Wreaths Across America Will ‘Remember, Honor and Teach’ Nationally, Locally Saturday Dec. 18
A snowy view of wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery Everyone is invited to the Sulphur Springs City Cemetery at 11 a.m. on Saturday December 18, 2021, for an observance which honors fallen military laid to rest in cemeteries across America. At the conclusion of a brief ceremony, hundreds of beautiful live fir wreaths adorned with red bows will be distributed throughout the cemetery to be placed on graves marked with a small flag....
Success! Blue Santa Serves 341 Hopkins County Families with Toys, Bicycles For Christmas While More Monetary Donations Continue to Arrive!
The Hopkins County Law Enforcement Association accepts a donation from Engie to go towards Blue Santa 2022 On Saturday December 11, 2021, the Blue Santa spirit was alive and well as Distribution Day finally arrived in Sulphur Springs! That day, volunteers had the joy of packaging and placing the asked-for items into the vehicles of the families being served. A massive process in itself, Distribution Day marked the end of a 5-week...
Boedigheimer Selected To Become SSMS Principal
AD Retiring, Assistant Superintendent Resigning, 16 Additional Personnel Changes Approved by SSISD Trustees Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees approved 19 personnel changes, including promoting Joseph Boedigheimer to SSMS principal, notices of retirement from the athletic director and an academic secretary, nine resignations, four new hires and three other personnel changes too. Joseph Boedigheimer Joseph “Joe”...
Woman Jailed On Felony Theft Charge
A 36-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was jailed on a felony theft charge Sunday night at Walmart. Asset protection staff reportedly detained Shaukiquia Tralynn Ford at the store after she passed all points of sale with several items, which reportedly included two packages of meat and clothing, which she did not pay for. The merchandise she was accused accused of shoplifting was valued at less than $100 total, which would normally...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed For Violating Parole
A 54-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed Saturday morning on a warrant for violating parole. Troy Glen Fouse Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Richard Brantley and Alvin Jordan were made aware of the warrant for Troy Glen Fouse’s arrest. They located him at a FM 71 east residence, took him into custody at 9:47 a.m. Dec. 11, 2021, and transported him to jail on the Austin warrant charge. Fouse was held in Hopkins...
Lewisville Woman Attempted To Assault The Officer Who Tried To Cite Her For Speeding
A Lewisville woman allegedly attempted to assault the officer who tried to cite her for speeding on Interstate 30 Sunday afternoon, Cumby Police alleged in arrest reports. Cumby Police Department patch Cumby Police Lt. Paul Robertson reported stopping a Honda Accord at 4:02 p.m. Dec. 12, 2021, that was traveling 93 miles per hour in a 75 mph speed zone on Interstate 30 west at mile marker 111. After talking with the 26-year-old...
2022 Powerlifting Schedule Released
The 2022 Powerlifiting schedule was released last week by head football coach and AD Greg Owens. The first meet for the team will be on Thursday, January 13 right here in Sulphur Springs. It will be the only such contest at home for Coach Casey Jeter’s squad. The following three matches will be all on the road; Saturday, Jan. 22 the men will compete in Emory at Rains HSSaturday, Jan. 29 both teams will be at Mount PleasantAnd...
Livestock For The Small Acreage: Goats
Because of their relatively small size, goats are even better suited to small acreage operations than cattle. Goats eat more browse plants than other domestic livestock do. Therefore, they are the best species for managing or sculpting woody plant habitats. Goats grown for meat Unfortunately, plants such as juniper or mesquite are very low on a goat’s list of preferred plants, so do not count on goats to manage these “undesirable”...
Ardys Naomi Nelsen Dennis
February 13, 1924 – December 10, 2021 (age 97) Ardys Naomi Nelsen Dennis Ardys Naomi Nelsen Dennis was born February 13, 1924, to parents Ned Peter and Anna Hansine Busk Nelsen, on a farm in Murray County, Minnesota. She passed from this life December 10, 2021, in Hopkins County, Texas. As a child, Ardys attended District 25, a one-room school for grades 1 through 8, where her oldest sister was a 1st grade teacher. She said...
