Vance Wilson
Funeral services for Vance Wilson, age 72 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, February 26, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Eason officiating. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Lakeview Cemetery with Rev. Chris Fobbs officiating. Interment will follow with Jeff Box, Darrell Box, Tippy Aaron, Marlin Comer, Michael Comer, Kenny Comer, Hunter Stonaker...
Additional Allocations for United Way 2014-2015 Fund Drive Presented Friday
Hopkins County United Way presented additional funds to the 17 beneficiaries of the 2014-2015 campaign allocations during a special event Friday, February 05, 2016. Chris Voorheese, Campaign Chair for the 2014-2015 drive and current Chair of United Way, presented an additional $36,423.12 to the various organizations. Community Chest, which received $70,000 in the initial allocation will received $18,103.84 or 49.7% of the total...
Food Bank Closed This Week
The Hopkins County Ministerial Alliance sponsored Food Bank will be closed this week because the North Texas Food Bank’s truck was unable to make the weekly delivery today due to flooding in Dallas. This means the Hopkins County Food Bank,, which is co-located with the COMMUNITY CHEST on Linda Drive in Sulphur Springs, will be closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. They will reopen on Tuesday Jan 5th for normal “B”...
Hopkins County United Way Near 25% of Year’s Goal
Hopkins County United Way’s first report meeting Tuesday, October 6, 2015, had workers celebrating a big start with big donations as $39,187. was reported by Drive Chairman Price Orwosky. Orwosky said the amount is almost 25% of the $160,000 goal with five weeks remaining in the campaign. The packets have been in the hands of businesses for only two weeks. He noted $20,000 of the amount was donated by Coleen Hoover and The Book...
United Way Drive Underway
A $160,000 goal is motivating volunteers as well as companies and individual donors in the 2015-2016 Hopkins County United Way drive now underway. Wednesday at noon, lead donors, company executives, and United Way committee-persons lunched at the Sulphur Spring Country Club to hear the inspiration of a letter written in 2001 by one of the county United Fund organizers, Bill Bradford, and guest speaker for the occasion, 1991 SSHS...
Library News From Librarian Hope Cain
*Snoopy is Honorary Chair for National Library Card Sign Up Month September 2015 and wants to remind parents that a library card is the most important school supply of all. Come by Sulphur Springs Public Library, get your child a library card, get some free food coupons and pick up a Snoopy bookmark! Libraries play an important role in the education and development of children. Studies show that children who are read to in the home...
Alice Goforth
Graveside service for Alice Goforth, 76, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Horton Cemetery with Rev. Donnie Powers officiating. Pallbearers will be Collin Stroud, Paul Clayton, Brandon Clayton, Josh Duke, Cameron Stroud, David Rojo, and Justin Duke. Honorary pallbearers will be all her adopted kids. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at West Oaks Funeral...
September Succces at the Public Library
September was a big month for the Sulphur Springs Public Library according to Director Hope Cain. 115 new patrons signed up for a library card during the national emphasis. Food for Fines, where food items were exchanged for $1 of credit toward library fines, resulted in donation of over 200 food items for Community Chest. Ricky Smith won the Book in a Jar contest correctly guessing Voyager, in the Outlander series. September was...
September Events at the Library
September is National Library Card Sign Up Month as libraries, including the Sulphur Springs Public Library, seek new members. Cards are free. During September, the local library also has a special way to reduce library fines. It ‘s called Food For Fines. Every non-perishable food item donated reduces fines by $1. At the end of the month, all food items will be donated to the Community Chest Food Bank.
Paris District Road Report for Week of April 14, 2025
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in Fannin and Grayson Counties for the week starting April 14, 2025. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades, and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel through work zones. They should also avoid...
