Dan Jenkins
January 1, 1954 — September 16, 2023Funeral service for Dan Jenkins, age 69, of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Dr. Ron Jenkins officiating. Interment will follow the service at Reilly Springs Cemetery with Jeremy Jenkins, Paul Jenkins, Chris Jenkins, and Jacob Mazoch serving as pallbearers. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Josh Jenkins and...
Road Work Slated on SH 78 in Fannin County
September 17, 2023 – PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation officials today announced that a project to improve a portion of State Highway 78 north of Bonham in Fannin County will begin Oct. 7, weather permitting. The contractor, Highway 19 Construction LLC, Sulphur Springs, Texas, was granted 240 working days, weather permitting, to complete this project valued at more than $2.6 million. The target completion date for this...
Almost Half of All Child Car Seats Aren’t Installed Correctly
September 17, 2023 – TxDOT kicking off “Save Me With a Seat” campaign during National Child Passenger Safety Week AUSTIN – Car seats work. Just ask Mandy Watson who was in a head-on crash with her 11-month-old and 5-year-old as they were going to lunch more than a decade ago. “Immediately after the crash, I climbed in the back seat. In that moment I knew it worked. I knew their car seats did everything they were supposed...
Paris District Road Report for week of September 18, 2023
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district for the week starting Sept. 18, 2023. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel through work zones. They should also avoid distractions such...
The Next Hopkins County Genealogical Society Meeting Will Feature an Interesting Talk on Early Anglo-Americans in Spanish Texas
Our speaker for September is Bill Covington, a public school classroom teacher by profession, having spent 28 years in both the Dallas and Waxahachie Independent School Districts. He is a native of Fort Worth, TX, and he resides in Cedar Hill, TX with his wife, June. They have three grown children and one granddaughter. Mr. Covington will be speaking on the “Early Anglo-Americans in Spanish Texas”. This is a particularly...
Local Woman Given Second Chance; Arrested for Theft
September 16, 2023 – A 29 year-old Sulphur Springs woman was arrested at a South Broadway retailer on Friday. When she failed to scan all her items in the self check out area, she was given another chance to scan them all. Kendall Nicole Parks, 2023 When loss prevention noticed Parks had not scanned all her items and intentionally placed those items into bags, staff froze her register. Self checkout staff then explained to her...
Party on Forrest Lane Lands 4 in Jail
September 15, 2023 – Officers from the Sulphur Springs Police Department were dispatched to a Forrest Lane address on Thursday around 6:30 PM. They would attempt to serve a warrant on the resident, Kortney Michelle Flanigan. Once inside the residence, multiple individuals were observed. They also observed drug paraphernalia, marijuana, and baggies containing meth residue. Because of the proximity of the residence to a public...
Dinner Bell Menu For September 20, 2023
A loyal supporter of the Dinner Bell Feeding Ministry for many years is the 10% Club, the Community Partner for the September 20th meal and three other times per year. The dedication of the 10% Club is deeply appreciated by the Dinner Bell organization. GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus starting around 10:30...
Sitting Pretty at the Gardens at Memorial
September 14, 2023 – Sulphur Springs, TX – In 2006, the project of the very first Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Lights of Life Gala was to fund the establishment of the Gardens at Memorial. The gardens were intended as a quiet place for patient families to sit or walk the meandering pathway in order to think, pray, reflect, or just relax. It took two years and two Galas and other fundraising projects to pay for the...
Appointments are Now Open for the Annual Free Mammography Clinic
September 14, 2023 – Hopkins County Health Care Foundation and Christus Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Partner for their Annual Free Mammography Clinic Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation and CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs are once again partnering to offer a free mammography clinic for uninsured women in Hopkins County. This year, the clinic will be...
