Week 4: Hopkins County United Way Receives $16,346.42 In Donations, Pledges Toward Goal
Hopkins County United Way campaign workers turned in another $16,346.42 in donations and pledges, which were applied toward this year’s overall $150,000 goal to benefit 18 local non-profit agencies. Overall, that makes $70,181.69 HCUW had received as of the fourth weekly campaign workers’ report meeting this week, which put the campaign at just shy of 50% of the goal, with only 2 weeks left in the campaign. “Every...
County, Hospital District Approve Tax Abatements For Ashoka Steel Mills
Negotiations Ongoing With City Regarding Land Acquisition The county and hospital district this week approved tax abatements for Ashoka Steel Mills, LLC, clearing two more steps for the company to invest $245 million in construct of its first plant in the United States on the city-owned old coal mine property on FM 1870 in Sulphur Springs. Ashoka Steel Mills Sulphur Springs-Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation Executive...
Funding Priorities For The 2023 Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Set
Hopkins County Health Care Foundation By Kayla Price, Executive Director, Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation Sulphur Springs, Texas — The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Board of Directors have selected funding goals for the 2022-23 year. Through the years, almost $3 million has been raised to provide the local hospital and EMS with equipment and offerings to which a community our size would normally not have access. One of...
Hospital District Board To Consider Tax Rate And Budget At 6 p.m. Meeting Sept. 20, 2022
Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors are scheduled to meet at tonight to review and consider approving the budget, capital items for and set a tax rate for the fiscal year 2022-2023 which will end on Sept. 30, 2023. Proposed Tax Rate During the regular Aug. 25, 2022, HCHD Board meeting the directors recommended a tax rate for the that is roughly 2.5 cents less than the current tax rate. The hospital district’s tax...
Trial Of Cooper Man Accused Of 2021 Shooting At Delta County Gas Station Under Way
The trial of a 48-year-old Cooper man accused of a 2021 shooting at a Delta County gas station is under way in the 8th Judicial District Courtroom in Hopkins County just after 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, Sept. 13, 2022. Robert Clevon Jeffery of Cooper (2021 Delta County Sheriff’s Office photo) A jury panel was selected Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, in Delta County in the case, but the decision was made to move the trial to the Hopkins County...
10% Pay Increase, Additional Positions For HCSO, HCFD Projected In 2022-2023 County Budget
Increased Property Values & Sales Tax Cited For Proposed Reduction in Hopkins County Tax Rate A 10% pay increase for all county employees, and funding for additional positions for the sheriff’s office, and an additional position within the clerk’s office were among the items projected in the 2022-2023 county budget. Increased property values and sales tax returns were cited for a propose reduction in Hopkins County tax...
Hopkins County Records – July 22, 2022
Land Deed Transactions The following are land deed transactions filed and posted at Hopkins County Clerk’s office June 27-July 7, 2022: Corbet Family Living Trust II, Linda Hay trustee, to John Kevin Corbet; tract in the Fredrick Anthony surveyCorbet Family Living Trust II, Linda Hay trustee, to Linda Hay; tract in the D. Anding surveySusan Steinsiek to Johnny Duncan Steinsiek and Susan Marie Steinsiek, trustees for the Susan Marie...
D6 Inc. Granted Tax Abatement, District, 381 Agreement This Month For Next Expansion
D6 Inc. was granted a tax abatement from Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors and a 381 agreement by Hopkins County Commissioners Court in June 2022, the final pieces from local taxing entities needed to get the next of several planned expansions moving. D6 Inc. In Texas D6 Inc. logo The business began operations at the end of 2020 after purchasing the property known locally as the old Coca-Cola plant, after being...
Hospital District Board Approves FRPs For Landscaping, Communications Equipment
Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors during a noon meeting Tuesday, June 28, 2022, accepted RFPS and approved bids for landscaping plants and trees as well as proposed quote for communications equipment. Landscaping HCHD Board received two responses to the request for prices to supply all plants and trees for landscaping for the new Hopkins County EMS station/HCHD headquarters, being constructed across the street from...
Hospital District Accepting Landscaping Bids For New EMS Station & District Headquarters
Hopkins County Hospital District is another step closer to finishing out the new EMS station and district headquarters. The District is now accepting landscaping bids for the facility, being constructed across Airport Road from CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs and the current facility. Hopkins County Hospital District “Our intent is to get someone local if possible to do the landscaping. We are looking at getting...
