Annual County Cleanup Day Set For April 16th
During Monday morning’s County Commissioner’s Court regular meeting, the Court announced that Saturday, April 16th will be “cleanup day” for the county. The Annual County Cleanup Day will run from 8 a.m. until noon on Saturday at all four county precinct barns. No hazardous materials such as batteries, paint, chemicals, refrigeration materials, and/or tires will be accepted at the dump site. Locations for...
Deadline to Claim Certain Social Security Benefits is April 29th
After April 30th, requests to file and suspend will be subject to a new set of rules. April 29, 2016, is the deadline to claim certain Social Security benefits under existing rules. Anyone who is 62-years of age or older by the end of 2015, including those who celebrate their 62nd birthday on January 1, 2016, can file a restricted claim for spousal benefits when they turn 66. They do not have to do anything before then. In order to...
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Until 9 p.m. Monday
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 85 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 139 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 85 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 30 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS ANDERSON FREESTONE HENDERSON HILL IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLIN COOKE DALLAS DELTA ...
Cumby Robotics Team Wins Nationals!
An 8-person Robotics team from Cumby High School has zoomed to the top as National winners in Robotics competition! According to Coach/Sponsor Lee Gifford, the team competed in Council Bluffs, Iowa during April 7-9 and scored highest in the nation. Their assigned project was to build a robot that could participate in a game with other robots. The game, “Nothing But Net”, requires the robots to earn points by shooting balls...
Betty Lynn Frazier
Funeral service for Betty Lynn Frazier, age 83, of Emory, will be held Wednesday, April 13, 10:00 am, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Mike Frazier will officiate. The committal service will follow at Rest Haven Cemetery in Rockwall at 2:30 pm.Mrs. Frazier died Saturday afternoon at the residence of her daughter in Emory. She was born Dec. 5, 1932, in Rockwall, to Jesse Marion and Floy Mae Dawson Thompson. She married...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
Floyd and Martha Payton enjoyed a visit with their daughter, Regina. She arrived on Wednesday evening before Easter. Martha says, “We caught up on some small problems with an i-Pad, made a trip to the library and had lunch in Sulphur Springs. Floyd hasn’t been feeling well lately, so we stayed close to home. Brad Payton from Keller came on Wednesday and visited with us until Saturday afternoon, also our grandson, Eric arrived...
SSHS FCCLA Teams Compete At State
The Sulphur Springs High School Family Career and Community Leaders of America Program, or FCCLA, sent two teams to state competition over the weekend; one for Culinary Arts and another for Job Interview Skills. FCCLA Sponsor Debbie Stribling said that competition was stiff with 30 teams competing in Culinary Arts and 29 teams in Job Interview. The Culinary Arts team consisted of Autumn Hammans, Diego Perea, America Luna, Tyler...
Edna Earle “Mammy” Grant
Funeral services for Edna Earle “Mammy” Grant, age 98, of Sulphur Springs, will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Bill Grant officiating. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Frank Long, Tommy Long, Jim Chapman, Robert Aiguier, Winston Perkins and Bill Aiguier serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held at 10:00 a.m., one hour prior to...
Edward David Neagle
Funeral service for Edward David Neagle, age 62, of Sulphur Springs, will be held Thursday, April 14, 2016, 2:00 pm, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home. Visitation will be at 1:00, one hour prior to service time. Burial will follow in Hooker Cemetery, Bro. Bruce Stinson will officiate. David passed away Friday, April 8, 2016, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. He was born August 20, 1953, in Waco to Edward Clyde and Virginia Louise...
Memorial Hospital and Clinic Served by 42-Volunteers
by Lakan Johnson We have 42 volunteers who worked at total of 11,361 hours in the last fiscal year. Our volunteers work in such areas as the Gift Shop, OB, Day Surgery, Wound Care and also at Memorial Clinic, the Information Desk and the Outpatient Desk filling important roles supporting our staff members and assisting our customers. The amount for Texas (average) that a volunteer’s time is worth is $24.66 per hour so the total...
