Dike Resident Submits Attorney’s Response To Judge’s Letter Regarding Incorporation Petition
Dike resident Kirk Reams Monday morning submitted to Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom during the public forum portion of the regular Hopkins County Commissioners Court meeting an attorney’s response letter in response to the judge’s letter regarding the incorporation petition submitted to him at a previous meeting. Michele Barnes, another Dike resident, also during public forum at the Sept. 12, 2022, Commissioners Court...
Roger Dale Case
Roger Dale Case A funeral service for Roger Dale Case, age 69, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 15, 2022, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Larry Cox officiating. Interment will follow at North Hopkins Cemetery with Mike Norton, Jesse Hull, Darian Chaney, Tony Case, Matt Allen, and Robert Smith serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be The Owners and Employees of Vititow Trucking,...
Lady Cats Volleyball Continues Chugging Along to District Play
Coach Bailey Dorner and her squad continue to roll through their fall season, as they have just three games to play before volleyball begins their district season. They play both two home and road games over the next 12 days, alternating between home and the road until Saturday, Sept. 20. But before we can look ahead to district play, Sulphur Springs first finishes a three-game home-stand Tuesday. The Lady Cats host Melissa on...
Team Tennis Starts District Play Tuesday
Wildcat team tennis Coach Tony Martinez is excited to begin district play this week. Sulphur Springs hosts Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at the Tennis Center. Last week saw team tennis travel to Wills Point, a perennial state contender in tennis. Against stout competition, Coach Martinez’s squad could only manage two wins against a dominant program. Both the mixed doubles team and the #4 player for the Lady Cats, Jessie Lee,...
Obituary – Jeff Tanton
Jeff Tanton Jeff Tanton, age 59, of Rockwall, Texas, passed away on September 11, 2022. He was born May 15, 1963, in Sulphur Springs, to Ernest Gene Tanton and Cathy Bartlett Tanton. He married Debi Erickson Tanton in 2000 in Farmers Branch, and had worked for many years in facilities management. Jeff loved cars and being outdoors hunting and fishing. He was known for his dependability, his tremendous work ethic, and for nurturing...
What to Keep In Mind If Considering Buffalo Grass For An East Texas Lawn
By David Wall, Mount Pleasant Master Gardener Almost every year about this time, people start asking whether they should try buffalo grass (Bouteloua dactyloides). It’s a warm season grass that does well with little to no maintenance and has relatively little water requirements once established. Until then, it takes as much water as most other lawn grasses. It can be laid down as seed (not recommended) or sod, but it spreads by...
North Hopkins ISD Welcomes 11 Feathered Friends To Their New Cluckingham Palace
North Hopkins ISD has begun a hands-on project involving feathered friends students at various grade level and including school organizations, as well as staff and community. Chickens eating recycled vegetables and fruits in their new home, Cluckingham Palace, at NHISD North Hopkins Elementary Principal Kodi Wright reported “11 feathery friends” arrived at their new residence on campus Tuesday morning, Sept. 6, 2022, with...
Meal A Day Menu – Sept. 12-16, 2022
Volunteers prepare meals at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center and deliver them five days a week to Meal A Day program recipients in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. The Meal A Day Menu for the week of Sept. 12-16, 2022 includes: MONDAY, September 12 — Sloppy Joes, Black Beans and Corn and Hamburger Dill Slices. TUESDAY, September 13 — Rope Sausage, Cut Sweet Potatoes and Cornbread. WEDNESDAY, September 14 — Sliced...
Dinner Bell Menu for September 14th, 2022
Water Oak is a repeat Community Partner for Dinner Bell. Their support is greatly appreciated. GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus starting around 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. MENU Barbequed Chicken Legs Potato Salad Coleslaw Buttered French Bread Slices Brownie BE CAREFUL AS THE PANDEMIC IS STILL IN OUR MIDST!...
Hopkins County Records – Sept. 10, 2022
Land Deed Transactions The following land deed transactions were filed the week of Aug. 28, 2022, and posted at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office: Deed Records at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office Johnny Mack Courson and Rose Courson to Donna Lynn Jacobs; tract in the Henry McCauley survey Shanon W. Morris to Myra Darlene Lummus; tract in the Juan Palvadore survey Leslie Nicole McDowell to Matthew Cody McDowell; tract in the Green...
