Martha Dean Dickson Hare
Funeral services for Martha Dean Dickson Hare will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, February 27, 2015 at the First Baptist Church of Mount Vernon with Clay Dixon and Jimmy Rogers officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery with Trey Brazil, Drew Conley, Mike Elliott, Wayne Foster, Jerry Hughes, Phillip Mattek, Billy Slaton, Jody Stanley, and Ryan Thompson serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Rody Alden and Shane...
Kayla Price was named the Woman of the Year
Sulphur Springs City Councilwoman and President of the Sulphur Springs Symphony League Kayla Price was named the Woman of the Year at the 89th annual Chamber Banquet Thursday night. The award was presented by Pam Hollingsworth with Beta Sigma Phi.
Chamber Winners Announced
Sulphur Springs Senior Citizen Center Director Karon Weatherman was named Citizen of the Year at the 89th annual Chamber Banquet Thursday night. City Councilwoman and Symphony League President Kayla Price was named Woman of the Year. In other awards, Oncor Electric is the Large Business of the Year, Mike and Mallory Horne and Latson’s Office Solutions is Small Business of the Year, the Koon Jersey Farm is Agriculturalist of the...
All Seven Incumbents File for Reelection With No Opposition
All seven incumbents for Sulphur Springs City Council, Hopkins County Memorial Hospital Board and Sulphur Springs School Board have filed for reelection with no opposition so far. Place 2 City Council member Clay Walker filed Thursday morning. Place 1 councilman Craig Johnson and Place 3 councilman Oscar Aguilar filed Wednesday. For Hospital Board, Dr. David Black filed for reelection Thursday. Dr. Suzanne Thomas Bankston filed...
Millard Dee Mabe
Funeral service for Millard “Dee” Mabe, 82, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 10, 2015 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mark Bryant and Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. Interment will follow at Greenview Cemetery with Stacy Cody, William Mayeau, Jason Haire, Chris Smith, Chris Campbell, and Ronny Landers serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Gordan Ford, Medicine Chest Pharmacy “Work...
Don Julian’s Top Twelve Stories for 2014
I’m Don Julian, KSST News and Sports Director and here are my top stories for 2014 for our area. #12 is the Sulphur Springs ISD negotiating a lease deal with Hopkins County concerning the Civic Center Auditorium. The school district will begin renovating the facility next summer. #11, Sulphur Springs Police Chief resigned to take a position as Chief of the Sulphur Springs ISD PD. The city council named Patrol Captain Jay Sanders to...
Chamber Connection December 11, 2014 by Meredith Caddell
Thank you to everyone who attended the ribbon cutting for Hopkins Place. Guests were treated to delicious treats and beverages as well as a tour of their beautiful facility, located at 890 Camp Street. Congratulations to the EDC, City and County on the Grand Opening of Heritage Parkway. The new road & cul de sac, just past Raven Industries off the Loop, will offer many opportunities for future growth in that area. Douglas...
Tira News by Jan Vaughn 12/04/2014
The Tira City Council met on Tuesday night and discussed routine business. Malcolm Joslin, Sherry Smiddy, and Powell Vickery were sworn in for another term on the council. Following the meeting, the group decorated the community center for the Community Christmas Party, which is this Saturday evening at 6:00. Brisket will be provided. Residents should bring side dishes and desserts and canned goods (preferably gallon size) for the...
Tira News 11/27/14 by Jan Vaughn
The Tira Community Christmas Party is coming up on Saturday, December 6th, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Brisket will be provided. Residents should bring side dishes and desserts. We are also collecting canned goods (preferably gallon-size) for the Meal-A-Day program in Sulphur Springs. Santa Claus is planning to stop by and visit with the youngsters and the young at heart. Make plans to come enjoy a time of visiting with your neighbors. The...
Annual Officer Election for the Hopkins County Genealogical Society
Some 80 to 100 people turned out Thursday evening for the annual officer election for the Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Perhaps bubbling underneath is an issue of whether or not the Genealogical Society should accept a city proposal to move from their property located in the renovated 200 block of Main Street into the meeting room at the Sulphur Springs Public Library. Two society members spoke out against the move some months...
