Randell Allen Long
Randell Allen Long Funeral services for Randell Allen Long, age 73, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 11, 2021, at Trinity Harvest Church of God with Pastor Ryan Hankins and Pastor Larry Traylor officiating. Interment will follow at Gafford Chapel Cemetery with Skylar Long, Tanner Childers, Dakota Pickett, Matthew Chenault, Quentin Long, and Peytin Long serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held at 9...
UPRA Rodeo 2021 Will Arrive in Sulphur Springs With Impact!
For more than three decades, the United Professionals Rodeo Association has staged it’s year-end Finals competition in Sulphur Springs, Texas. This multi-state rodeo association will return to town with the Cinch United Finals Rodeo during the week of November 15th with impact! Besides three nights of finals competition filling the stands of the Hopkins County Civic Center arena on November 18-20, UPRA will also stage a free...
County Officials Approve Redistricting Proposal for Precincts 1 and 2
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning approved a proposal which will clean up county precinct lines, population blocks more evenly while meeting legislative requirements for redistricting. Ark-Tex Council of Governments Executive Director Chris Brown points to areas of Precinct 1 and 2 that would change under the redistricting proposal approved by the Commissioners Court Monday morning. “Every 10 years counties have...
A&M-Commerce ‘Must Love Dogs’ Class to Assist with Commerce Dog Park Grand Opening
COMMERCE, Texas — Students in the “Must Love Dogs” signature course at Texas A&M University-Commerce will help celebrate the grand opening of a long-awaited dog park in Commerce, Texas on Nov. 29. A&M-Commerce professor Sandy Kimbrough, Ph.D. Signature courses provide an opportunity for faculty to highlight their knowledge and passion for a topic of their choosing, often outside of their discipline. Aimed at first-year...
DSHS: Texas Data Shows Unvaccinated People 20 Times More Likely To Die From COVID-19
DSHS Nov. 8, 2021 News Release A new study released by the Texas Department of State Health Services shows that during the month of September, Texans not vaccinated against COVID-19 were about 20 times more likely to suffer a COVID-19-associated death and 13 times more likely to test positive than people who were fully vaccinated. An analysis of data from the four-week period from Sept. 4 through Oct. 1 shows that vaccination had a...
Deputies Removed Dike Man From Tractor In Order To Take Him Into Custody
Deputies had to remove a Dike man from a tractor in order to take him into custody on warrants Friday evening, according to arrest reports. Jerry Mack Price Jr. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies were made aware of two warrants for Jerry Mack Price Jr.’s arrest, one for violating a protective or magistrate’s order and another for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The deputies recognized the wanted person...
Lady Cats Soccer Winter 2021-22 Season Schedule Firmed Up
With less than two months away until the first scrimmage for the women’s score team, Coach Javier Aguayo and his Lady Cats are all too ready to get back on to the field. Even with some talented seniors departing after spring’s graduation, the women’s squad returns a lot of talent and will look to make the playoffs after narrowly missing out last year. The season will get underway with scrimmage play on Friday, Dec....
24 Teams Battled It Out at the 8th Annual George Dorner 42 Tournament at The Bluff
Sulphur Bluff residents love to play 42 and they are good at it! The George Dorner Memorial 42 Tournament was formed 8 years ago to honor Dorner and to keep the tradition alive. It also serves a very good cause. Each year, proceeds go toward the purchase of bibles for each student in the senior class of Sulphur Bluff High School. Each teams pay an entry fee for two seats in the tourney where competition is stiff and neighborly fun...
Elderly Couple Dies As Result Of State Highway 154 Crash
Fatality Reported In Early Sunday Morning ATV Crash Three people died Sunday as a result of crashes reported Sunday – an elderly couple died as a result of a State Highway 154 crash at lunch time Nov. 7 and a fatality was reported to have resulted from an early morning ATV crash. According to Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office, 45-year-old Inocente Diaz was a riding passenger on an all terrain vehicle that rolled over on...
Redistricting Required For Hopkins County Due To Population Growth Reflected In 2020 Census
Changes Proposed By ATCOG Would Mostly Impact Precincts 1 and 2 in Sulphur Springs Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning will be asked to consider approving a number of items, including a redistricting proposal which would impact Precincts 1 and 2 in Sulphur Springs, and amended and restated 381 agreements with Hopkins Energy LLC and a road maintenance agreement with Stampede Solar Project LLC. The 9 a.m. meeting agenda...
