Tira News By Jan Vaughn 09/23/14
Jackson Dailey, along with Dustin Lawson, took a road trip to College Station to represent the TAMU-C student government at the main campus meeting of all the branches. They were treated to dinner with the Chancellor & Dean at Texas A&M and got great seats at the football game & the Aggies won. Jackson said it was LOUD and a lot of fun. Yvonne Weir was in South Dakota from September 1st through 10th. She reports that she...
Tira News by Jan Vaughn 09/09/14
Sometime between 6:45 and 7:50 on this morning (the times that Chip and I left for work), Wedneday, September 10th, a large limb fell on FM 1536 and was blocking one lane. The weather was not stormy, so there seemed to be no explanation as to why it snapped. Thankfully it did not fall on a vehicle. Rheston Sills stopped and, after I took some pictures, we were able to pull the branches off the road. TxDOT was notified about clearing...
Tira News by Jan Vaughn 09/03/14
The Tira City Council held their regular quarterly meeting Tuesday night at the Community Center. Hopkins County Fire Chief, Kevin Yates, came to get acquainted with the volunteer firefighters and the council members. He shared that some training opportunities are in the planning stages. The sessions will provide useful training for the volunteers and will help with qualifying for grants, which are available to help with expenses of...
Tira News 08/27/2014 by Jan Vaughn
The Tira City Council will hold their regular quarterly meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 2nd at the Tira Community Center. The public is always welcome and encouraged to attend. Kim & Lee Beck’s daughter just returned from vacation at Orange Beach, Alabama. Word is that she is “all tanned and waterlogged, after enjoying the surf and a Hobie Cat ride.” She is ready to begin classes at Tarrant County Junior College next...
Tira News by Jan Vaughn 08/13
North Hopkins students will return to classes on Monday, August 25th. Elementary “Meet the Teacher” will be held on Thursday, August 21st at 6:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria. The Weir family participated in My Bowl, a fundraiser for the Special Olympics bowling team, on the weekend of August 2nd. Yvonne reports, “Dustin, Natalie, and Dakota Weir and Ashley Cline were on our team.” Their team name was Weir Wesley’s Oddballs. Destri...
Tira News 07/30 by Jan Vaughn
Mark your calendars for the annual Hot August Night BBQ Cook-off and music event at the Hopkins County Civic Center on Saturday, August 16th. Phil Vassar will be the featured performer. The fundraiser benefits the county volunteer fire departments. Please make plans to attend and support your local firefighters. The BBQ grounds will open at 1:00 p.m., with cooks preparing their entries, vendors and a kids’ zone. Serving of the BBQ...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn, 07/16/2014
Jackson Dailey, son of Lee and Kim Beck, is midway through his study abroad at King’s College in London, England. Kim reports that he visited a World War II Veteran’s museum and graveyard in Belgium. She comments, “He is a history major and this trip is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” Debra Wood recently returned from a 6-day trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama, with her son Brad, daughter-in-law Kaylee, and grandsons Daegon and Chandler....
Jane Newkirk
February 3, 1941 — March 6, 2025 Sulphur Springs Jane Newkirk, age 84 of Sulphur Springs, Texas passed away at Sunny Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation in Sulphur Springs, Texas on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Jane Faerol Newkirk was born on February 3, 1941 in Sulphur Springs, Texas to Truman and Vivian (Scott) Gulledge. She married James Newkirk in Sulphur Springs, Texas on May 31, 1960. Jane enjoyed sewing, and music, and could play...
Cuba Jean Vaughn
February 29, 1948 — January 22, 2025 Sulphur Springs Funeral service for Cuba Jean Vaughn, age 76, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Interment will follow at Rockdale Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Cuba Jean (Grubbs) Vaughn, a cherished mother and grandmother, passed away...
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...
