TAMU-C Top Cop Bryan Vaughn Lays Out His Vision For Future
August 29, 2024 – Sulphur Springs native Bryan Vaughn highlights his vision for the University Police Department at Texas A&M-Commerce in the following press release from TAMU-C. COMMERCE, TX, August 28, 2024—University police are tasked with the safety and security of students, faculty and staff across campus. That alone is a consuming and complex mandate. Yet, Chief Bryan Vaughn of the University Police Department (UPD) at...
Students Urged to Start School BBQ Teams to Compete at Regional Texas HSBBQ League Qualifier – Saturday October 19, 2024
August 27, 2024 – The HighSchoolBBQLeague is urging high school and middle school students to form BBQ Teams to compete against other student teams in organized competitions across the state. The NHSBBQA is the official event and competition sanctioning body for High School BBQ teams across the nation. The group intends to inspire and prepare students for life by creating a nation-wide competitive High School BBQ (HSBBQ) league...
Chamber Connection – August 7, 2024
By Butch Burney The anticipation has been growing and now it is time for the actual preparation. We are looking forward to a fantastic 55th Annual Hopkins County Stew Contest on Oct. 26, and it’s time for stew cooks to start registering. Registration for last year’s cooks are going out in the mail and email this week, so be looking for it in your mailbox and inbox. You can also register online at HopkinsChamber.org/stewcooks. We...
Chamber Connection – July 30, 2024
By Butch Burney The anticipation has been growing and now it is time for the actual preparation. We are looking forward to a fantastic 55th Annual Hopkins County Stew Contest on Oct. 26, and it’s time for stew cooks to start registering. Registration for last year’s cooks are going out in the mail and email this week, so be looking for it in your mailbox and inbox. You can also register online at HopkinsChamber.org/stewcooks. We...
Chamber Connection – July 23, 2024
By Butch Burney Even if you think you know Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County, you are sure to learn a lot through Leadership Sulphur Springs, which is back on this year, with applications online! The leadership class is for Hopkins County men and women who want to learn and become more invested in their local community. It’s an intensive nine-month program that immerses the participants in the business and government of Sulphur...
Dinner Bell for July 10th, 2024
The Dinner Bell is pleased to Honor Grocery Supply Company and Fidelity Express for many years of contributions and personal involvement with its ministry. Grocery Supply Company was founded in 1947 in Mt. Vernon, Texas by Curtis McKenzie, Kenneth McKenzie and Woodrow Brittain. In 1953 it moved to Sulphur Springs on Oak Avenue at the train tracks. Presently the operation is located at the corner of Hillcrest Drive N and Main Street....
NETBIO and Quality Preconditioning of Cattle
June 26, 2024 – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offers a comprehensive program for the preconditioning of cattle. Preconditioning involves a series of management practices implemented prior to weaning to prepare calves for the next phase of production. These practices aim to improve the health, growth, and marketability of calves while reducing stress and illness. For more than twenty years, the North East Texas...
Lucy Pearl (Spencer) Vaden
Lucy Pearl “Spencer” Vaden, 92, of Sulphur Springs, Texas passed away Thursday, June 13, 2024. Celebration of Life will be 11 A.M. Saturday, June 15,2024, at The Savannah, 246 CR 4778, Sulphur Springs, Texas 75482. Lucy was born in Birthright, Texas on February 2, 1932, to Arlin Lee and Macie Beatrice (Butler) Spencer. They preceded her in death as well as her husband Roy Leewright Vaden in 2002, grandson, Scott Price, and...
Adaptive Community Theatre Presents Footloose
A.C.T. (Adaptive Community Theater) through Community Players, Inc is a theater program for youth and adults with a variety of developmental, cognitive, emotional, and physical disabilities. In this program, participants are given opportunities to shine through performing in a stage production, which will include drama, music, and dance. Our theater believes that the future of the performing arts should be accessible to all. Click...
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office Wants Your Opinions
We want you to share your community needs with Us! March 8, 2024 – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension office in Hopkins County wants to invite you to our Community Forum March 21, 2024 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center located in Sulphur Springs, Texas at 1200 Houston Street. Developing educational programs based on community needs is the foundation of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension’s success....
