Tuesday Special Election Polling Places
Jan29

Tuesday Special Election Polling Places

January 29, 2024 – The District 2 Special Runoff Election will be held Tuesday January 30th, 2024. Polling locations will be in familiar places across Hopkins County. Registered voters can vote at ANY location. Bring your approved ID. Here is the list. Precinct 1 Lutheran Church | 1000 Texas Street | Sulphur Springs, TX | (Front Foyer) Precinct 2A H.W. Grays Building Community Center | 413 Beckham Street | Sulphur Springs, TX [...

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First United Methodist Church Invites You to a Lunch and Learn Event
Jan19

First United Methodist Church Invites You to a Lunch and Learn Event

You might say, it’s a board game with a purpose: to get a discussion going that could greatly impact our community. Rev. Peter McNabb, Senior Pastor of FUMC invites everyone to RSVP for an important learning experience coming this February . Sulphur Springs is an amazing place to live and raise a family. One of the most pressing challenges in our community is seeing the needs of our neighbors. Oftentimes we look at statistics...

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Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report – August 2023
Aug02

Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report – August 2023

CLAIMS – We had one workers’ compensation claim in July when an employee sustained injuries to the head. The injuries resulted in 5 days missed work. The employee has returned to work. We had one liability claim for a sewer overflow. We filed one claim for wind damage at the airport. We had $8,000 damage to a hangar door. We also submitted two claims for damages to police cruisers. One was heavily damaged in a pursuit and was a total...

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Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report – April 5th, 2023
Apr05

Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report – April 5th, 2023

City Manager Marc Maxwell presented the City Manager’s Report to the Sulphur Springs City Council during their regular monthly meeting on April 4, 2023. CLAIMS – We did not have any workers’ compensation claims in March. We had 2 liability claims in March. One was for a sewer overflow. The other will likely become a lawsuit that we will discuss in a future executive session. SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER –City staff has completed...

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Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report – Jan. 3, 2023
Jan04

Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report – Jan. 3, 2023

Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell Tuesday evening, Jan. 3, 2023, presented to the City Council, in a Memorandum as well as aloud, the following monthly manager’s report: CLAIMS We had one workers compensation claim in December for a firefighter who  fractured his ribs in a fall.  We filed a claim on another driver’s insurance who crashed into a trailer at the water  treatment plant.  We filed a claim on our...

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Where To Vote In Hopkins County On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022
Nov07

Where To Vote In Hopkins County On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022

Early voting in the 2022 Nov. 8 General Election concluded Friday, Nov. 4, with 7,548 of the 24,724 registered voters in Hopkins County casting ballots. That’s 30.53% who voted, 29.08% (7,189) by personal appearance and the remaining 1.2% by mail. Hopkins County voters will have one last chance, on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022, to cast their choice of candidates and, where applicable, propositions such as the $81.5 million SSISD...

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Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report — Nov. 1, 2022
Nov02

Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report — Nov. 1, 2022

Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell Tuesday evening, Nov. 1, 2022, presented to to the City Council in a Memorandum as well as aloud the following monthly manager’s report: CLAIMS We had 1 workers compensation that required surgery in October. A police officer injured his knee while in training. We did not have any liability claims. SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER I have signed the contract with TDHCA. We have sent the contract out to...

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Early Voting Continues Through Friday, With Extended Voting Tonight & Thursday
Nov01

Early Voting Continues Through Friday, With Extended Voting Tonight & Thursday

Early voting continues across Texas through Friday, with extended voting times tonight and Thursday in the 2022 Nov. 8 General Election. In Hopkins County, voters will be asked not only to vote on state but also district, county and school elections. Hopkins County’s 8th Judicial District and county candidates drew no challengers in November. Three county school districts are holding trustee elections and one school district is...

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Early Voting Error With Bond Election Has Been Fixed
Oct26

Early Voting Error With Bond Election Has Been Fixed

Some voters who voted early when polls opened Monday morning discovered they were unable to vote for the SSISD bond election. The programming error on polling machines affected those residents living in Precinct 1 and within the boundaries of the Sulphur Springs Independent School District. Some voters, realizing the ommission, immediately contacted election officials and were able to vote in the bond election. Once the error was...

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Early Voting In Nov. 8 General Election, 4 School Elections Under Way Today
Oct24

Early Voting In Nov. 8 General Election, 4 School Elections Under Way Today

Early voting in the Nov. 8, 2022, General Election and four school elections — 3 trustees and one bond election 3 — got under way Monday morning, Oct. 24, 2022, at The ROC (First Baptist Church’s Recreational Outreach Center). Early voting by personal appearance will continue through Nov. 4. Early voting is being conducted Oct. 24-Nov. 4, 2022 at The ROC (The First Baptist Church Recreational Outreach Center), 115 Putman Street...

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