Dinner Bell Menu For March 17, 2021
Cross County Cowboy Church is the COMMUNITY PARTNER It’s ST. PATRICK’S DAY So we are having an IRISH MENU!!! MENU Corned Beef and Cabbage with Potatoes, Carrots and Parsnips Garden Salad Irish Soda Bread Green Sugared Cookies CONTINUE TO KEEP DISTANCES; WASH HAND OFTEN; AND WEAR MASKS.DINNER BELL CARES ABOUT YOUR HEALTH!!! Dinner Bell remains a Grab and Go distribution system for meals. Meals may be secured by driving...
Small Child Allegedly In Car During FM 1870 Drunk Driving Crash
A 21-year-old Cumby man arrested following a FM 1870 drunk driving crash reportedly lied to the trooper investigating the crash. The driver allegedly claimed there was no child in the car seat in the car during the crash, but was later reported to have called someone who removed the child from the crash site before officials arrived, a trooper alleged in arrest reports. Cole William Peterson (HCSO jail reports) Texas Department of...
March 15-19 Meal A Day Menu
Although the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center remains closed due to COVID-19, volunteers continue to work five days a week preparing and delivering meals to shut-in elderly in the community. The March 15-19 Meal A Day Menu includes: Monday – Hash Brown Beef Casserole, Corn, Green Beans Tuesday – Chicken Spaghetti, Italian Vegetables, Garlic Toast Wednesday – Rope Sausage, Sauerkraut, Black-Eyed Peas, Cornbread Thursday – Chicken...
Lady Cats Softball Wins Over Longview
Lady Cats Softball Team Wins Pitchers Duel With Longview, 1-0 Friday Evening It took a perfect storm of weirdness for the Lady Cats Softball Team to defeat Longview, 1-0 in a district game pitchers’ duel at Lady Cat Park Friday (March 12) evening. Lady Cat Crimson Bryant and the Lady Lobos Reagan Rios just about matched each other pitch for pitch. Here’s the way the Lady Cats scored the games only run in the bottom of the...
Wildcats Baseball Comes Up Short Against Atlanta
Wildcats Baseball Team Ends Up on the Short End of a 4-3 game to Atlanta in Hallsville Tournament Saturday After falling behind 3-0 to Atlanta, the Wildcats Baseball Team tied the game with 3 runs in the bottom of the fourth inning only to see the Rabbits score a decisive fourth run in the top of the sixth in the Reich Builders Classic in Hallsville Saturday (March 13). The 4-3 loss gave the Wildcats two wins and two losses in the...
Saltillo Lions Basketball Players Named to All-Region Team
Saltillo Lions Basketball Players Boekhorst and Redburn Are Named to All-Region Team Saltillo Lions Basketball Coach Casey Riddle announced late Friday (March 12) that Lions senior Chris Boekhorst and junior Andrew Redburn were named to the All-Region Basketball Team. The two players were big contributors to a strong Lions’ team that made it all the way to the Regional Quarterfinals. There the Lions came up short against #1...
March 13 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 8 New Cases, 7 Recoveries, 148 Active Cases
COVID-19 numbers in Hopkins County are coming down overall as the number of residents receiving COVID-19 vaccinations increases, with more recoveries this month than new cases so far. Unfortunately, the number of COVID-19 fatalities continues to rise in Hopkins County too, according to Texas Department of State Health Services’ March 13 COVID-19 dashboards and reports. Case Counts The new confirmed cases reported so far this...
Ricky Gammill
Ricky Gammill, 65, of Sulphur Springs, TX passed away peacefully March 13, 2021 surrounded by his family.Ricky was born in Hopkins County to Bill and Nettie Gammill on June 8, 1955. He was a 1973 graduate of Sulphur Springs High School where he met the love of his life, Karen Easley. Ricky and Karen were married on June 2, 1973 at Martin Springs Baptist Church. Ricky was a lifelong resident of Hopkins County where he spent three...
Como Pickton FFA Chapter Annual Meal and Auction Fundraiser
The students of the Como-Pickton CISD FFA Chapter were determined to have a successful “stew and auction” this Spring because they were not able to hold their fundraiser in the Autumn of 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions. The Spring event, held on Thursday March 11, 2021 was modified to become a ‘Baked Potato Supper and Auction” and it turned out great. A good crowd was already gathering inside the high school...
Cumby City Council Lifts Mask Requirement, To Finish Installing Waterline On Black Jack Road
City Employees To Be Reimbursed For Some Time Used During Winter Storm, Elected Officials Salaries To Be Reduced Cumby City Council worked through the regular portion of this week’s meeting agenda in just under 45 minutes, then spent a little over 20 minutes discussing a water line on Black Jack Road. The City mask requirement, police department Facebook page, reduction of elected officials salaries, establishing a separate fund...
