. Other GPS devices will be slower at adopting the new data....
