Chamber Connection – June 15: Digital Advertising Expert Featured At Lunch And Learn
By Butch Burney Small business owners will want to come to our Lunch and Learn, set for Wednesday, June 22, at the upstairs room at Corner Grubhouse, entitled Digital Marketing 101, by April Bliss, founder of Bliss Digital Innovations. We had scheduled April for this workshop in January, but had to postpone it due to COVID. Learn from Digital Advertising Expert April Bliss, who brings her unique perspective as a digital marketing and...
Hopkins County Officers Track 2 Murder Suspects To Missouri
Hopkins County officers tracked two murder suspects to Missouri, where they were reported to have been apprehended and were in custody Wednesday at 8:35 p.m., according to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum. Sheriff’s deputies found an abandoned vehicle when checking out a report of someone’s personal items being located on a county road north of Sulphur Springs Monday evening. The vehicle came back as being from the...
Construction On Bill Bradford Road Overpass Slow Going Due To Road Construction
It’s definitely summer in Texas. Not only is air acrid and humidity so thick you almost swim in it, but road construction abounds. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find a Texas community without some type of road construction — whether on state highways or farm-to-market roads, city streets or county roads —within a stones throw. Construction businesses take advantage of those hot summer months to get as much work done as...
Bethani Jo Tinsley
Bethani Jo Tinsley A funeral service for Bethani Jo Tinsley, age 14, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Independence Baptist Church in Dike with Bro. Don Tinsley and Bro. Ernie Franklin officiating. Interment will follow at Connor Cemetery with Bryan Primm, Conner Hall, Michael Majors, Braden Tinsley, Brevin Tinsley, and Justin Exum serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the...
* Updated: Local Authorities Investigating Bank Robbery
** Last updated at 3:27 p.m. June 15, 2022** Local authorities are investigating a bank robbery reported on South Broadway Street Wednesday afternoon. Police are asking for the public’s help identifying and locating the suspect. Sulphur Springs Police Department at approximately 12:55 p.m. June 15, 2022, received notification of what was reported to be a robbery at Pilgrim Bank. The suspect was reported to be a white male,...
10 Fruits For Health
By Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County, [email protected] With summer upon us, many individuals turn to cool, refreshing fruits to satisfy taste buds. Those with diabetes can benefit from the vitamins and minerals provided by fruits but must be mindful of the carbohydrate counts. Fruits have several health benefits, including reducing the risk of obesity, heart attack,...
Sheriff Offers Measures To Help Better Prepare Rural Schools For Threats To Campus, Lives
Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum, like most of the country, has had the safety of local school children and staff since the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. Friday, he told Hopkins County Commissioners Court he’d come up with two measures to help better prepare rural schools to respond to any threats, should they arise, on their campuses until law enforcement can arrive to assist. Hopkins...
Possible Causes For Twisted, Curled Vegetable Leaves
Dr. Mario Villarino, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Hopkins County Agent, [email protected]. If the leaves on your vegetable plants are twisted or curled, the problem could be environmental, chemical, or biological. Photo: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Sometimes, all the leaves on a plant are twisted or curled; sometimes only new growth has symptoms while older leaves are normal. Damage may...
Digital License Plates Are Now Available For Commercial Fleets in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas – Everything is going digital these days – even license plates! Eligible commercial fleet owners now have the option to put a high-tech tool on the back of their vehicles. Digital license plates can add a new level of convenience, safety, and security to fleet management. NEWS RELEASE – Tuesday, June 14, 2022 State law authorizes the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) to offer digital license plates to government...
Douglas Lee Aten
Douglas Lee Aten Douglas Lee Aten, age 56, of Sulphur Springs, passed away on Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Rockwall, Texas. He was born on April 8, 1966, in Mekinock, North Dakota, the son of William Lee and Jacqueline Pauline Desormis Aten. He married Tina Elvera Brewer on February 16, 1990, in Grayson County. Douglas was a volunteer firefighter for North Hopkins Fire Department, he was a Sheriff’s Deputy for Lamar County, and later...
