Power Outage Affect 400 in Eastern Hopkins County
Sometime around noon Sunday, December 20th, approximately 400 customers of Oncor line maintenance were affected by a power outage. A vehicle striking an electrical service pole is said to be the cause of the outage, according to Oncor. Oncor expected to restore service around 8 p.m. Sunday evening. The area affected by the outage stretched from just east of the Sulphur Springs city limits to the Mahoney Community. As of 6 p.m., a...
Commissioners Court to Discuss Open Carry Signage
The Hopkins County Commissioners Court is expected to take up the issue of new open carry law signage this week. Monday at 10 a.m. in a work session in their third floor meeting room, the court will consider sign placement at the County Courthouse and at county buildings. During a regular meeting Tuesday at 9 a.m., the court is expected to approve the signs. They will also officially approve decommissioning and demolition of the old...
Wendy Michelle Miears
Graveside services for Mrs. Wendy Michelle Miears will be conducted Sunday, December 20th, at 2 p.m. in Bethel Cemetery, Franklin County, Texas. Visitation is set for Sunday 1 until 2 p.m. at Beaty Funeral Home, Winnsboro. She passed away on December, 13, 2015, at the age of 40. She was born on May 29, 1975, to the late Robert Miller and Dinia Miears. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her parents, and sister, Jessica...
Local Man Assaults, Threatens Girl Friend
A 33-year old Sulphur Springs man was arrested Friday night for assaulting and then threatening his girlfriend. Sulphur Springs Police officers responded to a disturbance call at a residence in the 100 block of South Como in Sulphur Springs at around 7:30 p.m. Friday. When they arrived, a man admitted assaulting his girl friend. She had injuries. As the man was being arrested, he said something in Spanish. Another man told...
Birthright UMC Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
Birthright United Methodist Church will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ at a special candlelight service on Thursday evening, Christmas Eve. The public is invited to attend this special service that will begin at 6 p.m. and feature Christmas hymns, a special message by Pastor Paul Bailey, and the celebration of Holy Communion and lighting of the candles. Birthright United Methodist Church is located on Highway 71, one mile east of...
Lock It or Lose It
The Sulphur Springs Police Department has one big tip for you that could help you from becoming a crime victim this holiday season, lock your vehicle. The police department has investigated numerous cases of auto break-in’s recently and in many cases they found that people had left their vehicles unlocked. Some thieves are said to walk along trying out vehicles’ doors until they find one unlocked, then they enter. In...
Corvette Club Presents Blankets, Donation for Senior Citizens
December 18, 2015 – After collecting blankets for seniors in need of them recently, the Sulphur Springs Corvette Club visited the City of Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center and presented Senior Center Director Karon Weatherman with a check Friday Morning. The money was collected, along with new blankets and electric blankets during the club’s three night Santa for Seniors event on Celebration Plaza. Tim Gee with the...
Sulphur Springs’ Senior Center Christmas Party
It was Christmas for senior adults at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center Friday. Those attending exchanged gifts, sang carols, and told Santa their Christmas list. Three tables of food prepared those attending for the ugly sweater contest, whose winners wish to remain nameless but won cash prizes. DSCF5675 DSCF5654 Senior Christmas2 DSCF5660 DSCF5674 DSCF5672_1 DSCF5681...
North Hopkins Class to Monitor Cooper Lake Water Quality
Wednesday morning, a North Hopkins High School teacher and some of her students received funding for an environmental project. The funding from Collins Academy in Jefferson and from the Today Foundation totaled almost $1,500. North Hopkins Teacher Janis Thomas submitted a proposal to create an outdoor classroom and to do water monitoring at Cooper Lake. Last year Ms. Thomas’ students were a part of the Paddlefish Project as a...
“Jim” James Michael Rynn
Private family services will be held for “Jim” James Michael Rynn, age 79 on Friday, December 18, 2015 with Father Jim Moore officiating. Cremation to follow with his ashes to be returned to Ireland. Jim passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at home on his beloved dairy farm. Jim was born in Argentina on September 22, 1936, the son of Michael Joseph and Adelaide (Ismay) Rynn and moved back to Ireland when he was one years...
