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Regional Cross Country Meet, Lady Cats Volleyball, Wildcats and Lady Cats Golf and Middle School Football All On Deck For Tuesday Game Day
Oct26

Regional Cross Country Meet, Lady Cats Volleyball, Wildcats and Lady Cats Golf and Middle School Football All On Deck For Tuesday Game Day

Tuesday, Oct. 26 is a busy one for Sulphur Springs sports. Leading the charge in athletic contests Tuesday are the Lady Cats volleyball team, who will look to get back in to the win column Tuesday versus Longview. It has been a tough stretch for the volleyball team led by head coach Bailey Dorner. Sulphur Springs has faced a brutal string of opponents in playoff-bound Hallsville, Marshall, Texas High, and a tough Edgewood team last...

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Regulated Herbicides: What Private Applicators Should Know About Exemptions and Restrictions
Oct26

Regulated Herbicides: What Private Applicators Should Know About Exemptions and Restrictions

A tractor spraying Pesticide provided by The Texas Department of Agriculture By Dr. Mario Villarino, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Hopkins County Agent, Natural Resource/Agriculture The utilization of regulated herbicides is regulated and allowed to be used by pesticide private applicators. Private applicators are required to obtain Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to maintain their licenses. The Texas A&M AgriLife-Hopkins...

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Tracie DeAnn (Harris) Johnson
Oct26

Tracie DeAnn (Harris) Johnson

Tracie DeAnn (Harris) Johnson Tracie DeAnn (Harris) Johnson was born May 1, 1972, to parents Evelyn Rose Harris (Hall) and Weldon Wright in Sulphur Springs, Texas. She graduated from Sulphur Springs High School in 1990 and from Paris Junior College in 2002. On June 4, 1999, she married Anthony O’Neal Johnson in Sulphur Springs, Texas. She worked at Plain and Fancy, and was also a homemaker. Tracie passed away on October 23, 2021, at...

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Mary Chapman
Oct26

Mary Chapman

Mary Chapman, age 77 of Sulphur Springs, Texas, passed away on October 24, 2021, at Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab. Mary was born on July 26, 1944m in Cooper, Texas, to Claude David and Polly (McGaha) Perkins. She married Lee Chapman in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Mary was a housewife. She is survived by her husband, Lee; children, Lee Chapman Jr. and wife Diane, John Clinton Chapman and Joe Chapman and wife Yuko; grandchildren, Lee...

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Drive-Thru COVID Testing Now Available Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday At CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Primary Care
Oct26

Drive-Thru COVID Testing Now Available Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday At CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Primary Care

CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] No Excuses – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Nothing will keep us from making your breast health a priority, whether you need a mammogram, help choosing the right physician or...

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Commissioners Court Approve Road Equipment Purchases, Renew Oil, Gas And Mineral Lease For Rushing Cemetery
Oct26

Commissioners Court Approve Road Equipment Purchases, Renew Oil, Gas And Mineral Lease For Rushing Cemetery

Hopkins County County Commissioners Court approved the purchase of three pieces of equipment for Precinct 1 and one for Precinct 3, renewed an oil, gas and mineral lease for Rushing Cemetery, and heard from three individuals during the public forum portion of Monday morning’s regular court session. Equipment Purchases Precinct 3 Commissioner Wade Bartley asked the court to consider accepting the purchase of a Case Backhoe from...

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“If Headstones Could Talk” Cemetery Walk is November 7 at City Cemetery
Oct26

“If Headstones Could Talk” Cemetery Walk is November 7 at City Cemetery

The Hopkins County Genealogical Society will once again bring local history to life with this Autumn’s guided living history tour. See and hear as a few “residents” recall what life was like in Sulphur Springs during their day. These former members of local society will be portrayed by Hopkins County Genealogical Society members outfitted in the period costume of doctors, judges, businessmen and housewives....

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Winnsboro Police Department Oct. 18-24, 2021 Media Report
Oct25

Winnsboro Police Department Oct. 18-24, 2021 Media Report

The Winnsboro Police Department’s weekly media report for Oct. 18-24, 2021, included the following: Arrests Preston Berry, age 25, of Winnsboro was arrested on October 18, 2021, on a Franklin County warrant for an alleged aggravated sexual assault of a child charge. William Rush, age 29, of Winnsboro was arrested on October 22, 2021, on a family violence assault impeding breathing or circulation charge.Joseph Bearden,...

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2021 Winners in the Hopkins Rains County Hay Show Based on Protein Analysis
Oct25

2021 Winners in the Hopkins Rains County Hay Show Based on Protein Analysis

The annual Hopkins Rains County Hay Show was held on Thursday October 21, 2021 in the arena foyer at the Civic Center. Hay farmers and local banking institutions made up most of the attendance, and they enjoyed fellowship as well as a BBQ lunch catered by Wrights BBQ prior to the announcement of winners. The Hay Show is sponsored annually by Hopkins-Rains Water and Soil Conservation District office headquartered in...

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Lady Cats Volleyball Team Swept by Hallsville on Friday’s Senior Night
Oct25

Lady Cats Volleyball Team Swept by Hallsville on Friday’s Senior Night

Things did not go as planned on Friday, Oct. 22 when Sulphur Springs hosted Hallsville on senior night for the volleyball program.  Seven seniors were honored Friday, in numerical order: #1, Parris Pickett#2, Brooklynn Burnside#3, Myssiah Dugan#4, Peyton Hammock#5, A.J. Dodd#7, Ellikate Danieland #15, Kaslyn Hurley, but the Lady Cats of Hallsville were set to get their second win over Sulphur Springs on the 2021 season and...

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