Community Invited To ‘Be the Service’ By Helping With Thanksgiving Food Program
Area churches have come together again this year, through the Hopkins County Christian Alliance, for the purpose of serving the community through the annual “Be the Service” project. The community, for a number of years, has helped provide for those in need all of the food needed to provide a Thanksgiving meal, completely free. This includes a Thanksgiving turkey with all the fixings and groceries that one might need to...
Community Packs Downtown For 2022 Independence Day Celebration
Celebration Plaza was packed Saturday night for the 2022 Independence Day Celebration, hosted Saturday, July 2, by Sulphur Springs Symphony League for the 30th year. In fact, families, couples, friends, small groups and individuals lined the sidewalks and parking lots for 2-3 block in all directions around the square with chairs, blankets, snacks, drinks and glow-in-the-dark necklaces and lighted wands for the kids. Northeast Texas...
Community Invited on Saturday, July 3, for Free Independence Concert and Fireworks Downtown at 8 p.m.
American Flag Thanks to the Sulphur Springs Symphony League, the 2021 Independence Concert and Fireworks will take place at 8pm on Saturday July 3. This year’s event is the 29th annual extravaganza hosted by the Symphony League. Bring the family for this heart-stirring, flag-waving red, white and blue occasion, free and open to everyone. Conductor Dr. Doug Bakenhus and the NE Texas Symphony Orchestra will present a thrilling...
Billie Dean Chester
Graveside service for Billie Dean Chester, age 93, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 1:30 P.M. on Friday, September 25, 2020 at Sulphur Bluff Cemetery with Kevin Chester officiating. Visitation will be held from 11 to 1 P.M prior to the service at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Billie Dean passed away atChristus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs on September 22, 2020. Billie Dean Chester was born near Winnsboro, Texas, on...
Family of Marie Chester Invites Friends, Family to Celebrate Her 95th Birthday on Sunday Nov. 10, 2 – 4 pm
Marie Chester Marie Cranford Chester, who has raised a family of Hopkins County cooks, will celebrate her 95th birthday on Sunday November 10, 2019, come-and-go between 2 and 4 pm inside the Fellowship Hall of Sulphur Bluff United Methodist Church. No gifts, please! Marie was born at Paducah, Texas in 1924 but got to Hopkins County “as quick as she could”, when her family settled in the South Liberty Community where she...
Community Calendar for April 7-11, 2017
A Youth Fundraiser lunch is planned at Wesley UMC in Sulphur Springs on Friday April 7 from 11am til 1pm. The chopped beef sandwich plate and drink is $7.50, with delivery for minimum of three plates offered within the City limits. Contact 903-885-3383 or go to 614 Texas Street. This Friday, ReachOut Hopkins County will serve at the Miller Grove Methodist Church from noon til 3pm, bringing the services of Hopkins County Community...
GSC Enterprises, Inc. Raises $105,000 for Local and Regional Charities at Annual Tournament
October 31, 2025 – SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX – On October 27, 2025, GSC Enterprises, Inc. hosted its 37th Annual Charity Golf Tournament at the Golf Clubs at The Tribute in The Colony, Texas. This year’s event raised $105,000 to support local and regional organizations that make a lasting impact in their communities. Funds from the tournament benefited Morgan’s Mercy Mansion, Lake Country CASA, Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center,...
Food Resources Around Hopkins County
October 28, 2025 – Here are a few key support options and county-level hotspots in Texas to watch if Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are delayed — based on recent reports: 📍 Counties / Regions at elevated risk The North Texas Food Bank (12-county North Texas service area) estimates about 460,000 people could be impacted by a benefit halt in that region. In the South Texas / Rio Grande Valley region,...
Bill Ladd
December 16, 1944 — December 27, 2024 Sulphur Springs Memorial service for Bill Ladd, age 80, of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 11, 2025 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Inurnment will follow at Shooks Chapel with Christian Ladd, Jonathan Ladd, Jaxson Rothfuss, Liam Ladd, Karlye Ladd, and Katelyn Ladd serving as Honorary Pallbearers. Visitation...
Dinner Bell for November 20, 2024
The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. A partner with Dinner Bell since 2017, the Knights of Columbus have smoked our Thanksgiving meal turkeys since 2018. The Knights of Columbus was organized in Connecticut in 1882 to serve their church, community,...
