9-1-1 The Connection Connected Citizens with Public Servants
“Many more than we expected” are the words Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders used as he summarized 9-1-1 The Connection an Emergency Medical Services, Fire Department and Sulphur Springs Police Department event on Celebration Plaza Saturday, May 21st. The midday event featured activities for the entire family. Blood pressure and sugar checks, bounce houses, Batman and Superman highlighted the day. Pictures and ID...
Mona Belle Randall
Graveside services for Mona Belle Randall, age 82, of Sulphur Springs, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Shooks Chapel Cemetery. Mona passed away on Friday May 20, 2016 in Sulphur Springs. Arrangements are under the direction of West Oaks Funeral Home.
How Do Local Students Feel About Obama’s “Bathroom Decree”?
On Friday, May 13, 2016, the Obama Administration sent out a decree for all public schools in the nation. The decree stated that all public schools must allow transgender students to use the bathroom they identify with or lose federal funding. On average, the nation’s K-12 school districts receive around 10% of all their funding from the federal government. The decree won’t just impact funding for K-12 public school...
Allen Sentenced to 50 Years for Franklin County Murder
Friday morning in Franklin County 8th Judicial District Court, Christopher Wayne Allen was sentenced to 50 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after he pled guilty to the May, 2015 murder of Wendy Gail Valentine at Logans Point, a neighborhood in Mt Vernon. Allen was 25-years of age when he murdered the 36-year old Valentine. Allen, according to Franklin County law enforcement was the person that made the 9-1-1 call to...
Jason Austin
Memorial services for Jason Austin, age 66, of Brashear have been scheduled for 1:00 P.M. Saturday, May 28, 2016 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses with Durwin Hohhertz officiating. Jason Austin was born in Paris, Texas on November 4, 1949, the son of Charlie Austin and Ola Maude (Miller) Austin. He married Jeanette Crain in Fort Worth on January 26, 1984. She preceded him in death in 2015. He was a concrete worker and truck...
SSISD Board Approves Final Steps of 10 Year Improvements
Superintendent Michael Lamb addressed the Sulphur Springs School Board Friday at noon during a special meeting in the Superintendent’s Conference Room at the Administration Building on Connally Street. Lamb focusing opening remarks on a variety of construction projects in recent years providing adequate space for a variety of programs from a new Fine Arts Wing to the remodel of buildings and new academic programs and personnel...
Three Young Men Arrested For Possession and Intent To Sell Controlled Substances
Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit officers arrested three young men who were in possession of and intending to sell narcotics to high school students in two separate incidents on Thursday. On Thursday morning Sulphur Springs High School officers discovered that Cameron Blayne Davis, 17, was in possession of a approximately 13 Xanax pills. Davis was attempting to sell the pills to other students at the high school. SCU Sergeant Mark...
Hopkins County EMS Receives AHA Mission:Lifeline EMS Gold Award
Hopkins County EMS has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Award for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks. Hopkins County EMS provides 9-1-1 ambulances to approximately 6500 requests for service annually in Hopkins and Delta Counties in Northeast Texas. Every year, more than 250,000 people experience an ST elevation myocardial...
Salute to Excellence: 2016 Awards Assembly Presents $1.5 million in Scholarships
Scholarships and Awards totaling near $1.5 million were handed out Thursday night at the 2016 Awards Assembly in the Sulphur Springs High School varsity gym. The annual awards night recognized academic and athletic achievements that garnered both monetary reward and state and regional recognition. Top graduates were recognized including 23 students in the top 10% of their class and 16 students in the top 10% who participated in a UIL...
