Glen Mack White
Glen Mack White Funeral service for Glen Mack White, age 79, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Myrtle Springs Baptist Church with Bro. Fred Morrow and Bro. David Cook officiating. Interment will follow at Myrtle Springs Cemetery with Wes White, Ronnie Webber, Stan Fisher, Asher Dial, Bo Bratton, and Shawn Poe serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Johnny Tate, Don Deaton, Buford...
Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Approved By FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday fully approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine receives full FDA approval The vaccine will also continue to be available under emergency use...
Don’t Be Alarmed, City’s Warning Sirens Will Be Tested Today
City emergency officials plan to test the warning sirens throughout the city Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2021, during the noon hour, according to Sulphur Springs Police Chief/Emergency Management Coordinator Jason Ricketson. This will only be a test, to ensure the warning devices are properly functioning should the city experience any emergency situation that requires immediate action, such as a tornado requiring people to take shelter. Tune...
Shelly Petty Rawson
Shelly Petty Rawson A memorial service for Shelly Petty Rawson, age 55, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Como United Methodist Church. Mrs. Rawson passed away at on August 11, 2021, at Christus Mother Frances-Tyler due to health complications. Shelly was born to Dorothy Dell and Jerry Mac Petty on October 26, 1965, in Winnsboro, Texas. She married Michael Rawson on July 14, 2012, in Sulphur...
When Encountering A Rain Of Wooly Aphids
Mario Villarino, DVM, Ph.D., Hopkins County Extension Agent By Dr. Mario Villarino, Extension Agent, Ag./Natural Resources, Hopkins County, [email protected] As we were walking away from the Hopkins County Courthouse earlier today after our Commissioner’s Court interpretation, we ran into a “rain” of woolly aphids just as we tried to get into our vehicle. A common name for woolly alder aphid (Prociphilus tessellatus) is...
Pine Forest Solar I & Hybrid I Granted Use Of 9 County Roads
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning approved a resolution granting Pine Forest Solar I LLC, and Pine Forest Hybrid I, LLC, permission to use 9 county roads during development and for improvements to the solar project planned in the area. Two Dike residents also spoke to the Commissioners Court Aug. 23, 2021, regarding the planned solar project in their neighborhood. Pine Forest Roads The Commissioners Court on July 26...
August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News – August 23, 2021 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] August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month According to the CDC, breastfeeding has health...
Hopkins County EMS Earns National Recognition For Efforts To Improve STEMI Treatment In Northeast Texas
The American Heart Association Presents Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Plus Achievement Award For Implementation Of Quality Care For Severe Heart Attack Patients SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas — Hopkins County EMS has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Plus Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures to treat patients who suffer severe heart attacks. Each year, more than 250,000...
Peggy Jo Walker
Peggy Jo Walker Graveside services for Peggy Jo Walker, age 76, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at Greenview Cemetery with Bro. Hoyt Scoggins officiating. Pallbearers will be Grant Looney, Lance looney, Jay Porterfield, Gary McFadden, Brad McFadden and Cary McFadden. Peggy passed away on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at her home. Peggy was born on October 29, 1944, in Winnsboro, Texas, the...
Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel Donate Cash Prize For Classroom Teachers
Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel recently donated $50 to each school district in Hopkins and Rains Counties. Returning teachers from each district put their “names in the hat” for $50 to use for classroom supplies. Winners of the drawing for each district include: Stephanie Buster, Como-Pickton CISDEmili Jarvis, Cumby ISD Keaton Cameron, Rains ISD Matthew McCray, SSISD
