SKYWARN Training Boosts Storm Spotting Skills
A small number of area citizens participated in the National Weather Service SKYWARN training at Sulphur Springs City Hall Council chambers Thursday night. Mark Fox, Meteorologist with the NWS presented various photos and videos that depicted various types of cloud formations and severity of storms. Fox stated that without instruments most people misjudge the speed of wind. He stated there are various ways to judge wind speed without...
Texas Senator Bob Hall Hears Local Concerns During Thursday’s Town Hall
Texas State Senator Robert “Bob” Hall addressed approximately 25 people Thursday afternoon at a Town Hall in the Council Chambers of Sulphur Springs City Hall. Hall told the small gathering that he and his staff will promote conservative principles during the 85th Legislative Session of the Texas Senate. Hall addressed specific pieces of legislation and answered questions from those present. Those who spoke seemed to have come with...
Tira News
by Jan Vaughn Please be in prayer for the family of Joyce Oetting – her husband, Ed Oetting, daughters, Annette Loper and Tina Gardner, from our community, and sons, Michael Wilson, Eric Wilson, and Dean Oetting and their families. Visitation is scheduled from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at the Birthright Baptist Church on Friday, December 9th, with a memorial service to follow. The Tira City Council meeting was held at the on Tuesday,...
Health And Wellness In Hopkins County By Johanna Hicks
Health & Wellness in Hopkins County This is the second in a series of summaries for Extension programming in the area of Family & Consumer Sciences. 2016 has brought many challenges, but many rewards when it comes to the health of our Hopkins County citizens. According to The State of Obesity Better Policies for a Healthier America, released in September, 2016, Texas has the 10th highest adult obesity rate (32.4%) in...
Tira News
by Jan Vaughn We want to express our sympathy to the family of Fay Burns, mother of Linda Petty of Tira. She passed away on Sunday, November 20th and was buried on Wednesday. Please be in prayer for the family. We also want to be in prayer for the family of Bobby McDonald. He was so good to cover the news in our county and the surrounding area. I appreciate him including the Tira News on his Front Porch News Website. He will be...
Maxwell Receives Texas Downtown Association’s Professional Excellence Award
Wednesday during their annual meeting in central Texas, The Texas Downtown Association presented Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell the Susan H. Campbell Award for Professional Excellence. It is the top award presented by the Association. Maxwell said he was honored to be recognized for the development of downtown Sulphur Springs. Maxwell credits a book, The Art of City Making, for the drive behind the local downtown...
Chamber Connection November 3rd
November. How is that even possible? As you read this article today we are exactly three weeks from Thanksgiving, and only six weeks from Christmas. The time is officially here to buy that turkey and get him into the freezer, and to begin that gift buying process. Every year we vow to slow a bit through the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. I hope this year, we are able to do so. Hopkins County will be a busy place throughout...
Northeast Texas Rural Transportation Summit Set for November 9
The Sulphur Springs Hopkins County EDC and the ArkTex Council of Governments are hosting a Northeast Texas Rural Transportation Summit to be held on Wednesday, November 9 at the Hopkins County Civic Center. The event is being held in an effort to discuss our region’s transportation needs and how best to meet them. Every city and county within the region has identified needed highway improvements including safety, increased capacity...
Ben Derryl Wood
Ben Derryl Wood, longtime resident of Sulphur Springs, passed away September 17, 2016 at the age of 90. He was born in Sulphur Springs to Ben Dial Wood and Lois King Wood. On October 4, 1947 he married Mary Catherine Valek. He was a veteran of WWII and the Korean War, serving as a Captain in Okinawa. Dr. Ben, as he was affectionately known, graduated from Baylor School of Dentistry and practiced in Sulphur Springs for fifty...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
By Jan Vaughn Applications for a place on the Tira City Council will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on August 22, 2016. For more information, please contact Jan Vaughn, Tira City Secretary, at 903-438-6688. John and Stephanie Long of Alvin announce the birth of their son Quentin Michael on July 8th in Houston. Quentin weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces and was 21 and 1/2 inches long. He is the grandson of Tommy and Carolyn Long of North Hopkins,...
