Jacoby Smith Keeps it Country on Reilly Springs Jamboree Saturday July 15
Meet Jacoby Smith. This Sulphur Springs man leads a local country music band called “Moonlight Twang” which formed in 2013 but whose road was a rough and winding one until last year. Now, Moonlight Twang is once again entertaining audiences from Sulphur Springs to the Metroplex and into Oklahoma in addition to a string of private engagements. To promote their Jamboree appearance on Saturday July 15 at 7pm, Jacoby guested...
Reilly Springs Jamboree Founder Honored with Proclamation
To a full auditorium at the Reilly Springs Jamboree on Saturday October 15, 2016, Reilly Springs resident and former judge Yvonne King read a proclamation set forth by Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsome, marking the 60th year. The country music show began in October 1956 on the stage of the old schoolhouse after consolidation with Sulphur Springs, and is still running today. Many family members of founder Joe “Shelton”...
Business History Month: Reilly Springs Jamboree
It may be off the beaten path, but the Reilly Springs Jamboree remains contentedly at home in the country near Hopkins County’s southeastern border. The show’s slogan “Hopkins County’s original music venue” harks back to the Autumn of 1956, when a couple of local musicians, Bob and Joe (Attlesey) Shelton put the abandoned Reilly Springs schoolhouse back to work as their concert hall. The brothers and...
Saltillo, Sulphur Bluff Schools Make Big Gains in Taxable Values
Last Thursday the Hopkins County Appraisal District Office sent out certified net taxable values to 15 government entitles with property in the county. The entities use these figures to prepare budgets. For schools, they got two sets of figures. Voters are expected to increase the homestead exemption in school districts from $15,000 to $25,000 in November. Unless the state steps in, Sulphur Springs ISD will see a 1.19% decrease in...
Jack Phillips Headlines the Reilly Springs Jamboree this Saturday
Little Jack Phillips, a 4th grader from Sulphur Bluff loves to play the fiddle and he prefers Western Swing music. Little Jack will be a guest performer at the Reilly Springs Jamboree this Saturday night performing with another younster Kristyn Harris. He was a guest on KSST’s Good Morning Show with Enola Gay Monday morning.
Schedule of Programs at Cooper Lake State Park/South Sulphur Unit for February
February is such an unpredictable month. One day it’s cold and the next day It’s warm. We have even seen some trees begin to bud out after these warm spring like days. Well, it’s time to plant your onions and plan your next camping trip out to Cooper Lake State Park! We would love to have you come out and enjoy the best that nature has to offer! February will still be a bit slow but the programs will still be available so plan on...
Balch Springs Man Faces a Charge of Solicitation of a Minor
A 35-year old Balch Springs man faces a charge of solicitation of a minor after he was arrested Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at a Sulphur Springs site where he was to meet the young person for a sexual tryst. Lawmen arrested the man in the 500 block of League Street. Randy Teemul reportedly confessed to communicating with the minor by text, arranging a meeting for sex and renting a room.
Operation Christmas Child Helped by the Sulphur Bluff Baptist Youth
For months now, Sulphur Springs’ residents have been filling empty shoeboxes with items such as toys, school supplies, hygiene items and notes of encouragement for Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse International Relief. The shoeboxes will go to children in need overseas. This week shoeboxes are being delivered to designated drop off locations. The local goal is to have 20,000 shoebox gifts. The Sulphur Bluff...
October Schedule of Events at Cooper Lake State Park/South Sulphur Unit
As the cooler shorter days of fall begin their journey that will take us to the unknown of winter all of the animals and plants begin to take note and change as well. Plants like the smooth sumac have begun changing colors as the chlorophyll moves from the leaves back into the trunk and roots of the plant. We begin to see the arrival and departures of birds like the pelican and some songbirds as they migrate to warmer climates....
Springs City Council will be mapping out Capital Improvement Plan
The Sulphur Springs City Council will be mapping out Capital Improvement Plans for years to come. They’ll meet with Director of Finance Peter Karstens Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Executive Chambers on the second floor of new City Hall. Topics will include streets, drainage, remodeling old City Hall, water and sewer lines, the Water Plant, raw water supply, Wastewater Treatment Plant, funding issues and wastewater collection rate...
