Senior Pageant Update
A funny story found on the Internet delivered with good comedic timing had the audience at the 2014 Ms. Hopkins County Senior Classic Pageant laughing out loud over and over. The result for 82-year old Sulphur Bluff native Clydene Fielden was a first place finish and the award for Best Talent. She said she never thought about winning the 2014 Ms. Hopkins County Senior Classic crown and she added she was surprised. The 2013 Ms. Hopkins...
Civic Center Auditorium Lease Update
The Hopkins County Commissioners Court and the Sulphur Springs School Board have reached an agreement concerning the Civic Center Auditorium. Both approved the contract Monday at separate meetings. The school district will spend around $2.5-million to renovate the Auditorium in exchange for a 25-year lease. The start of renovation work won’t be until July 1, 2015. Work is expected to take six months. The agreement calls for sharing of...
Senior Pageant
Clydene Fielden was chosen as Ms. Hopkins County Senior Classic at a Pageant Saturday evening at Church of the Nazarene. The 82-year old Ms. Fielden also took Best Talent as she had the audience laughing out loud as she told a story of an elderly person receiving a one week membership at a health club. Enola Gay Mathews was first runner up and also Ms. Congeniality. Fay Robinson, the oldest contestant at 90 was second runner up and...
Hopkins County Dairy Festival
The 55th annual Hopkins County Dairy Festival gets underway this week. A Queen’s Dinner takes place Monday at 6:30 p.m. at The Lodge. Reigning queen Kennedy Potts will welcome six contestants. Hot air balloon activity is scheduled Friday night with a rally and glow at Shannon Oaks Church grounds. Saturday events include the Parade, Junior Dairy Show, Milking Contest, Ice Cream Freeze Off and another balloon rally and glow. By Don...
Civic Center Auditorium Lease Agreement
A lease agreement concerning the Civic Center Auditorium could be struck Monday as both the Sulphur Springs School Board and the Hopkins County Commissioners Court have the item on agendas. The Court will take up the item at a 4 p.m. meeting and then will attend a 7 p.m. School Board meeting where the matter will be discussed. They have talked about the school district spending $2.5-million to renovate the facility in exchange for a...
JP1 Update 06/06/14
Justice of the Peace Yvonne King set bonds for a 32-year Memphis, Tennessee man who was arrested Wednesday morning along I-30 in Sulphur Springs after 2.5 pounds of cocaine and 193 pounds of marijuana were found in the SUV he was driving. Judge King set bonds for Cornelius McFadgon Junior at $200,000 for possession of the cocaine and $100,000 for possession of the marijuana. Lt. Jason Ricketson with the Sulphur Springs Police...
City Manager Update 06/06/14
Work on a fountain in a plaza on the south side of new City Hall has been a focus this week according to Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell. Maxwell says when completed it will be an elegant fountain where water will cascade from one bowl to another. Maxwell says the City Hall plaza can be used for events, such as small weddings, with or without the large meeting room at new City Hall. Maxwell says the Saltillo School District...
High School Graduation
A total of 222 diplomas were distributed during Commencement Exercises for the Sulphur Springs High School Class of 2014 Friday night at Gerald Prim Stadium. One diploma was awarded posthumously. Alex Burney delivered the Salutatorian’s Welcome. He said the senior class was fortunate to grow up in a caring environment in Sulphur Springs. Burney thanked his teachers, coaches, friends and family. He then took a selfie with the Prim...
High School Graduation
Friday and Saturday are big graduation days for area schools. Some 230 Sulphur Springs High School seniors will graduate Friday at 7 p.m. at Gerald Prim Stadium. Cumby will graduate 21 seniors Friday night at 7 p.m. in the Social Sciences Building at Texas A&M-Commerce. 23 Yantis seniors will graduate Friday at Lake Fork Baptist Church. Miller Grove’s 19 seniors will graduate Friday at 7 p.m. Como-Pickton has 44 in its senior...
8th District Court
In Hopkins County 8th District Court, a 31-year old Sulphur Springs man, David Penny, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for continuous aggravated sexual assault of a child. District Judge Eddie Northcutt sentenced the man on Wednesday. Earlier a jury had found Penny guilty after about a half hour deliberation. The victim was a 13-year-old girl. A jury was selected Monday and the case took two days to complete. The case...
