Baseball hosts Paris for big showdown Tuesday
Wildcats baseball has a huge home-duel with Paris on Tuesday, Apr. 4. Sulphur Springs plays the opposing Wildcats in a bout to stay alive in the playoff race. Last weekend Coach Jerrod Hammock’s squad played two district games over as many days. Unfortunately for Wildcats baseball, Sulphur Springs over those two days played the frontrunners in 15-4A Pleasant Grove and Liberty Eylau. Coach Hammock’s squad were shutout in...
Chamber Connection – April 5
Join us for a Business After Hours – at your business! If you are a Chamber of Commerce member and want to host a Business After Hours (or Before Hours), we have some openings for you! We are scheduling our monthly networking events for the remainder of the year, and are looking for host businesses. The cost of the event is free; we just ask that you provide some refreshments. You simply open your business from 4:30-6 p.m. on the...
Texas Senate Moves To Set Aside Billions For Future Water Needs
April 4, 2023- Texas senators unanimously approved a legislative package Monday April 3rd, that could potentially set aside billions of dollars to acquire new water sources and pay for upgrades to the state’s aging water infrastructure, if approved by voters. Senate Bill 28 and Senate Joint Resolution 75, authored by Lubbock Republican Charles Perry, would create a new water supply fund administered by the Texas Water...
Hopkins County Genealogical Society Holiday Closure
April 4, 2023- The Hopkins County Genealogical Society Holiday will be closed on April 7th in observance of Good Friday. Hopkins County Genealogical Society is open on the second Saturday of each month, however April 8th the HGCS will not be open. The HGCS will however be open on April 15th instead. The Mission Hopkins County Genealogical Society: TO PRESERVE genealogical and historical materials of Texas, with emphasis on...
Robbery Suspect Buys Gas and Burgers With Windfall
April 4, 2023 – Nathaniel Raylon Wright, age 20 years-old, was arrested Monday for Felony Robbery. An altercation began at a Hopkins County address on Country Road 1174. At the core of the dispute was an unpaid debt. Wright confounded a man who owed him money. That man attempted to partially repay the debt with a $100 bill. Wright felt that this amount was not sufficient, and demanded more. When the man refused to offer more...
Merle Spence
Funeral service for William “Merle” Spence, 82, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, April 8, 2023 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Shane Carrington officiating. Interment will be held at 4:00P.M. on Saturday April 8, 2023 at Walnut Hill Cemetery in Bradley, Arkansas. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. on Friday, April 7, 2023 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mr. Spence passed away...
Joyce Coker Friddle
Funeral service for Joyce Coker Friddle, age 91 of Como, Texas will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, April 8, 2023 at Greenpond Baptist Church with Bro. Terry Bolton officiating. Interment will follow at Greenpond Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Thursday and Friday, April 6 and 7 th , from 6:00 to 8:00 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Friddle passed away on April 3, 2023 at Christus Mother Frances – Sulphur Springs. Joyce...
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital News Release 4/4/2023
Sulphur Springs, Texas, April 3, 2023 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. Inpatient Rehabilitation If you have a loved one that has recently suffered a stroke, had a major fall and required hospitalization, or even has a planned joint replacement: inpatient rehabilitation might be an option. CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs provides...
Help Feed Pollinators: Get A Free Earth Day Lunch
April 3, 2023 – Join the CraversTX Community Garden, on 420 W Park Street in Sulphur Springs to celebrate Earth Day 2023. They will be planting a new Pollinator Garden! This is their fourth year to partner of Pollinator.org. Join them Earth Day morning, April 22nd, at 10AM. A pollinator garden is a type of garden designed with the intent of growing specific nectar and pollen-producing plants, in a way that attracts pollinating...
SSISD Board of Trustee Hopefuls Speak At Republican Forum
The Hopkins County Republican Party held a nonpartisan forum at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center focusing on candidates in the upcoming May election. Four candidates are vying for two spots as Board of Trustees for the Sulphur Springs Independent School District. The two spots currently held by Robert Cody and Robbin Vaughn are up for reelection with both of those candidates deciding not to sign up for another election try....
