Meal A Day Menu For Oct. 4-8, 2021
Oct03

Meal A Day Menu For Oct. 4-8, 2021

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 Oct. 4-8, 2021, includes: Meal-A-Day food preparation Monday – Parmesan Chicken, On a Bed of Egg Noodles, Italian Vegetables and Garlic Sticks. Tuesday – Oven Omelet, Sliced Ham, Mandarin Oranges and Blue Berry Cake. Wednesday...

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Mona George
Oct02

Mona George

Funeral service for Mona George age, 91 of Fate, Texas, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, October 4, 2021, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Buddy Wiggins officiating. Interment will follow at Ridgeway Cemetery with Doug Woolf, Cameron Woolf, Clayton Dacey, John George, Jacob George and Allen Bocangra serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mrs. George passed away on September 30, 2021 at her...

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Harvey: CHRISTUS Update – The COVID Unit Isn’t The Only Area With High Census
Oct02

Harvey: CHRISTUS Update – The COVID Unit Isn’t The Only Area With High Census

While CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs has seen a reduction in the number of patients in the COVID Unit over the past couple of weeks, the hospital has continued to have a high census count, CMFH-SS CEO Paul Harvey noted earlier this week in an update about the local hospital and CHRISTUS’ Sulphur Springs facilities. COVID Unit Since the surge in COVID cases starting in June, CMFH-SS has consistently had patient...

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Lady Cats Volleyball Wins Five Set Match Versus Longview
Oct02

Lady Cats Volleyball Wins Five Set Match Versus Longview

Things got interesting on Friday, Oct. 1 when the Longview Lady Lobos volleyball team travelled to Sulphur Springs to take on the Lady Cats. Coach Bailey Dorner’s team took set one in dominating fashion, 25-12 as they looked to rebound from Tuesday’s loss in Hallsville. While the Lady Lobos were able to to make the second set more competitive, they fell short to Sulphur Springs 25-17 to allow the Lady Cats to take a...

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Man Accused Of Assaulting Wife While Holding Machete-Style Knife
Oct01

Man Accused Of Assaulting Wife While Holding Machete-Style Knife

3 Other Men Arrested On Unrelated Assault Charges, 1 For Displaying Firearm In Public A 61-year-old Sulphur Springs man was accused assaulting his wife while holding a machete-style knife. Four other men were also arrested earlier this week on assault or weapon related charges, including a man accused of displaying a firearm in public, a man who struck a divorcing spouse in the head with a door, a man arrested on a felony assault...

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Hopkins County Records – Oct. 1, 2021
Oct01

Hopkins County Records – Oct. 1, 2021

Records at a Clerk’s Office Applications for Marriage Licenses Collin Parker Way and Chelsie Carol BassAndres Josue Chicas and Kacey Isabella MooreJesse Lynn Hull and Crystal Case GreerLogan Reed Sevier and Kourtney Amber Reynolds Vance Lynn Golden and Carly Rae YoungPatrick Kristopher Mayhaw and Gina Leah MurrayJacob David Voyles and Kira Leigh Merck

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HHSC Encourages Breast Cancer Screenings During Awareness Month
Oct01

HHSC Encourages Breast Cancer Screenings During Awareness Month

AUSTIN – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is encouraging women to get screened regularly for the disease. “Many of us have delayed life-saving screenings like mammograms during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is understandable. But after 19 months it’s so important to get back on track with regular breast cancer screening,” said Lindsay Rodgers, HHSC associate commissioner for...

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Watch for Bridge Work on CR 4712 in Hopkins County
Oct01

Watch for Bridge Work on CR 4712 in Hopkins County

Oct. 1, 2021 PARIS — Texas Department of Transportation officials today announced that a project to replace a bridge on CR 4712 in Hopkins County is slated to begin Oct. 10. The contractor, Highway 19 Construction LLC, was granted 64 working days, weather permitting, to complete this project valued at more than $274,000. The contractor will replace the bridge on CR 4712 at the Crooks Creek Tributary, officials said. County Road 4712...

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Board Approves 3-Cent Reduction In Hospital District Tax Rate
Oct01

Board Approves 3-Cent Reduction In Hospital District Tax Rate

The Board of Directors this week approved a 3-cent reduction in the Hospital District Tax Rate for 2021-2022, and a budget during a special called meeting this week. 2021-22 Tax Rate The hospital district tax rate will be 22-cents per $100 property valuation, down from 25-cents. However, due to a 15.45 percent increase in appraisal values on the average taxable homestead value, property owners will likely see an increase in their tax...

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Alajah Renee Deloney
Oct01

Alajah Renee Deloney

Alajah Renee Deloney, infant daughter of Keeley Deloney, passed away on Saturday, September 25. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 2, 2021, at Denton Cemetery in Mount Vernon. Arrangements are under the direction of West Oaks Funeral Home. www.westoaksfuneralhome.com With our condolences.

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