William Zack Glover
William Zack Glover William Zack Glover, age 82, of Onalaska, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2022. Visitation will be on Saturday, December 3, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Sam B. Harvey Funeral Home, and the funeral service will immediately follow at noon. Rev. David Taylor and Rev. Don Smith will be officiating. Pallbearers will be John Riley, DJ McCain, Jimmy Laughton, Harold Riley, Shane Seymour, and Tyler...
Start Making Your Own Outdoor Memories At Cooper Lake State Park
By Steve Killian, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas State Parks, Cooper Lake State Park Complex Superintendent Christmas in the Park at Cooper Lake State Park Cooper, Texas — December at Texas State Parks is special! Imagine a cold night huddled around a roaring campfire roasting marshmallows and listening to tales of Christmas past as lonesome wails of coyotes sing in the distance. You look up just in time to see a shooting...
Snowflake Campaign Is A Flurry of Activity
Sulphur Springs, Texas – Mid-November marked the start of the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s annual snowflake campaign which runs through the first week of January. If a snowflake tribute gift is intended as a Christmas present, it is recommended that donations be sent soon in order for the acknowledgements to be mailed to the designated contacts and received by December 25. Friends and family members may be honored or...
Meal-A-Day Needs Thursday Cook, Wednesday Driver/Delivery Person
The Meal-A-Day is in need of a weekly cook on Thursdays and a driver/delivery person for a route on Wednesdays. Meal-A-Day is in need of a Thursday cook and Wednesday driver. Meal-A-Day is a small non-profit business in Sulphur Springs, Texas. The program is supportive, rewarding, and engaging. The goal for the program is to support the approximate 150-160 seniors receiving daily meals that desperately depend on Meal-A-Day. Meal-A-Day...
Texas Sidewalks and Bike Lanes Receive Funding
TxDOT to gather local input on how best to use the funds Dec. 2, 2022AUSTIN – As Texas strives to reduce the rising number of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities, TxDOT is making available around $250 million for its 2023 Transportation Alternatives Call for Projects. The federal funding will go towards sidewalks, bike lanes, shared-use paths and other projects to enhance walking and biking transportation across the state. ...
Lions Club Lighted Christmas Parade Still Scheduled Friday Night
The Sulphur Springs Lions Club Lights Christmas Parade have become a holiday favorite. In light of Friday’s cool damp weather, it’s not surprising that community members have enquired about the status of the parade. The Lions Club, however, indicated unless the weather changes significantly, the parade will still begin at 7 p.m. Friday night, club members advised today. The Lions Club invites everyone to join them tonight...
SSHS Choir Sending 12 To TMEA Area Contest
3 Singers Earn Top Scores In Section and Make First Chair At Pre-Area On Thursday, December 1, 15 SSHS Choir students competed at the Texas Music Educators Association Region 4 Pre-Area Contest. These students were region qualifiers or alternates from a contest in October. Twelve of these students earned one of the top five chairs in their section to advance to Area auditions on January 7, at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Area is...
Titus Regional Medical Center Named EMS Provider Of The Year
Titus Regional Medical Center EMS in Mount Pleasant was named EMS Provider of the Year at the Texas EMS Conference in Austin. The Texas Department of State Health Services EMS-Trauma Systems Program presented its annual emergency medical services awards on Nov. 22, 2022 at the conference. Each of the award categories honors a person or organization that exemplifies the highest standards of the Texas EMS/Trauma System. Winners...
Texas To Receive $168M Of $3.1B Opioid Agreement with Walmart — Hopkins County Could Receive Portion of Funds
Another opioid lawsuit settlement was announced Friday. Walmart agreed to a planned $3.1 billion settlement for the business’ “role in the nationwide opioid epidemic.” That amount is to be divided among 17 states, with $168 million designated for Texas, Non-Litigating Threshold Subdivisions, Texas Attorney General’s Office reported in a news release Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Hopkins County is listed among 2,411...
Saltillo Students Donate and Buy CASA Cookies
December 2, 2022 – Saltillo ISD students made their annual donation of Christmas cookies to the Annual CASA Cookie walk, and they also purchased a few to take back. Johnna West, FCS teacher at Saltillo ISD, brought the student to the First United Methodist Church Family Life Center on Friday morning during her free period. Additional students helped in the baking, but were unable to attend the event in person.
