How Bills Become Laws
March 23, 2023- The Texas Constitution divides the state government into three separate but equal branches, these branches are: Executive branch, headed by the Governor. Judicial branch, consisting of the Texas Supreme Court and all state courts. Legislative branch, headed by the Texas Legislature consisting of 150 members of the house of representatives and 31 members of the state senate. Members of the house of representatives are...
Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personal Downtown Walking Tour
March 23, 2023- Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel will host a walking tour of historic downtown Sulphur Springs on April 11, 2023. The 30 minute walk will be conducted by John Sellers. All retired school personnel are invited to attend. To participate, meet at the flagpole on the Sulphur Springs square at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 11. After the tour everyone will be going back to The ROC for refreshments and door...
A Brisket Cook Off Will be Held March 24th and 25th
A Brisket Cook Off Benefit will be held Friday, March 24th, and Saturday, March 25th, at Pacific Park. Cooks can start setting up Friday at 3PM. Your Brisket is to be presented to the judges at 11:00AM Saturday. Afterwards the public can sample the Brisket. Cost is $5 to taste, or $8 for a full plate. The event will also include Corn Hole and Venders. The event is to benefit families in need. For more details, please call...
Alice Louise Adair
Graveside service for Alice Louise Adair, age 92, of Dallas, Texas will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at Sherley Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be Larry Macicek, Joe Brennan, Scott Macicek, Eric Macicek, Austin Macicek, Jack Macicek and Rowen Macicek. There will be no formal visitation. Mrs. Adair passed away on March 21, 2023 at Signature Point Nursing Home in Dallas, Texas. Alice was born on April 30, 1930...
Diana Smith
Diana Smith, age 79, of Sulphur Springs passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab. Mrs. Smith will be lying in state at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home beginning at 10 am on Friday, March 24 till 5 pm and then again on Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 4pm and Monday, March 26 th from 8am to 5pm. There will be no formal service or visitation. Mary Diana was born on September 30, 1943 in Sulphur...
Michele Ann Hathcoat
Graveside service for Michele Ann Hathcoat, age 66 of Yantis, Texas will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at Reilly Springs Cemetery with Toney Hurley officiating. Pallbearers will be Jackie Young, Jerry Duncan, Jeff Brown, Micheal Young, Tucker Hathcoat and Turner Hathcoat. There will be no formal visitation. Ms. Hathcoat passed away on March 20, 2023 at her residence. Michele was born on January 11, 1957 in Dallas,...
Lady Cats Golf set and ready for district tournament
Sulphur Springs in their final competition prior to the district tournament had a solid outing overall, placing fourth. Lady Cats golf finished behind Canton and Lindale, tied for second at 342. JV also saw some personal bests in Canton, who are also continually improving, so Coach Spigener hopes to potentially take two teams to the Regional tournament. “We are making strides,” Coach Whitney Spigener said Thursday morning in an...
Sonic and Raising Canes’s May Be Short on Food
Ben E. Keith Co. Releases Statement Following Outage March 23, 2023- Ben E. Keith, the food and alcohol distribution company headquartered in Fort Worth Texas, has released a statement following an outage that caused a shortage of products in local businesses. The outage may have been caused by a cyber attack. The company release the following statement on their website Monday: “Ben E. Keith recently detected unusual activity in...
Hilarion Rojo Osornio
Funeral mass for Hilarion Rojo Osornio, age 68, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 25, 2023, at St. James Catholic Church with Father Victor Hernandez officiating. Hilarion was born on December 3, 1954, in El Sitio, San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico, the son of Palermo Rojo and Josefa Osornio. He passed away on March 14, 2023, in Tyler, Texas. He married Leonor Osornio Valencia on May 16, 1976, in San...
David Pace
Graveside service for David Pace, age 59 of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at North Hopkins Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation. David pace had a good life, his little doodlebug just ran out of time. Mr. Pace passed away on March 15, 2023. David was born on August 7, 1963 in Sulphur Springs, Texas to Allen and Mona (Dodd) Pace. David worked in road construction as a blade...
