Virginia Deboe
Funeral arrangements for Virginia Deboe, age 67 of Sulphur Springs are pending with Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Deboe passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2015, at her residence.
Sanford Andy Gammill
Funeral services for Sanford Andy Gammill, age 86 of Como, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 26, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. B. J. Teer officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment with military honors will follow at Arbala Cemetery with James Wilfred, Joe Wallace, James Andy Wilfred, Jayden Wallace, Richard Watts, Sanford Shell, David Watts and Justin Simmons serving as...
Expect Rain and Slight Chance of Snow During Holiday Weekend
Christmas Eve will find the wind giving Santa a light tailwind for his journey from the North Pole to Sulphur Springs although temperatures will just be in the comfortable stage for his warm red suit. Low temperature Christmas Eve will be 54. However, the jolly elf with be bringing more winter-like weather to the region. Christmas Day will find a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms increasing to 60% Friday night, 70% Saturday, and...
Sheriff’s Department Seeks Funding for Blood Hounds
In hopes of getting some financial support from the Hopkins County Commissioners Court, Sheriff’s Department Corporal Walt Kimmel put on a demonstration of his bloodhounds Tuesday behind the Sedalco Construction Building on Houston Street across from the new jail. The dogs have already been out three times to aid Sheriff’s Office cases. Kimmel, the department’s dog handler for the bloodhounds, said the dogs are only used...
Mark Bolton
Funeral services for Mark Bolton, age 59 of Kilgore will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 26, 2015 at First Baptist Church of Danville in Kilgore with Rev. Freeman Pierce officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Graveside services will be held after the service in Sulphur Bluff at 3:00 p.m., at Sulphur Bluff Cemetery with Michael Bolton, Gary Bolton, John Ballard, Steven Hutson,...
A Year in Review – Family Nutrition
A Year in Review – Family Nutrition This is the 4th column pertaining to major educational programming provided by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Hopkins County. Because of the variety of programming, my day is never boring, as it is different every day! Today, I’ll focus on family nutrition. According to the 2013 U.S. Census Bureau, 18% of all individuals residing in Hopkins County are living below the poverty level. ...
Thunderstorm Creates Power Outage
As of 6:40 a.m. Wednesday morning, 92 Oncor customers were without electrical power. Power is expected to be restored before 8:30 a.m. The outage was caused by a severe thunderstorm that passed through the area until 6:45 a.m. Cloud to ground lightning, hail, and high winds along with heavy rainfall highlighted the thunderstorm warning for the Sulphur Springs and eastern Hopkins County area at 6:15 a.m. FEC reports no customer outage...
Tornado Watch Issued for Hopkins County Area
At 12:06 a.m., the National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Hopkins, Rains, Van Zandt, Anderson, and Henderson Counties until 7 a.m. Wednesday morning. The watch area extends from Hopkins County eastward into southwestern Arkansas and northwestern Louisiana.
Local Car Business Expands
Along with the new Hodge Chevrolet dealership, which is set to open on Wildcat Way in January, a local car dealer plans to move his dealership to a location on Gilmer Street. Hometown Auto Sales, owned by Tim Merrell, has been operating from their League Street lot for many years, but has purchased land on Gilmer Street and plans to build a new office building and a lot to hold up to 30 cars. The new location will be at 1017 Gilmer...
Broadway Laser Wash Torn Down
The Broadway Laser Wash owned by Clay Johnson of the Johnson Law Firm has been torn down. Johnson had closed the car wash after business declined. The Broadway Laser Wash opened in 1998 and was the only automatic car wash in town at that time. Johnson owned it as a side business while he worked at the law firm with his father Coy Johnson. It had a very successful first decade until competition and high expenses caused business to...
