Dinner Bell for July 17th, 2024
Texas Heritage National Bank (the 141st largest bank in Texas) is “Large Enough to meet your needs yet small enough to care”. It was chartered as The Bank of Daingerfield in 1889 but converted to a National charter in 1892 becoming The National Bank of Daingerfield. It has operated continuously since its inception weathering both the Great Depression and the banking crisis of the 1980’s. Its headquarters is in...
Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Announces the 2025 Gala Chairs
July 11, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Board of Directors is excited to share that the 2025 Gala chairs will be a family affair! Linda and Joe Bob Burgin along with their sons and daughters-in-law, Julie and Brad, and Teffany and Corey, have been tapped to chair the 2025 Gala slated for Saturday, January 25. The Burgins have been very involved in Hopkins County...
Trading Post for July 10, 2024
Missing dog, 10#, “Toby”, may not see or hear well, missing from Arbala RD and Clark Ln. $500 reward. Call Valerie at 903 951 8694 1 FS 40c Stihl grass trimmer, like new $100; 1 FS 76 Stihl like new handle trimmer with line head and saw blade attachment, very good condition $150. 903 243 0967 Scrubs- new and barely used. Sizes from Extra Small- 3x. Girls Clothes-Lots of name brand shorts, tops and jeans that would be great...
Tim Blanchard
A visitation will be held for Tim Blanchard on Friday, July 12, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at The way Bible Church 674 FM 2560 Sulphur Springs, Texas. There will be no formal service. Tim passed away on July 1, 2024, in Sulphur Springs, Texas. He was born on January 30, 1954, to Richard and Dotsie Blanchard in Plainwell Michigan. Tim married Patricia Sutton on November 17, 1972. Tim was a quiet, humble, funny man. With his kind...
Foundation Announces First Handbag Bingo Title Sponsor
July 9, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Designer Handbag Bingo has a title sponsor for the first time in its five-year history. The Alliance Bank family of businesses (Alliance Bank, Alliance Bank Financial Services, and Galyean Insurance) is this year’s title sponsor. This sponsorship augments the Alliance Bank group’s relationship with the Foundation and underscores...
What is a TSI Assessment? Does Your Student Need to Take It?
July 9, 2024 – The TSI Assessment (TSIA) is the result of the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) mandated by the Texas State Legislature. The assessment is designed to guide Texas public institutions of higher education in helping them determine whether students are ready for entry-level college coursework in the areas of English Language Arts Reading (ELAR) and mathematics. Students are exempt from this assessment if they meet...
Foundation Announces First Handbag Bingo Title Sponsor
July 9, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX -The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Designer Handbag Bingo has a title sponsor for the first time in its five-year history. The Alliance Bank family of businesses (Alliance Bank, Alliance Bank Financial Services, and Galyean Insurance) is this year’s title sponsor. This sponsorship augments the Alliance Bank group’s relationship with the Foundation and underscores its...
Power on for Hopkins County and Surrounding Counties
July 9, 2024 – Hopkins County received the blessing of needed rain, but none of the destruction other parts of Texas received. Once a Category 5 hurricane, Beryl was classified as tropical depression when close to Sulphur Springs. A tropical depression forms when a low pressure area is accompanied by thunderstorms that produce a circular wind flow with maximum sustained winds below 39 mph. An upgrade to a tropical storm occurs...
Vicki “Nina” Watkins Dais
November 29, 1954 — July 5, 2024 Funeral Service for Vicki “Nina” Watkins Dais, age 69, of Belton, Texas will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 12, 2024 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Bro. Mark Garrett and Steve Crites officiating. Interment will follow at Reilly Springs Cemetery with Anthony Pennington, Taylor Milam, Tristan Pennington, C.J. Donald, Kaleb Donald, and Corey Donald serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be...
Sara Matilda James
November 3, 1960 ~ July 6, 2024 age 63 Sara Matilda James passed away on July 6, 2024. Sara James, 63, was reunited with her loved ones and friends at the Pearly Gates of Heaven on July 6, 2024. Sara James was born on November 3, 1960 in Macon, Georgia, to the late Matilda R. and William E. James. She attended Georgia Southern University where she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. For 27 years, she taught science at...
