Dinner Bell Menu For February 28, 2024
The Messengers Sunday School Class of the First United Methodist Church was organized in 1955, 69 years ago! Membership was full of fairly newly married couples and a few single persons. Sadly most of those original members are no longer alive, but their memories and good works outlive them. Jackie Brice is one of the originals who still attends on Sunday with a big smile on her face! Dan Bonner, Judge Kearney Brim, and Christine...
Texans face a bigger burden than ever to pay rent, study finds
By Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune Jan. 25, 2024 – Texas renters are under more pressure from the state’s high housing costs than ever, according to a Harvard University study released Thursday. More than half of the state’s 4.2 million renter households spend too much of their income on keeping a roof over their heads and the lights on, a report from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies shows. Some 51% of Texas renters...
Gala Made Possible by Volunteers
Sulphur Springs, Texas – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Annual Gala is one of the largest, most successful events held in Hopkins County. With an annual net income in the mid-$200,000 range, it has helped the Foundation become one of the largest non-profit contributors to the public good in the area. With a small army of volunteers, be they Foundation Board members or volunteers at large, this successful fundraising event...
Texas Commuters Saved $3 Billion in 2022
Road projects, travel options held delays below pre-Covid levels Nov. 28, 2023 AUSTIN – Commuters across Texas reaped time and cost savings valued at more than $3 billion last year, thanks to transportation improvements and pandemic-related trends that made their drives quicker than just a few years ago, according to a new report from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). The report analyzed commuting trends in 2022...
Abbott Announces Agenda For Special Session
October 6, 2023 – Governor Greg Abbott announced on Thursday Special Session #3 and issued a proclamation identifying agenda items for the session that begins at 1:00 PM on Monday, October 9. “I am bringing the Texas Legislature back for Special Session #3 to continue building on the achievements we accomplished during the 88th Regular Legislative Session and two special sessions this summer,” said Governor Abbott....
Deputies Find Car With Stolen Tag
August 19, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff Deputies located a car on I-30 this week that was displaying a stolen licence plate. The tag was registered to a Honda and was being displayed on a Chevrolet. The tag was reported stolen a few days prior out of Dallas. The accused, 26 year-old BRIANNA CLARISSE BANKS, admitted she frequented the Dallas area. BRIANNA CLARISSE BANKS, 2023 Due to the discrepancy between the tag and the...
Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Struck Down By Supreme Court
June 30, 2023- The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Joe Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan, denying tens of millions of Americans the chance to get up to $20,000 of their debt erased. The ruling, is a massive blow to those who have received loans after being promised loan forgiveness by the Biden administration last summer. The 6-3 majority ruled that at least one of the six states that challenged the...
Sulphur Springs Leader Joe Bob Burgin Named As Chair Of Statewide Texas Healthcare Trustees Board
(Austin, Texas) – Joe Bob Burgin, board member of the Hopkins County District and CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Northeast Texas (TMFNT) Board of Directors, has been elected Board Chair of the Texas Healthcare Trustees (THT). A statewide non-profit organization, THT provides education, training, and resources to those serving on governing boards of hospitals and health care systems in Texas. “We are excited to have Joe Bob serve on...
Texas House Approves Bills To Spend $1 Billion Dollars To Purchase More State Park Land
May 16, 2023- The Texas House has given preliminary approval to two Bills Monday, Senate Bill 1648 and Senate Joint Resolution 74, With voter approval would create a Centennial Parks Conservation Fund to invest up to $1 billion to buy more land for the state parks system. The Bill and Resolution, by Sen. Tan Parker, R-Flower Mound, has already received an OK from the Senate and needs a final vote in the House before heading to...
Softball Sweeps Bi-District, Plays Mabank in Area Round
Coach David Carrillo and his program had little trouble dispatching Lindale, sweeping the Lady Eagles in two straight games to clinch a ticket to the Area round beginning later this week. Sulphur Springs next takes on Mabank in another best-of-three series starting Friday, May 5 at 6 P.M. with game two to follow the next day on Saturday, May 6 at 3 P.M. If necessary, game three is scheduled to be played the following Monday, May 8....
