Try Purple Top Turnips This Fall And Winter
By David Wall, Mount Pleasant Master Gardener A potential food source for you or your garden soil next spring is the purple top turnip (PTT). Normally a biennial or two-year plant, you can plant them now and harvest or kill next spring. If growing them for your food supply, simply plant in October and harvest next spring. They take longer to grow than radishes, but they grow considerably bigger and have a better flavor. Purple top...
Winners Of The 53rd Annual World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest Announced
The 53rd Annual Hopkins County Stew Festival, sponsored by Alliance Bank drew a huge crowd, with long lines forming more than an hour before serving time, with people eager to pay their $8 to partake of the entries, despite the whipping autumn winds Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. Hopkins County Stew By the Numbers “We prepare for 8,000 people and we were reaching our limit today. Judging from our ticket sales and supplies, we had...
6 Jailed On Charges, Warrants For Offenses Against Others
At least six people were jailed in the past 3 days on charges for offenses against others and warrants related to offenses alleged to have been committed against others. Juan Ivan Valles Surrender At HCSO Juan Ivan Valles turned himself in at Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office jail at 8:35 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, The 43-year-old Sulphur Springs man was escorted by Deputy Thomas Patterson into Hopkins County jail, where he was...
Patsy Higginbotham
Patsy Higginbotham Patsy Sue Higginbotham, 81 passed away at her home in Brashear, Texas on Friday, October 21st, 2022. Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, October 25th, with visitation at 11:00 a.m. and service at 12:00 noon at Brashear Baptist Church in Brashear, Texas with Brother David Burns officiating. Burial will follow in Brashear Cemetery.Patsy was born in Cumby, Texas on August 6, 1941, the eldest child of John Franklin...
Obituary – Kimberly Shobert Hrabal
Kimberly Shobert Hrabal A memorial service for Kimberly Ann Shobert Hrabal, age 62, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 30, 2022, at the residence of Jamie and Kevin in Dike, Texas. There will be no formal visitation. Mrs. Hrabal passed away on October 19, 2022, in her home. Kim was born on July 1, 1960, in Lubbock, Texas, to Jerry Shobert and Saundra Parnell. She was born and raised in Lubbock, where she...
Paris District Road Report for October 24, 2022
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district for the week starting Oct. 24, 2022. 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...
Hopkins County Records — Oct. 22, 2022
Applications for Marriage Licenses The following individuals filed applications for marriage licenses at Hopkins County Clerk’s office Oct. 10-21, 2022: Record books at a clerk’s office John Kalman Dingman and Dharma Kay Reeves Soane Haamoa Moimoi and Jessica Ann Chester Cristian A. Romero Rivera and Marissa Adams Figueroa Rolando Solis and Heather Renee Brown Daniel Thomas Todd II and Samantha Kay Caskey Cameron Cody...
I-30 Traffic Stop Results in Controlled Substance Arrest
A woman’s unusual driving caught at troopers’ attention and lead to an I-30 traffic and ultimately resulted in a controlled substance arrest, according to reports. Texas Department of Public Safety highway patrol vehicle Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Cody Sagnibene noticed a black SUV in the passing lane, approaching his patrol vehicle on Interstate 30 east near mile marker 117 shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday,...
Evening Search Concludes With Missing Senior Citizen Being Located
Hopkins County officers spent a couple of hours Friday evening searching for a senior citizen, who was reported missing from his rural residence. The search concluded with the missing man being found and checked out by EMS around 7:15 p.m. Oct. 21, 2022, according to sheriff’s reports. Officers searched the area of CR 2316 Friday evening and, after a few hours, found the missing senior citizen who’d been reported missing...
In My Closet Serves Women Of Hopkins County
Sulphur Springs, Texas – In My Closet is a project of the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation which started in 2016 under the leadership of the then Executive Director of the Foundation Meredith Caddell. The Closet is a calm room filled with free wigs, hats, and prosthetics, etc. to help women undergoing breast cancer treatment and/or a mastectomy to get items they need locally in Sulphur Springs. In My Closet, a project of the...
