Lillie Dolores Renshaw
June 29, 1938 — April 1, 2026 Saltillo Graveside service for Lillie Dolores Renshaw, age 87, of Saltillo, Texas, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 10, 2026, at Old Saltillo Cemetery with Buddy Wiggins officiating. Mrs. Renshaw passed away at Christus Trinity Mother Frances in Tyler, Texas, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Lillie Dolores Renshaw, a longtime resident of Saltillo, Texas, was born on June 29, 1938, in Dike, Texas....
Great Value Chicken Nuggets Suspected Lead Contamination
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2026 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for frozen, dinosaur-shaped, ready-to-eat chicken nuggets that may be contaminated with unsafe levels of lead. A recall was not requested because the products are no longer available for purchase. However, FSIS is concerned that some product may still be in consumers’ freezers. The...
Memory Shortage Threatens Timeline for New Texas Data Centers
April 3, 2026 – A surge in artificial intelligence infrastructure is creating a global shortage of memory chips, raising new concerns about whether proposed data centers—including those in rural Texas—can be fully built and operational in the near term. Industry estimates indicate that major technology companies such as Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Meta, Alphabet (Google Cloud), and Apple have already secured roughly...
Your Sulphur Springs Lady Cats Took on the Paris Lady Wildcats in Softball Action March 31st
April 2, 2026 – The Sulphur Springs, Texas, High School Lady Cats took on the Paris Lady Wildcats in softball action March 31st, 2026. The game was played at Lady Cat Park in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Below is KSST/Cable Channel 18’s coverage of this softball game. KSST’s Sports Director, John Mark Dempsey, and Tony Flippin, called Play by Play and provided Color...
Dinner Bell for April 8, 2026
April 2, 2026 – WEEK OF: April 8, 2026 COMMUNITY PARTNER: Christus Health The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. In July 2016 the Hopkins County Hospital District and Christus Health formed an alliance in which Christus became the leasing entity of the hospital...
Dallas Native Serves Aboard Future Navy Warship
April 1, 2026 – By Alvin Plexico, Navy Office of Community Outreach PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Seaman Apprentice Dante Hannans, a native of Dallas, Texas, serves aboard Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Bougainville, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. PCU is a designation used by the U.S. Navy to describe crews aboard vessels under construction prior to official commissioning. As one of the Secretary of the Navy’s priorities, America’s...
Donna Hooten
December 26, 1951 — March 31, 2026 Memorial service for Donna Hooten, age 74, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 4, 2026, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Buddy Wiggins officiating. Mrs. Hooten passed away at Carriage House Manor on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Donna Hooten
Sulphur Springs Dairy Queens Opt Out of DQ Texas App Points Earning
April 1, 2026 – Some Sulphur Springs residents may enjoy a deal on a dipped cone or a Dude Sandwich, but earning rewards points at local Dairy Queen restaurants is for now a thing of the past. As the DQ Texas loyalty app has been updated, the two Sulphur Springs locations have chosen to not participate in the foreseeable future for their customers to earn points towards rewards. The DQ Texas App rewards loyal Dairy Queen...
Hopkins County Genealogical Society Library to be Closed April 3rd
March 31, 2026 – The Hopkins County Genealogical Society announces that their library will be closed Friday, April 3rd, 2026 in observance of Good Friday. The library will reopen for “all your research needs” Monday, April 6th, 2026, at 9:30am. Come in and look for those ancestors you have wondered about for so long. The Genealogical Society wishes everyone a blessed weekend and a very joyful Easter. The Hopkins...
Smart TVs Draw Scrutiny Over Account Requirements, Data Collection
March 31, 2026 – Consumers are raising concerns as more smart TVs—particularly lower-cost models sold through major retailers like Walmart—now require users to create and log into accounts before accessing basic features. The shift, tied to operating systems such as Roku TV and other built-in platforms, is part of a broader trend toward connected, ad-supported home entertainment. ACR Tracking: Automatic Content Recognition (ACR)...
