COVID-19 Vaccinations For Children Ages 5-11 Offered In MMU Tent Each Morning This Week
Jan31

COVID-19 Vaccinations For Children Ages 5-11 Offered In MMU Tent Each Morning This Week

CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News –January 31, 2022 By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] COVID Testing at CHRISTUS Trinity Clinics | Urgent Care Due to a shortage of COVID testing supplies, we unfortunately cannot guarantee that rapid tests will be available.  If rapid tests are not available, we will be able...

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Tips To Help Avoid Accidently Starting A Wildfire While Hunting Or Working In Fields
Jan31

Tips To Help Avoid Accidently Starting A Wildfire While Hunting Or Working In Fields

“Although rain has been in our weather forecast on and off, no significant precipitation has occurred in the last few weeks, causing extreme dry conditions in our fields. Drought or freeze-cured grasses provide a very receptive medium for an accidental wildfire ignition and dead grass will readily ignite under a wide range of weather conditions,” according to Texas A&M Forest Service Predictive Services. “An additional...

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Obituary – Albert Ray Morgan
Jan31

Obituary – Albert Ray Morgan

Albert Ray Morgan A funeral service for Albert Ray Morgan, age 72, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 5, 2022, at Love and Faith Church in Greenville, Texas, with Rev Undra Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Grundy Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, February 3, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home in Sulphur Springs, Texas. A second visitation will be held...

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FDA Approves Second COVID-19 Vaccine
Jan31

FDA Approves Second COVID-19 Vaccine

News Release – Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 Moderna To Be Marketed as Spikevax COVID-19 Vaccine For Ages 18+ Today (Jan. 31, 2022), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a second COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine; the approved vaccine will be marketed as Spikevax for the prevention of COVID-19 in individuals 18 years of age and older.  Key points Spikevax meets the FDA’s rigorous...

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Jimmy Cummings
Jan31

Jimmy Cummings

Jimmy Charles Cummings, 70, of Pickton, Texas, passed away on January 29, 2022, at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He was born in Dallas, Texas on November 2, 1951, to Charlene and Gene Cummings. After graduating from Como-Pickton High School in 1971, he became a lifelong cattle rancher, poultry producer, and dairy farmer. When asked if he was working, he always replied, “I was playing.” He is preceded in death by his parents,...

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Information From the Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Campus
Jan31

Information From the Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Campus

PJC-Sulphur Springs Center secretary Dana Smock welcomes new student Decker Hendricksmeyer, standing at right, and his mom, Tammy Hendricksmeyer. Dana helps complete Decker’s papers for enrollment into the Sulphur Springs campus. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Center secretary Dana Smock and Decker

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Elmer Brooks
Jan31

Elmer Brooks

Elmer Brooks Visitation for Elmer Brooks, age 86, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mr. Brooks passed away on January 30, 2022, at Christus Mother Frances – Sulphur Springs. Elmer was born on July 23, 1935, in Ripley, Illinois, to George William and Ada Mae (Fretueg) Brooks. He married Lillie Mae Brooks on January 16, 1959. in St. Louis, Missouri. Elmer...

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HHSC Launches License Plate Art Contest to Help Victims of Human Trafficking
Jan31

HHSC Launches License Plate Art Contest to Help Victims of Human Trafficking

Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 AUSTIN – Texans can help raise awareness about human trafficking and support young survivors of human trafficking by participating in a new license plate design contest. The design contest, hosted by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission in conjunction with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), will help create the Stop Human Trafficking Specialty License Plate, which was authorized by House Bill...

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Obituary – Van LaDell “Dale” “PawPaw” Hill
Jan31

Obituary – Van LaDell “Dale” “PawPaw” Hill

Van LaDell “Dale” “PawPaw” Hill A memorial service for Van LaDell “Dale” “PawPaw” Hill, age 90, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 19, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. There will be no formal visitation. Mr. Hill passed away on January 30, 2022, at Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab. Van was born on April 8, 1931, in Yantis, Texas, to C. Travis and Anna Lou (Bryant) Hill. He married Clara Goodson...

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SSMS Lady Cats Basketball Have a Shot Monday to Complete Undefeated Season
Jan31

SSMS Lady Cats Basketball Have a Shot Monday to Complete Undefeated Season

Eighth grade Lady Cats basketball have the opportunity to wrap up an undefeated season Monday, Jan. 31 at home. Coach Nickie Pannell’s eighth grade A and B teams have already clenched the district as champions, but her squads also have the shot at completing an undefeated season. The middle school coach hopes everyone can pack the SSMS gym Monday afternoon in the hopes of witnessing the second middle school squad this season to...

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