A Large Number of Campers Are Attending Sulphur Springs Softball Camp
Perhaps it is due to the pandemic that caused the cancellation of all Sulphur Springs ISD sports camps last summer but this year’s early camps this week are drawing some good numbers. Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo was greeted by a large number of softball campers Tuesday afternoon (June 1), especially among older girls entering the 6th through the 9th grades. 48 girls showed up for the camp’s second session. The...
Cathy Brown
Visitation for Cathy Brown, age 68, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 4, 2021, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Brown passed on May 31, 2021, at her residence. Cathy was born on January 1, 1953, in Corsicana, Texas to Herman Luther and Jimmie Louise (Ward) Barham. She married Donnie Brown in March of 1987;he preceded her in death in January 2010. Cathy was a store manager for Family Dollar. She...
Sulphur Springs City Council Approves Appointments to 11 Boards and Commissions
In addition to swearing in four councilmen, Sulphur Springs City Council approved appointments to 11 boards and commissions, selected which councilmen will serve as mayor and mayor pro tem during Tuesday evening’s regular council meeting. City Council Re-Organization After an election in November for four places on the council, then a runoff in December for Place 1, all four councilmen elected to the City Council in 2020 again...
‘I’ll Fly Away’ Spirituals and Gospel Concert June 12, 13 by N E Texas Choral Society
Carol Allen says it is an answer to prayer that this concert came up at just the right time. The collection of spiritual and gospel works was initially intended to comfort, uplift and encourage. And because it was delayed by COVID-19 for a full year, it’s true meaning is even more profound as the community collectively comes out of the shadow of the pandemic. During her interview on the KSST Good Morning Show with Enola Gay,...
Carroll Selected Healthy Texas Youth Ambassador
By Johanna Hicks, B.S., M.Ed., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, [email protected] Rylie Carroll, Hopkins County 4-H member, has been selected as a Healthy Texas Youth Ambassador. But first, I want to explain what the Healthy Texas Youth Ambassador program involves. Participation was announced to all high school youth in the spring. Those selected are trained to serve as a community health and...
Chamber Connection – June 2: Are You Ready For Stewstock 2021?
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce logo Sulphur Springs Texas By Butch Burney, President/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce It may be June, but plans are already being made for the 52nd World Championship Hopkins County Stew Contest on Oct. 23. The plans include the contest to select the official logo that will go on posters, T-shirts and promotional materials for the contest. The logo contest is now open and will close July 2....
Mary Geneva Cunningham
Funeral service for Mary Geneva Cunningham, age 89, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at Tapp Funeral Home Chapel with Kerry Roy officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be Duane Taylor, Quinstin Brooks, Ernest Cork, Philip Cork, James Cork and Kenneth Cork. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service, from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Interment will follow at the Mel Haven Cemetery. Mrs. Cunningham died on...
SSISD Summer Sports Camps Open Tuesday Morning With Baseball, Volleyball and Girls Basketball
Summer Sulphur Springs ISD sports camps got underway at 9 a.m. Tuesday (June 1) as Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack opened his baseball camp for incoming 1st through 3rd graders in the Multi-Purpose Building. Coach Hammack says he has returned to an all skills approach to camp after several years of concentrating on hitting. He says he has set up three defensive stations: one for throwing, one for catching fly balls and one for...
Saltillo ISD Top Students Recognized
Saltillo ISD last week recognized the top senior and junior high students during special awards programs, prior to graduation at the end of the week. Junior High Ethan Sexton and Michael Gonzalez, Saltillo Junior High’s 2021 top graduates Ethan Sexton and Michael Gonzalez were recognized as the Saltillo Junior High valeditorian and salutatorian. Sexton finished at the top of his class with a 95.84375 grade point average and...
Texas Begins Screening Newborns For Spinal Muscular Atrophy
HHS/DSHS News Release – June 1, 2021 The Texas Department of State Health Services today adds testing for spinal muscular atrophy to the health screening done for every baby born in Texas. About 1 in 10,000 babies are affected by SMA, and this new screening can detect about 95 percent of all SMA cases before symptoms occur. SMA is an inherited condition that affects the cells in the spinal cord that signal the muscles to work....
