Meals on Wheels Menu for November 8th
Nov05

Meals on Wheels Menu for November 8th

For those of you who participate in the Meals on Wheels program in Hopkins County, here is your menu for this week.

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Dias Hired To Fill Vacancy At Cooper Lake State Park
Nov05

Dias Hired To Fill Vacancy At Cooper Lake State Park

By Steve Killian, Complex Superintendent, Cooper Lake State Park Cooper, Texas — One of the best parts of my job is to help our Park Rangers find a new position through a promotion. Even though this is usually bittersweet, as it was in this case, our long time Office Manager, Kimberly Swaim, was promoted to our regional office because of excellent service, resulting in big hiking boots to fill! We were very fortunate to have found an...

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Allen West To Be At The Wall That Heals From 4-5 P.M. Friday, Nov. 5
Nov05

Allen West To Be At The Wall That Heals From 4-5 P.M. Friday, Nov. 5

Allen West, who has announced his candidacy as a Republican candidate for Governors in 2022, plans to speak at the wall this afternoon between 4 and 5 p.m. at the Vietnam mobile memorial wall, The Wall That Heals, located on Sulphur Springs High School Track. Republican (GOP) Party “This is not a political event and I just  learned of the exact time he would be here. I spoke to him this morning to verify...

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Extension Agents Recognize Volunteers, Outstanding Supporter Who Help Make Many Programs Successes
Nov05

Extension Agents Recognize Volunteers, Outstanding Supporter Who Help Make Many Programs Successes

Hopkins County AgriLife Extension Service Thursday evening recognized a group of people who continue to give of their time and talents to help make the many programs hosted by the local Extension office the successes they continue to be. A few very special awards, including state recognition and the Hopkins County Outstanding Extension Supporter of the Year, were presented at the 2021 Extension Leadership Banquet held Nov. 4, at...

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Wildcats Football Ends Season With Loss in Forney
Nov04

Wildcats Football Ends Season With Loss in Forney

The Wildcats football team looked to get their first win on the season in their final game of the 2021 season, but turnovers plagued Sulphur Springs as they lost 47-20 in Forney.  Coach Greg Owens’s team had multiple opportunities to score points throughout the game, but seven turnovers given up proved to be too much to overcome.  North Forney led 40-7 at halftime. The Wildcats never quit though and kept fighting, even when faced with...

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Opening Ceremony for the Sulphur Springs Visit of The Wall That Heals
Nov04

Opening Ceremony for the Sulphur Springs Visit of The Wall That Heals

Erected on the Sulphur Springs High School track, the 375-foor-long Wall That Heals provided a reflective backdrop for the Opening Ceremony of the much-anticipated visit of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall replica. The display will be open 24 hours a day November 4th through 7th for visitors. At 2 p.m. Sunday, November 7, the Wall and Mobile Education Center will depart Sulphur Springs for it’s next visit somewhere in America....

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Schedule, King and Queen Nominees Announced for 2021 Paris Junior College Homecoming
Nov04

Schedule, King and Queen Nominees Announced for 2021 Paris Junior College Homecoming

“PJC in the 1980s” is the theme for this year’s Homecoming festivities at Paris Junior College set for November 4-6. After a final round of voting by students, the Homecoming Court is set as well. Members include Rylie Hardison of Mt. Pleasant, Da’May Jones of Houston, Baylee Metcalfe of Sand Springs, Okla., Jessika Roberts of Forney, Beau Brewer of McKinney, and Nathaniel Windham of Pickton. Hardison is a 2020 graduate of...

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TxDOT Urges Drivers to ‘End the Streak’ of Daily Deaths on Texas Roads as 21st Anniversary Approaches
Nov04

TxDOT Urges Drivers to ‘End the Streak’ of Daily Deaths on Texas Roads as 21st Anniversary Approaches

November 7, 2000 was the last deathless day on Texas roadways Nov. 4, 2021AUSTIN –  It was late in the afternoon when Isaac Simmons got the call: a vehicle was broken down along a stretch of I-45 in Fairfield, and Simmons, a 35-year-old tow truck driver, headed out to help. While winching the car onto his tow truck, the routine stop suddenly became horrific. A speeding car careened off the road, rolled up the tow...

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Carolyn Shurtleff
Nov04

Carolyn Shurtleff

Carolyn Shurtleff Funeral service for Carolyn Shurtleff, age 83, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 6, 2021, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Shane Carrington officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Brandon Shurtleff, Brian Shurtleff, Kenneth Batterton, George Walker, Don Petty and Greg Scott serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service....

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Industrial Drive Closed From Commercial Services Drive To Bill Bradford Road
Nov04

Industrial Drive Closed From Commercial Services Drive To Bill Bradford Road

Industrial Drive between Commercial Services Drive and Bill Bradford Road is closed due to a gas main being struck. Industrial Drive was closed to traffic and operations at Saputo reportedly halted Thursday afternoon due to the presence of natural gas in the area. The contractor boring under I-30 to connecting the final piece of the Saputo sewer main project reportedly hit the gas main, according to the city manager. First, the far...

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