“Updated” Indian Summer Days & The John Chester Dutch Oven Cook Off
Photography by Enola Gay and the News Telegram Great weather and an enthusiastic crowd greeted Saturday’s Dutch Oven cook-off competitors from across the area. The Dutch Oven Cook-off took place during Indian Summer Days at Heritage Park in Sulphur Springs. Winning cooks included: First place, Brandon Brewer and Lyndsey Caldwell of Sulphur Springs; Second place, Greg Almon and Don Powell of Arlington; Third place went to Derek Simmons...
USDA Under Secretary for Farm at the AgriLife Extension Office Friday
Michael T. Scuse, USDA Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, conducted a stakeholders meeting in Sulphur Springs Friday morning at the AgriLife Extension Office. Scuse said his purpose was to discuss the rolling out of programs of interest to row crop farmers in the new Farm Bill and to visit with producers and representatives of various ag sectors to hear from them. [pb_vidembed title=””...
Online Solicitation of a Minor Stopped
Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 43-year old Cooper man at Kid’s Kingdom in Buford Park in Sulphur Springs for allegedly setting up a sex date with what he thought was a 15-year old girl. The man was actually trading text messages with a sheriff’s deputy. Gary Lee Sillivan was charged with online solicitation of a minor before JP Ronny Glossup who set bond on Sillivan at $35,000. [pb_vidembed title=””...
Coach Owens on T-High
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In God We Trust
Meeting Monday, the Hopkins County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to adopt the national motto In God We Trust as their own. A plaque in the Commissioners Courtroom now indicates it. County Judge Robert Newsom said over 100 cities in California have also done this as well as some cities and counties in Texas. In God We Trust is said to go back to a verse of the Stars Spangled Banner written by Francis Scott Key. By Don Julian,...
The Hospital is Not Closing, This is Just a False Rumor
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital CEO Michael McAndrew has written a letter to set the record straight concerning the current condition of the hospital. He is encouraging media members to make use of it. The letter says rumors about the hospital closing or facing bankruptcy are false. McAndrew says the hospital has taken steps to retain cash to meet bond obligations. McAndrew has also met with hospital employees to inform them so they...
Friday Deadline For Stew Sites Approaching Quickly
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce President Meredith Caddell is reminding all stew cooks from last year that this is the final week to renew their sites. Deadline is Friday at 5 p.m. Those not renewed by the deadline will be made available to anyone Monday morning at 8 a.m. Ms. Caddell says a lot of forms from last year’s cooks have not been turned in yet. She expects a big week this week. Four cooks turned in forms Monday morning....
Steel Magnolias Sept. 19th, 20th, 26th and 27th at Reeds Entertainment at 7pm
Dawn Doyle-Jones, recently retired drama teacher at Sulphur Springs High School, returns to the stage directing and acting in Steel Magnolias. It ‘s coming Friday and Saturday, September 19-20 and September 26-27 at 7 p.m. at Reed’s Entertainment. Ms. Doyle-Jones refers to the play as a comedy with melancholy. It was written by Robert Harling, whom Ms. Doyle-Jones says really captures the essence of females. Six women are in the cast:...
Wayfinding Signs??
At the last meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council, the council voted to add $66,000 to the proposed budget to address some of consultant Roger Brooks’ branding ideas. City Manager Marc Maxwell says the funds will be used for wayfinding signs to direct people from the Interstate or from hotels to downtown. Maxwell says the city is talking with TXDOT about their sign ideas now. The need for wayfinding signs was at the top of the...
Admiral, There Be Sheep Here!
Two sheep raised by Sulphur Springs High School senior and FFA student Taylor Swinson now on the Sulphur Springs Elementary campus are not only keeping the grass in check but they are also part of an ag curriculum Taylor wrote for the school. The curriculum came about due to Taylor’s Ford Scholar Program. She says the program encourages the scholars to give back to their local communities. Sulphur Springs Elementary Principal Kristen...
