Houston Street Getting Ready for School
August 11, 2023 – Houston Street along Gerald Prim Stadium, The SW Dairy Museum, the Civic Center and the student entrance to the SSISD High School is being resurfaced this week. Teachers and Staff are already working at all SSISD locations to get ready for the 2023-2024 Academic Year. Forms of asphalt recycling date back to 1915, becoming increasingly popular in the 1970s with the development of the modern milling machine. The...
The Successful Robotics Camp was Recently Held at Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs
Robotics Coding Camp participant Lane Abernathy of Sulphur Bluff gets instruction for camp instructor Cedric Crawford during the camp that was conducted at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center campus. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs robotics 2wk
CHRISTUS Health Provides Tips to Help Parents,Students Gear Up for New School Year
(Texas) – It’s back-to-school season for students across Texas, which means there will be somemajor adjustments families may need to work through. Those adjustments do not have to cause a huge disruption in a child’s life or health, if parentslearn how they can help their student get situated ahead of time. A big change for children as they make the switch from summer mode to school is their sleep.The demands of back-to-school...
Dinner Bell Menu For August 16, 2023
Alliance Bank is a very supportive entity in Sulphur Springs by being a Community Partner four times a year. This is the third event in 2023. Dinner Bell appreciates the Alliance Bank and its staff which give graciously to the area. 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 on Wednesday. MENU...
Hopkins County – No Burn Ban, But Caution Advised
August 10, 2023 – The latest Drought Map from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows Hopkins County to have a “No Drought” rating as of August 8th, 2023. As surrounding counties, mostly to our South and West are showing to start increasing in their drought rating, some are beginning to enforce burn bans in their counties. Officials in Hopkins County have not yet announced a burn ban for local residents but do advise county...
Covington Violates Parole, Back in Hopkins County Jail
August 10, 2023 – VALERIE NICHOLE COVINGTON was arrested this week for violating her parole. The 20 year-old sulphur Springs resident, who lists herself as unemployed, was taken into custody at a Milligan St address without incident. VALERIE NICHOLE COVINGTON, 2023 Covington was arrested in August 2021 at a Helm Lane apartment. She had an outstanding warrant for surety off bond on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty...
Smokey Bear Turns 79
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M Forest Service encourages Texans to celebrate Smokey Bear’s 79th birthday today by being extremely cautious with all outdoor activities that create heat or sparks. As a national icon and the longest-running public service campaign in the United States, Smokey Bear has been teaching millions of people how to prevent wildfires since 1944. “With increased wildfire activity across Texas, Smokey...
Jimmy David Goldsmith
Jimmy David Goldsmith, age 79, passed away Monday, August 7, 2023, surrounded by his family at Carriage House Manor. Jimmy was born on July 2, 1944, in Sulphur Springs the son of Jimmy Lee Goldsmith and Juanita Elizabeth Brown Goldsmith. He married Linda Horne on April 19, 1963, in Sulphur Springs and she survives. Jimmy was a truck driver for over 50 years retiring from Ballard Trucking. He also owned a dairy at one time and raised...
Sulphur Springs Man Arrested for Failure to Register
August 9, 2023 – A Sulphur Springs man was arrested this week after forgetting to update his Sex Offender Registration information. GARRETT MATTHEW BURSBY aka GARRETT MAHEW BURSBY, 2023 GARRETT MATTHEW BURSBY who also goes by the name GARRETT MAHEW BURSBY, was registered to a Como Tx address. An anonymous tip was received by Law Enforcement, and a Hopkins County Sheriff Deputy followed up on that information. Bursby was located...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report 07-31-2023 – 08-06-2023
Arrests: Bentley, Amber, 46 years of age, of Winchester TN. was arrested on 8-6-2023 for Assault Family Violence Causing Bodily Injury. Delacruz, Jesse, 44 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on 8-6-2023 for Terroristic Threat, Continuous Violence against Family, Assault Causing Bodily Injury and 16 Winnsboro Municipal Court Warrants. Richards, Kayla, 33 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on 8-4-2023 for Public...
