Dairy Festival 5k Milk Run Results
5k Race Top Female Overall Winners Place Name City Bib No Age Overall Total Time Pace 1 Elizabeth Gillette 944 18 5 19:17.6 6:13/M Top Female Masters Winners Place Name City Bib No Age Overall Total Time Pace 1 SABRINA RAMIREZ 176 46 24 26:04.6 8:25/M Top Female 9 and Under Place Name City Bib No Age Overall Total Time Pace 1 TRINITY MARTIN 154 9 89 46:27.6 14:59/M Top Female 10 to 14 Place Name City Bib No Age Overall Total Time Pace...
TX Championship Ice Cream Freeze Off Set For Saturday
The Texas State Championship Ice Cream Freeze Off, overseen by Chamber of Commerce President Meredith Caddell, is set for Saturday, June 11 at 4 p.m at the grounds of the Hopkins County Civic Center. This will be the 15th year of the annual competition as part of the Hopkins County Dairy Festival. Entries in the competition will be split into two main divisions: Little Dip for ages 12 and under, and Big Dip for ages 13 and older....
Dale G. Watts
Funeral services for Dale G. Watts, age 87, of Sulphur Springs, will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 13, 2016 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. Military graveside honors by the Hopkins County Military Coalition will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Brent Guldahl, Greg Guldahl, Jeff Rorie, Ashby Spruiell, Kyle Barnett and Shane Barnett serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from...
Tommy Taylor Thurman
Mr. Tommy Taylor Thurman, age 79 of Winnsboro, passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2016 at his home. Tommy was born on November 17, 1936 in Winnsboro to the late Samuel “HI” Thurman and Myrtle Taylor Thurman. He was retired from the Trucking and Construction industries, and a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Midge (Coats) Thurman of Winnsboro; son, Wade...
Deal Done; Local Hospital Name Now CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs
CHRISTUS Health, an international, faith-based, not-for-profit health system headquartered in Irving, Texas announced today that it has finalized an agreement with The Hopkins County Hospital District (Hopkins) for the ongoing management and operation of the hospital. The agreement could take effect as early as July1. The joining of the two prestigious health care organizations formed a new organization called CHRISTUS Hopkins Health...
Stolen Plaza Light Recovered
Between May 20th and 23rd, one of the LED lights, a light in a string of lights, on Celebration Plaza at the Veteran’s Memorial was forcibly removed by vandals. Sulphur Springs Police have now have three adult suspects that have confessed to the theft and have recovered the light. The light, that was positioned on the south side of the Plaza, is expensive and, when removed, blew out a control box providing a total of over $1800 in...
Five Years and Counting; Search Continues for Melissa McVay Darling
June 10, 2016 marks the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of Melissa McVay Darling. At 1:35 a.m. June 10, 2011, McVay walked out of the Choctaw Casino in Grant, Oklahoma with a white male companion, Jeremy Upchurch. Detective David Gilmore said he has been working the case and will continue to work the case until resolution. Gilmore said Upchurch, who has a criminal record, remains a person of interest in the case and there are...
Going Away Reception for Coach Andy Holt
Friends of former SSISD Soccer Coach Andy Holt are invited to a come-and-go reception at The Roc on Sunday June 12, 2016 from 2-4pm. Light refreshments will be served. At the All-Sports Banquet in May, he announced that he was going to coach at Frisco Wakeland, a soccer powerhouse. Sulphur Springs is Holt’s hometown. He predicts the Wildcats will have a good soccer year in 2016/2017.
Lynda Hager Cheers on Dairy Festival for 51 years!
Lynda Hager holds the office of Treasurer of the Hopkins County Dairy Festival. Over her 51-year tenure, she has been hands-down the “cheerleader” in enthusiasm and support for this major annual event. Her involvement actually began in 1954 at Sulphur Springs High School when she was called out of class and informed that she had been selected that year’s “Dairy Girl” by the local dairyman’s...
