Sulphur Springs ISD Fine Arts Department Gearing Up For Busy Month
The Sulphur Springs Independent School District Fine Arts students kicked off their annual “Sights and Sounds of the Season” schedule this week with seven performances. The Jazz Band Jump Started the holidays with performances Tuesday at Alliance Bank and Wednesday at Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab; they have three more performances scheduled this week in the community. The high school band, drill team and Lamar second...
Chamber Connection For Nov. 21, 2019
By Lezley Brown, President/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Lezley Brown Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! 2019 has been a fast and furious year, and now here we sit preparing for Thanksgiving Day! The Friday after Thanksgiving is a day often referred to as Black Friday. It was named Black Friday because it described the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic that would occur on the day after Thanksgiving. Many people...
NE Texas Choral Society Puts Polish on the ‘Hearts Come Home for Christmas’ Concert for Dec. 7, 8 in Civic Center
Carol Allen directs this community choir which is over 100 members strong Here’s one lady whose joy in her craft never gets old, even after two decades of conducting. Choral Society Director Carol Allen reminisces, “this is the twenty-second Christmas Concert which the Choral Society has prepared. That’s amazing to me! The musical scores, the beauty of the voices, the enthusiasm of the singers, the quality of the...
28th Annual Radio/TV Auction Starts at 5pm Sat. November 23 at KSST and Channel 18 TV Studios
It started 28 years ago, after KSST owners Bill and Patsy Bradford branched out to include local television, with KSST Cable Channel 18 . Kelly Bradford Grimes and her husband Dwayne Grimes, longtime KSST Program Director, came up with the idea and pitched the fundraising concept to the Sulphur Springs Symphony League which they were members of. The offer was quickly accepted and that same year, in the Autumn of 1991, a team of...
Rushin Family Chili, Stew a Tradition at Mt. Sterling
Mike Rushin, along with his son Jay and his siblings Johnny Rushin and Wynona Rushin Willis helping out, are keeping a tradition alive in the Mt. Sterling Community of Hopkins County. The annual “Chili” was held on the evening of Saturday November 2, 2019 under the trees on Mike’s property just down from the Mt. Sterling Cemetery on CR 3506. For a number of years, Mike did all the cooking by himself, stirring up a...
“Treat Street” Open Oct 31 at Central Baptist Church Gym
Dr. Chris Stephens, pastor of Central Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs, invites families for Treat Street, a safe and fun old-fashioned family evening with plenty of candy, games and activities this Halloween night! It’s planned inside the Family Life Center at 840 Connally Street on Thursday October 31, 2019 from 6-8 pm. All ages and all family members are welcome to attend. Be sure and enter the parking lots near the back of...
Littlefield, Sears Named Grand Champion Hopkins County Stew Winners
2019 Hopkins County Stew Contest winners Top honors at this year’s Hopkins County Stew Contest, awarded Saturday, Oct. 26, for the first and only time in honor of the festival’s 50th anniversary, went to Steve Littlefield and Dwayne Sears. Grand Championship Grand Champion Hopkins County Stew Winners Steve Littlefield and Dwayne Sears This contest featured only previous first place super stew champions, competing for the...
Meet Brent Smith, Hopkins County EMS Director
October 9, 2019 – Brent Smith loves his job and is pleased with the many ways in which Emergency Medical Services is being recognized across the State for the services it renders to the public. But he is especially pleased with the professional level of care and the continuity of services that Hopkins County EMS renders to persons in need of emergency transport and medical care. In fact, according to Brent, “our EMS...
Annual Indian Summer Days Event To Take Place Oct. 5 At Heritage Park
Indian Summer Days 2016 Hopkins County Historical Society invites the community to take a step back in time Saturday, Oct. 5, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., during the annual Indian Summer Days event inside Heritage Park, located at 416 North Jackson St. The Park will be open for exhibits and demonstrations of Caddo Indian artifacts, pottery making, hide tanning, and soap-making and candle-making. Spinning, weaving and quilting, butter...
An Invitation from Hopkins County Historical Society
A program on Texas gemstones will be presented during the regular meeting of the Hopkins Co. Historical Society on Thursday September 26, 2019 at 7pm in the setting of the new Winniford Building inside Heritage Park, 416 North Jackson Street. Wes Hampton, owner of Hampton House Jewelry and Rock Shop, located in downtown Sulphur Springs, will present the program and share interesting facts about his hobbies in native gemstones and...
