Early Voting In Party Primary Runoff Elections Began This Morning, Continues Through Friday
May16

Early Voting In Party Primary Runoff Elections Began This Morning, Continues Through Friday

Early voting in the Democratic and Republican Party Primary Runoffs began this morning (May 16, 2022) and will continue through Friday, with Election Day following on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Early voting in the Republican and Democratic Party Primary Runoff Elections will be conducted in Hopkins County Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom at 128G Jefferson St. in Sulphur Springs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 16-20, 2022....

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Republican, Democratic Party Primary Election Results For March 1, 2022
Mar02

Republican, Democratic Party Primary Election Results For March 1, 2022

While some US and state races for party nominations were determined in the March 1 Primary Elections, others will require a runoff election in May to determine whose name will be on November ballots. The local candidates for county officers ran unopposed for their party’s nomination and face no challengers from the other party either. County Elections Below are the votes received for local county offices held by the candidates,...

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Candidate Filing Continues Through Feb. 18 In Municipal, School Elections
Feb09

Candidate Filing Continues Through Feb. 18 In Municipal, School Elections

Candidates have 7 1/2 days left to file for places on May 7 municipal and school election ballots. As of Tuesday afternoon, neither the Sulphur Springs and Yantis ISD School Board Elections nor the Sulphur Springs City Council Elections candidates had drawn challengers. Candidate filing continues through Feb. 18, 2022. SSISD logo Sulphur Springs ISD All three incumbents — Craig Roberts, Leesa Toliver, John Prickette — filed candidate...

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Harrison Files Candidacy For Place 4 On May 7 Sulphur Springs City Council Election Ballot
Feb08

Harrison Files Candidacy For Place 4 On May 7 Sulphur Springs City Council Election Ballot

Tommy Wayne Harrison filed an application Tuesday morning, Feb. 8, 2022 for a place on the May 7 Sulphur Springs City Council Election ballot. Harrison, a retired resident, is seeking election Place 4 on the Sulphur Springs City Council. Tommy Harrison, Place 4 Candidate, Sulphur Springs City Council So far, Harrison is only the second person who has filed candidacy for the May 7 Election for Places 4 and 5 on the city Council....

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Spraggins Seeking Reelection To Place 5 On City Council
Jan21

Spraggins Seeking Reelection To Place 5 On City Council

Thursday afternoon, incumbent Gary Spraggins filed an application for a place on the May 7 Sulphur Springs City Council Election ballot. Spraggins, a salesman, is seeking reelection to Place 5. Gary Spraggins He won the Nov. 3, 2020 election, receiving  71.24 percent of the votes for the Place 5 seat for one year, and then in 2021 was elected to the final year of the unexpired term for Place 5. Candidate filing for Places 4 and Place...

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Proposed Woodcreek Addition: 9.31-Acre Lot To Be Developed Into 39 Single Family Residences
Dec10

Proposed Woodcreek Addition: 9.31-Acre Lot To Be Developed Into 39 Single Family Residences

Infill Housing Development Policy To Be Expanded To Include Duplexes and Quadplexes A majority of items on Sulphur Springs City Council’s regular December meeting agenda had to do with property and construction projects, including six of seven requests for infill housing program agreements, a plat request to change a 9.31-acre property into 39 single family lots, expansion of the 380 policy, an agricultural land lease, and...

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Nov. 2, 2021 Election Canvassing: Cumby Alderman Place 4 Determined
Nov16

Nov. 2, 2021 Election Canvassing: Cumby Alderman Place 4 Determined

Commissioners Canvass Hopkins County Votes In 2021 Constitutional Amendment Election The tie between Katherine Flinn and Allie Crocker for Cumby Alderman Place 4 has been determined, and the county results for the Nov. 2, 2021 Constitutional Amendment Election had been canvassed by county officials as of Tuesday morning Nov. 16, 2021. Cumby City Council In Cumby, both Allie Crocker and Katherine Flinn received exactly 50 percent of...

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Candidates Tie For Place 4 On Cumby City Council
Nov03

Candidates Tie For Place 4 On Cumby City Council

13 Votes Separate First, Fourth Place In North Hopkins ISD Trustees Election Voting was very light in the Constitutional Amendment Elections, as is often the case, and Hopkins County voters, like those across the state, approved all eight propositions in the Nov. 2, 2021, Election. Voter turnout in Cumby City Council Election was extremely low as well, and resulted in a tie for Place 4 Alderman seat, and only 13 votes separated the...

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Sulphur Springs City Council Approves Appointments to 11 Boards and Commissions
Jun02

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...

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Candidate Filing Ends Friday, Feb. 12, For City Council, School Board Elections
Feb11

Candidate Filing Ends Friday, Feb. 12, For City Council, School Board Elections

Candidate filing ends Friday for a place on the May 1, 2021 municipal and school election ballots, including those for Sulphur Springs and Como City Councils; and Como-Pickton Sulphur Springs and Yantis school boards. Sulphur Springs City Council Candidate filing for a place on the May 1 ballot for four seats on Sulphur Springs City Council will continue through 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12. On the first day of filing, all four incumbents...

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