Chamber Connection January 21, 2016 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection January 21, 2016 by Meredith Caddell Thank you to everyone who attended the ribbon cutting for Reilly Springs Jamboree! If you missed the ribbon cutting for the Reilly Springs Jamboree-Hopkins County’s Original Music Venue, last Saturday evening you missed a great time. Tony Rame y was guest singer for the Reilly Springs Jamboree for the evening. Enola Gay, producer, provides a wonderful event every...
Chamber Connection January 14, 2016 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection January 14, 2016 by Meredith Caddell Reilly Springs Jamboree Ribbon Cutting-Saturday, January 16th at 6:30pm We will be hosting the ribbon cutting for the Reilly Springs Jamboree-Hopkins County’s Original Music Venue, this Saturday, January 16th at 6:30! Tony Ramey will be the featured guest for the Reilly Springs Jamboree, with Enola Gay as producer. The show starts at 7:00. They are located at 109 CR...
Chamber Connection January 7, 2016 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection January 7, 2016 by Meredith Caddell Express Care Grand Opening! Thank you to everyone who attended the grand opening & ribbon cutting for Express Care! Guests were treated to delicious food and a nice tour of the new urgent care facility. They have 6 patient rooms, a lab, x-ray and surgical room. Express Care is located on the south side of town in the old Radio Shack Building, 1139 S. Broadway!...
Chamber Connection December 30, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection December 30, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Happy New Year from the Board of Directors and Ambassadors! The Chamber office will be closed New Year’s Eve & New Year’s Day! New Chamber Directors for 2016-2018! We would like to welcome the newest Directors to the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce. These 8 new individuals will begin serving on the Board of Directors in January 2016! Carol Palmer Garrett...
Chamber Connection October 22, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection – October 22, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Thank you Hopkins County for Making the Stew Contest a Success Who would have thought that regardless of 9 inches of rain, we would still be able to have a successful stew contest? A very special thank you to the 123 teams that cooked stew this year. Please know how very much we appreciate your dedication to this event. It is because of you that we continue to...
Weekend Rainfall Totals Vary in County
October 26, 2015 – Rainfall amounts varied in Hopkins County during the weekend deluge. At the water plant in Sulphur Springs, the official rainfall station, 8.88 inches of rain was captured. A resident near North Hopkins received just over 7 inches of rain. Hopkins County and the surrounding area had been placed under a flood watch in the late hours of Thursday night by the National Weather Service. The watch extended to Sunday...
November Election Early Voting Open Saturday October 24 at SSISD Admin Building
Early voting for the November 3rd General Election continues Saturday, October 24th from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m at the Sulphur Springs ISD Administration Building Board Room on Connally Street in the city. The board room may be accessed from the northside parking lot. Early voting at that location is open to all county residents. With early voting Saturday, residents have the opportunity to combine the Hopkins County Stew Contest at...
Burn Ban Lifted by Hopkins County Judge
Just in time for the Hopkins County Stew Contest, County Judge Robert Newsom has lifted the county burn ban. Rainfall Thursday night and Friday provided the basis of the judge’s decision signed at 4 p.m. Friday, October 23. Monday morning October 12, during Hopkins County Commissioners’ Court, the commissioners had agreed with County Judge Robert Newsom who had issued an emergency burn ban during the prior week. In a 4-0 vote,...
Chamber Connection
Chamber Connection October 22, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Stew Contest is ON!!! Saturday, October 24th!!! The 46th Annual World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest will take place as planned, Saturday, October 24th at 10:45am. After many conversations with stew cooks, discussions with the City of Sulphur Springs and questions from out-of-town visitors, the decision was made this morning to move forward with the stew contest. We...
Brashear News
Wow, this weather is so hot for this old gal. Can’t wait for cooler weather. So sorry I have not had any news the past two weeks, but things are looking up. Brashear has a new business, CW’s Haircuts. You will find it on Spur 67 West just as you head out of Brashear. Stop by and check it out. Busy time in around Sulphur Springs, the World Famous Stew Contest is coming up with Fall Festival beginning this weekend. There will be a...
