Opening Ceremony For Dairy Festival Slated Friday
The Hopkins County Dairy Festival will officially kick off this weekend with balloons, a parade, dairy show, and milking contests. Dairy Fest Pageant contestants The Opening Ceremony begins at noon on Celebration Plaza and will include a ribbon cutting. However, the Hot Air Balloons Rally and Glows will be held at 6 p.m. Friday at Shannon Oaks Church, weather permitting. The festival will kick into high gears Saturday, June 11, with...
Thanks Councilman Freddie Taylor, For 18 Years Of Service
Freddie Taylor was recognized Tuesday night for 18 years of dedicated service to the City of Sulphur Springs as the Place 4 City Councilman. Taylor opted this year not to seek another term in office. He was toasted during a reception at City Hall by city staff, fellow council and community members during the come and go reception Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Sulphur Springs Place 6 Councilman Doug Moore, Place 2 Councilman Harold Nash, city...
Hopkins County Dairy Festival Board Recognizes Top Sponsors Of 2022
The Hopkins County Dairy Festival kicks into high gear this Friday with an opening ceremony and continues the next two Saturdays. The annual salute to the dairy industry wouldn’t be possible, however, without the generous support of local businesses and organizations. The DF Board took time this week to recognize some of this year’s top sponsors. The DF has four levels of sponsorship, Festival Underwriters, Dairy Partners,...
To God be the Glory Benevolent Clothing Room
To God be the Glory Benevolent clothing room is open every Wednesday from 11 AM to 1 PM. It is located at 315 E. Beckham St., Sulphur Springs Texas for more information contact 903-440-3941. Their mission is to provide free clothing to the people in need.
Chamber Connection – June 8: Entries Hopkins County Stew Logo Contest Open Until July 14
By Butch Burney It’s June, which means stew is in the air – or at least the planning has begun. Hopkins County stew pot The 53rd Annual World Championship Hopkins County Stew Contest is opening up its annual logo contest. This year’s theme is Road Trip Stew 22 (the stew is Oct. 22, 2022), a take off from Route 66. The logo contest runs through June 30. The winner will receive four stew tickets, four T-shirts with the logo on the...
Paris Junior College Students on President, Deans Lists
Paris Junior College-SSpgs Public Information Services PJC Students on President, Deans lists Paris Junior College is pleased to announce that 184 students were named to the President’s and Dean’s lists for academic achievement during the Spring 2022 semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average, (straight A’s) on a minimum of 15 semester hours. Those on the dean’s list must have a...
Paris Junior College Offering Free Robotics Coding Camps
Paris Junior College – Public Information Services Parents should enroll children now Paris Junior College is holding a robotics coding camp made possible by the Texas Workforce Commission at five locations in June, July and August. The free camp is for students entering the sixth, seventh, or eighth grades, or those who have completed eighth grade in the 2021-22 school year. The Robotics Coding Camp is designed to allow...
Juneteenth Celebration, 2022
Saturday June 18th, 2022 head on down to Pacific Park in Sulphur Springs, TX for Juneteenth “Freedom is Worth Celebrating”.
Rev. Chalmer Lee Dennis
Rev. Chalmer Lee Dennis, 83, of Brashear, passed away on June 2, 2022, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, June 11, 2022, at Bibleway Lighthouse Church, 253 CR 4591, Sulphur Springs with Rev. Lance Crump officiating. Coker-Mathews Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Rev. Chalmer Dennis was born July 20, 1938 in VanZandt, Missouri, to Arthur Dennis and Ruth Lowry. He married Sally Baugh on...
June 2022 Grand Jury Indictments
A Hopkins County Grand Jury during the regular June 2022 session signed 18 indictments, pushing those cases forward for prosecution. Ten people were named in the charges, including five people accused of two or more more offenses. Charges ranged from controlled substance and stolen vehicle offenses to burglary of habitation, escape and continuous sexual abuse of a child offenses. Mauro Lopez‐Perez AKA Mauro Lopez-Lopez and Mauro Perez...
