Paxton Intervenes in CDC’s Shut-Down of the Cruise Industry
AG NEWS RELEASE, May 6, 2021 AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a motion to intervene in Florida’s case against the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for their series of unlawful orders that brought the cruise industry to a halt. The CDC issued a series of “no-sailing” or “conditional-sailing” orders that crippled the...
May 2021 City Manager’s Report
Marc Maxwell Sulphur Springs City Council received from City Manager Marc Maxwell the following monthly manager’s report during the May 4, 2021 council meeting: COVID-19 RESPONSE The number of active cases in Hopkins County decreased 82% since our last meeting with 27 active cases as of May 4th. There are 4 patients in the COVID unit at the hospital. GRAYS BUILDING The brick is installed. The walls are painted. The concrete floors...
Cinco De Mayo On Celebration Plaza Declared A Huge Success
The Cinco De Mayo on Celebration Plaza Saturday was declared a huge success by city officials and program organizers. Sulphur Springs Place 3 City Councilman Oscar Aguilar extended thanks during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting to the City of Sulphur Springs for allowing the community to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a festival on the square Saturday. He also extended thanks to city staff, especially Joey Baker and Sarah for...
Centers for Kidney Care Now Open In Sulphur Springs
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News May 4, 2021 By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS® Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs/Winnsboro Sulphur Springs, Texas – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. Inspiring Hope through Healing National Hospital Week is May 9-15, and is an opportunity to highlight...
Showing Appreciation To Teachers
Sulphur Springs ISD Education Foundation may not have been able to assist educators in the manner they are used to, they couldn’t let the week pass without showing appreciation to teachers for all their extra work to help school go flow as normally as possible, especially during the extraordinary circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Normally, we would award Innovative Teaching Grants to teachers during the school...
All 5 SSHS Competitors Medal At The 2021 State Academic UIL Contest
Literary Criticism Team Earns State Championship All five of the Sulphur Springs High School Academic UIL Team who competed Saturday, May 1, at the 2021 State Academic UIL Meet Competition returned home with medals. One team came back with a State Championship and one student placed in three events. SSHS Wildcat UIL The SSHS Literary Criticism Team composed of Matthew Harper, Kendall Little (senior class salutatorian), Shelby Ray and...
SSHS Pole Vaulting Coach Clark Cipoletta Discusses Lady Cat Claire Bybee Who is Heading To State
Sulphur Springs High School Pole Vaulting Coach Clark Cipoletta says he is just a small piece of the puzzle when it comes to coaching Lady Cats’ pole vaulter Claire Bybee, who qualified for the State Track Meet May 7-8 at UT Austin at the Region II Track Meet on April 24 at UTA. Coach Cipoletta says Bybee also gets good instruction from a private coach and from her father, who was a vaulter in college. He says Bybee is a hard...
Vaccine Supplies Plentiful, Available Through CHRISTUS Vaccine Clinic Roll-Outs
During the Thursday April 29, 2021 Good Morning Show on KSST, CHRISTUS CEO Paul Harvey and CNO Anitha Sanderson informed listeners about plentiful vaccines in all three types, now available through Vaccine Clinics being scheduled through the hospital. Check the hospital website, CHRISTUStmf.org and stay tuned to KSST for clinic dates during May. Or you may phone Holly Ragan at 903-439-4033 to put your name on a list to receive your...
CMFH-SS Hosts May 1 Blood Drive In Response To Worst Blood Shortage In Decades
Sulphur Springs, Texas, April 29, 2021 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission:To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS® Mother Frances Hospital – Winnsboro/Sulphur Springs The current blood shortage is the worst in decades – We need your help! Carter BloodCare is hosting a blood drive in the CBC bus at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital –...
Lady Cats Softball Playoff Series Has Changed, No Game Thursday Night
The Lady Cats Softball Team’s bi-district schedule versus Lufkin has changed. The new schedule calls for two games Friday at Marshall at 6 p.m. The second game is scheduled to begin 30 minutes after the conclusion of game 1. Game 3, if necessary, will be Saturday at noon at Whitehouse. The Lady Cats, district co-champions and the #1 seed from district 15-5A, have a season record of 22-3. They enter the game having won 13 games...
