Texas A&M Commerce Rodeo Team Dominates At National Competition
Henry’s National Title Highlights A&M-Commerce Success at National Rodeo COMMERCE, TX—For the second year in a row, a member of the Texas A&M University-Commerce Rodeo team captured a national championship at the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Casper, Wyo. Kincade Henry repeated as the National Champion in the men’s Tie Down Roping event, finishing with the lowest combined time of 35.8 seconds across four rounds...
Brenda Gail Maynard
Funeral service for Brenda Gail Maynard, age 80 of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, 2023 at New Beginnings Fellowship Baptist Church with Bro J.P. Jobe, Pastor/Evangelist Larry Jordan and Pastor/Evangelist Malcom Ellis officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Rusty Woodson, Dusty Woodson, John Woodson, Zachary Blood, Matthew Woodson, Christian Woodson, Joseph Williams,...
Jann Huckaby Lawrence Burton
Jann Huckaby Lawrence Burton passed away at her home on June 19, 2023, after a lengthy illness. She was born in Big Spring, Texas on January 5, 1940. She was 83 years old. Jann met Paul Lawrence in Abilene, TX where Jann grew up and Paul was stationed at Dyess Air Force Base. They married September 12, 1958, and relocated to Hopkins County where they owned and operated a dairy farm for many years. Jann stayed busy raising their four...
Federal Trade Commission Sues Amazon For Fraud
June 22, 2023- The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon Delivery Service on Wednesday, stating that the company tricks customers to sign up for Prime while also sabotaging attempts to cancel the subscription. The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Amazon.com, Inc. for its years-long effort to enroll consumers into its Prime program without their consent while knowingly making it difficult for consumers to cancel their...
Meal A Day And Senior Citizen Center Calendar June 26-30th, 2023
Volunteers prepare meals at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center and deliver them five days a week to Meal A Day program recipients in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. The Meal A Day Menu for the week of June 26-30, 2023 includes: MONDAY, June 26 – Cabbage Casserole, Vegetable of Day and Bread TUESDAY, June 27 – Eggplant Parmesan, Cucumber Salad and a Roll WEDNESDAY, June 28 – Mexican...
Winterfield Cemetery Association
Winterfield Cemetery Association will hold its annual Program and meeting on Sunday, June 25, 2023 beginning at 10:00am. The Fellowship Hall will be open for your convenience for lunch. Please bring your covered dish/dessert/drinks and share in a time of food and fellowship.Cemetery maintenance is paid by donation from families whose loved ones are buried at Winterfield. If you are unable to attend you may send your donation to:Patty...
Mark Brumley
Mr. Mark Dean Brumley, age 72 of Pickton, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at UT Health in Tyler of a massive stroke. He was born on May 12, 1951 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas to the late Dennis Brumley and Lois Newkirk Brumley. Mark was a Heavy Equipment Operator/Truck Driver for Hopkins County Precinct 2 and Cattle Farmer in Pickton. He loved hunting and spending time with friends,family and his dogs (Doc Holiday &...
This And That For June 2023 By David Wall
Water availability will continue to be a problem now and in the future. You can help by storing rain water, saving bath water wasted by running until the water gets warm, drip garden irrigation, saving the water from boiling vegetables which contains nutrients plants will love, enlarging ponds when they are very low, and so many more ways. In the NETSEO area, there are probably several hundred thousand gardens. If each of us could...
Alamo Redevelopment Get $400 Million Boost From Texas Legislature
When Kate Rogers was hired in 2021 to lead the Alamo Trust, she encountered a “healthy level of skepticism” about whether redevelopment of the Alamo complex would actually come to fruition. During the previous year, the project encountered controversy over moving the Alamo Cenotaph, multiple deep-pocketed donors to the project had dropped out, and San Antonio residents remained uncertain how the evolving site plans would actually look...
How To Prepare For Severe Weather
Severe weather systems in Texas, such as tornadoes, can pose serious threats to personal safety as well as disrupt power to homes for extended periods. Before an anticipated severe weather event, stock up on essential non-perishables such as canned fish, poultry and canned fruits and vegetables. A loss of power can severely affect meal preparations as well as the safety of important food items needed to sustain healthy living...
