RSVP Names Senior Citizens Center 2021 Hopkins County Station, Rick Wilson Volunteer Of Year
Jun07

RSVP Names Senior Citizens Center 2021 Hopkins County Station, Rick Wilson Volunteer Of Year

The Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center was awarded 2021 Hopkins County Station of the Year by the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and Rick Wilson was named Volunteer of the Year at an Awards Banquet held at New Beginnings Church last week. Station of the Year The volunteers from the Senior Citizens Center who attended the banquet accepted a plaque and the certificate of award during the June 2 program. “We were so...

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City Receives Official Notification Of $2.42 Million Grant Award For New Senior Center
Apr14

City Receives Official Notification Of $2.42 Million Grant Award For New Senior Center

It’s official. City staff received official notification Thursday afternoon, April 14, 2022, that the City of Sulphur Springs has been approved for a $2.42 million grant award to construct a new senior citizens center. Property where the new senior citizens activity center is to be constructed on Oak Avenue Sulphur Springs Finance Director Lesa Smith just before 5 p.m. Thursday reported city staff got the official word that...

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Weather-Related Schedule Changes
Feb04

Weather-Related Schedule Changes

Oncor Still Working To Restore Power In Some Areas The sun is beginning to peek out from the clouds, melting some snow and ice, but temperatures remained below freezing late Friday morning. Hopkins County residents, along with those across North Texas, are still cautioned to be remain home if they can to avoid the patches of ice that remain on roadways. With temperatures only expected to be above freezing for a few hours, and...

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SSISD, Other Weather Closures & Preparations
Feb02

SSISD, Other Weather Closures & Preparations

As the winter storm approaches, schools and businesses are evaluating conditions and making preparations and decisions regarding operations. Below are some of those changes and preparations that have been reported to KSST. CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs is cancelling this week’s COVID vaccine clinic that was schedule for Friday, Feb. 4, from 9 to 11 a.m. Clinics will resume as usual on Friday, Feb. 11, from 9 to 11...

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Betty J. (Nanny) Nestor
Jan26

Betty J. (Nanny) Nestor

Graveside Services will be held on Friday, January 28, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. at the Greenview Cemetery in Brashear TX., with Rev. Halston Potts officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 27, 2022 from 6:00-8:00 P.M. at the Murray-Orwosky funeral home. Betty J. (Nanny) Nestor, age 89 of Brashear TX., formally of Arlington TX., passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022. Betty was born on October, 20, 1932, in Dawson Springs KY...

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Parking Ordinance, Grant Writer For Senior Center On Dec. 7 Council Agenda
Dec07

Parking Ordinance, Grant Writer For Senior Center On Dec. 7 Council Agenda

Sulphur Springs Municipal Building (City Hall) If you have something to say about parking on East Shannon Road, from Broadway Street to Mockingbird Lane, Tuesday night is the time to voice it. Ordinance No. 2794, which would prohibit vehicles from parking on the south side of East Shannon Road along that block, and selection of a company to compose a grant application which would provide additional funding for the Senior Citizens...

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If Approved, Grant Would Allow City To Include Wish List In New Senior Citizens Center Design
Nov30

If Approved, Grant Would Allow City To Include Wish List In New Senior Citizens Center Design

A Texas Community Resiliency Program grant from Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs would allow the City of Sulphur Springs to not only enlarge the new Senior Citizens Center building to be constructed on 301 Oak Ave., but if fully funded at the requested amount, would include all wish list items for the new facility, according to Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell. Sign for the current Senior Citizens Center,...

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Hopkins County Food Agencies Need Help Loading Food onto Trucks…Can You Volunteer?
Sep15

Hopkins County Food Agencies Need Help Loading Food onto Trucks…Can You Volunteer?

If you could spare about 1 to 2 hours on Mondays, our community could really use your help. Each Monday between 9:00 and 9:30am, the North Texas Food Bank Truck arrives at the Sulphur Springs Church of the Nazarene parking lot. Six food-distribution agencies who serve Hopkins County residents in various communities meet there to receive a shipment of food. Each agency brings it’s own truck and trailer to pick up their food....

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Volunteer of the Year and Wife
Sep01

Volunteer of the Year and Wife

John and Mary Ellen Little posed Wednesday during their Meal A Day pickup. Minutes later they were off to complete their weekly route. John is the current Volunteer of the Year, and is the Fit and Strong Director at the Hopkins County Senior Center. John and Mary Ellen Little at the Hopkins County Senior Center.

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Community Generosity Allows Hopkins County United Way To Award An Additional $17,500 To Agencies
Jul07

Community Generosity Allows Hopkins County United Way To Award An Additional $17,500 To Agencies

The Hopkins County community’s generosity allowed United Way officers to award an additional $17,531.47 to 17 of the agencies that benefitted from the 2019-2020 campaign. All funds were contributions to the campaign co-chaired by Bill and Beverley Owens, which exceeded the year’s goal. A representative from the agencies allocated a portion of the excess funding received from the 2019-2020 campaign were invited to Hopkins...

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