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....
$4.5 Billion School Funding Bill Advances From Texas House
April 27, 2023- Texas House gave preliminary approval to a school finance Bill that would increase the amount of state money that schools get per student, start adjusting it for inflation and introduce a major change to how funding is calculated each year. House Bill 100, authored by Rep. Ken King, R-Canadian, would increase the basic allotment, this being the minimum money that schools may get per student. Currently the amount...
Lady Cats Softball Completes Back-to-Back Undefeated District Seasons
Lady Cats softball for the second season in a row has completed a perfect district season. Excluding a suspended 2020 season due to the coronavirus, Sulphur Springs has now won five straight district championships. Softball head coach David Carrillo said his players almost expect to win district championships, but that is because his team knows the third part of the season for the sport, playoffs, is the most important part of the...
Texas Legislation Bill Could Overturn 4 Day School Weeks
April 12, 2023- Texas legislation has a proposed bill that could overturn the current four-day school weeks seen throughout the state of Texas. This bill could cause the several school districts who have already converted to the four-day week system to return to the previous five day week. Several Texas School districts have changed their schedules to allow for a four-day school week, including Sulphur Bluff Independent School...
SNAP Recipients Will Lose Their Pandemic Boost And May Face Other Reductions By March
SNAP recipients nationwide will stop getting pandemic-era boosts after this month’s payments, the Food and Nutrition Service announced. The emergency allotments provided an additional $95 or the maximum amount for their household size — whichever was greater. The announcement stated “SNAP emergency allotments were a temporary strategy authorized by Congress to help low-income individuals and families deal with the...
Changes in Unemployment Rate in Texas – Updated WalletHub Study
With inflation remaining high and the U.S. gaining 223,000 jobs in December, fewer than in the previous month, WalletHub released updated rankings for its report on Changes in Unemployment Rate by State, along with a WalletHub Q&A. In order to take stock of how unemployment rates are changing throughout the U.S., WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on six key metrics that compare unemployment rate...
City Recognizes Employees Reaching 5-Year Milestones Over the Past 3 Years
The City of Sulphur Springs has many dedicated individuals who have continued to serve city residents for numerous years. To recognize those individuals for their work, the city presents service pins for each 5-year milestone an employee works. Earlier this month, Sulphur Springs City Council recognized 10 of those employees who were able to attend the regular monthly council meeting; 16 were not able to attend, however. Typically,...
Sulphur Springs ISD Receives Best Rating Possible On Annual Audit
8 Personnel Changes Will Impact 5 District Campuses Sulphur Springs ISD received the top rating on the annual independent auditor. Trustees during the regular school board meeting Jan. 9, 2023, also approved eight personnel changes, announced candidate filing dates for two seats on the school board and heard a brief update on the SSISD 2021-2022 Texas Performance Reporting System report. Annual Audit Robert Lake with Rutherford,Taylor...
Dinner Bell Meal for January 4, 2023
Dinner Bell starts 2023 with gratitude to Heilman Properties (Mary and Johnny Heilman) for a repeat performance as a Community Partner. GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church Campus around 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. The meal is comprised of “good luck” for 2023 food items. MENU Ham (Progress/Prosperity) pigs root...
