Tira News – July 29, 2021: A 100 Year Old Woman Kayaks At Cooper Lake
By Jan Vaughn Landon, Laiken, Dixie, Rylan, Brailon, and Slaiden Joslin camped at Cooper Lake State Park last week. Chip, Grace, and I visited them on Saturday evening and swam with the kids. Grace (100) and Chip paddled on the kayaks for a little while, and then we got supper from Tejano’s Mexican Restaurant in Cooper and all enjoyed eating together at the camp site. Laiken’s aunt, Rhonda Harness, brought her grandchildren, Brailee...
Ralph Hobaugh
Ralph Hobaugh A Private Family Burial for Ralph Hobaugh, age 83, were held at 1 PM on Thursday, August 5, 2021, at Blackburn Cemetery in Franklin, OK. Mr. Hobaugh passed away on July 26, 2021, at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, Texas. He was born the son of John Albert Hobaugh and Effie Dora Mayhew Hobaugh on May 29, 1938, in Newalla, Oklahoma. He was married to Charlene Lambert in Levelland, Texas, in 1962. She...
Information From the Welding Program at the Paris Junior College-Sulphur Springs Center Campus
TESTING PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Director Rob Stanley, right, helps welding student Shane Peters get started on the welding codes and standards test that he is taking so he can continue his progress in the welding program. For information about opportunities available at the campus, call 903-885-1232. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs weld test 2021
Crime Down In Sulphur Springs During First 6 Months Of 2021
Not only was crime down overall in the seven major crime reporting categories in Sulphur Springs during the first 6 months of 2021, but a new 22-year record Jan. 1-June 30 low was set for the city, according to data recorded by Sulphur Springs Police Department. That’s 31 less offenses recorded during the first half of 2021 than the 93 reported for the same period in 2020 and 2018, and five fewer total offenses than the record...
Volleyball Tryouts To Be Held Monday, August 2
Coach Bailey Dorner and her staff will be holding volleyball tryouts at the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School on Monday, Aug. 2. The tryouts will be held on Monday, Aug. 2, from 8 A.M. to 11 A.M. and then 12 P.M. to 1 P.M. Coach Dorner and her staff will be looking to fill a number of positions left open due to several key seniors graduating; Nylah Lindley signed on to play softball at Tuskegee University in Alabama, Bre’Asia...
See You Friday at CANHelp’s Free BTS Fair at Civic Center!
Jennifer Hancock and Shanna Martin invite all families to the free Fair! In a KSST Good Morning Show interview, CANHelp’s Executive Director Shanna Martin and Development Manager Jennifer Hancock invited everyone to come to the 2021 Back to School Fair set for Friday July 30 from 3-6pm. Doors will open at 3pm. It is free for families of students in any Hopkins County, Sulphur Springs, and Yantis school district. Inside and...
MANSFIELD RED, WHITE & ROCKIN’ KIDS TRIATHLON TO BE HELD IN MANSFIELD JULY 30
Kids ages 6 – 15 to Swim Hawaiian Fall’s Lazy River as Part of the Mansfield Triathlon Kids from across North Texas ages 6 – 15 years old will compete in a fully sanctioned USA Triathlon event in two distances. Juniors (6 – 10 years) compete in a 130-meter swim, followed by a 3.1 mile bike ride and half-mile race. Seniors (11 – 15 years) swim for 200 meters, bike for 6.2 miles and run a full mile. Young athletes will swim the Lazy...
Terrific Tuesdays Respite Program Will Reopen on Tuesday August 3 at 9am at FUMC in Sulphur Springs
Great News! Tammy Reardon has a very special place in her heart for persons affected by Alzheimers Disease, dementia and other causes of memory loss. Upon moving to Hopkins County, Tammy began to look for ways to help in the community. Uncovering a common need among those closest to persons disabled by memory loss… their caregivers…..Tammy organized a way to offer a weekly time-out from their responsibilities as...
Brashear Woman Accused Of Indecency With A Child
A 32-year-old Brashear woman was jailed on an indecency with a child by exposure warrant Tuesday, according to arrest reports. Crystal Ann Sievers Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office receive an allegation that Crystal Ann Sievers had sexual contact with a minor associated with her. “Investigator Shea Shaw investigated the case. He has done an outstanding job since he’s been in CID. He worked up the case, scheduled an...
