Hopkins County Cleanup Days Slated April 29-30, 2022; Cumby Cleanup Days: April 28-30, 2022
Scrap Metal Disposed Of Will Benefit Volunteer Fire Departments The City of Cumby and Hopkins County are providing opportunities this weekend to allow residents to dispose of larger household items during designated Cleanup days. Both are strictly for residents; no commercial disposal will be accepted. County Cleanup The four county precinct barns will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 29, and from 8 a.m. to noon...
Softball Uses Big 5th Inning to Win Game 1 of Bi-District, 3-0
Lady Cats softball capitalized on a few timely hits to win game one of the Bi-District series with Whitehouse, 3-0. Coach David Carrillo’s team scored three runs off four hits in the 5th inning. Parris Pickett led off the bottom frame of the inning with a single. Followed immediately by a single from Kinz Smallwood, and an error allowing Nicole Higgins to reach base, and Sulphur Springs loaded the bases with no outs. C Anahi...
Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel Program Will Be About “Dolly Parton Imagination Library”
Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel will meet Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 10 a.m. at The ROC, 115 Putman St., Sulphur Springs. All retired school employees in the area are invited and encouraged to attend. Lyn Baldwin will present a program on “Dolly Parton Imagination Library Comes to Rains County!” Lyn Baldwin to present “Dolly Parton Imagination Library Comes to Rains County” during May 10, 2022,...
Lady Cats Softball Opens Postseason at Home on Wednesday Gameday
Coach David Carrillo’s squad begins their postseason on Wednesday, Apr. 27 hosting Whitehouse for game one of Bi-District. The best of three series has Sulphur Springs hosting games one and three, traveling to Whitehouse Friday for game two. Softball hopes for an even better run than last year, one which saw Sulphur Springs make it to the fourth round for the first time in Coach Carrillo’s tenure as softball coach for the...
Health Care Foundation 2022 Gala Meets Goal To Help Fund Purchase Of 4D Video Sonogram, Beds
The 2022 Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Gala not only provided an evening of fun and fine dining, but also raised the targeted goal to help purchase a 4D video sonogram machine and five state-of-the-art labor and delivery beds for CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital, according to Shannon Barker, executive director, Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation. Barker offers a huge thank you to all the sponsors, donors, attendees and...
Local Riders to Compete in Jettribe Mid-America WaterX Championship
This weekend your hometown Sulphur Springs jet ski racers Brian Snyder and Andrew Vo will travel to Somerville, Texas to compete in the first rounds of the Jettribe Mid-America WaterX Championship series. Andrew Vo Brian Snyder and Andrew Vo both successfully competed in this series in 2021, and after a long winter hibernation, both are ready to compete. Both will be moving up a class from their beginner classes last season. Brian...
Wildcats Baseball Falls to Hallsville on Senior Night
Senior Night did not go as planned for Wildcats baseball. Hallsville cruised past Sulphur Springs 14-1 on Tuesday, Apr. 26. Coach Jerrod Hammack’s squad fell behind early to the Bobcats and could not recover, coughing up eight runs through the first two innings. Hallsville tacked on two more through the next two innings to lead big over Sulphur Springs 10-0. Another big inning in the 5th saw the Bobcats pour on four more. The...
Spring Brings Fresh Garden Produce
By Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County, [email protected] So Easy To Preserve, a University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service publication Many home gardens have been planted and questions have been received by our office on preserving the harvest. A great resource for home food preservation comes from my colleagues at the University of Georgia Cooperative...
Chamber Connection – April 27
By Butch Burney Eat as much crawfish as you can and also help a great cause with Rotary Club’s Claws for a Cause benefit dinner from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 30, downtown. Proceeds will go to selected non-profits and scholarships. Tickets are still available for the crawfish dinner with fixings. Drinks will be available for purchase. Dub and The Love Machines will also be playing for the cause. Be a Kids Superhero You can be a...
Wildcats Baseball Hosts Hallsville for Senior Night
Coach Jerrod Hammack’s team hosts Hallsville on Tuesday, Apr. 26, the lone team in action on this Tuesday game day. Sulphur Springs looks to extend their win streak to three with an upset of Hallsville. The Bobcats look to close out their season with a win as tonight’s contest in Sulphur Springs is their regular season finale. Hallsville (10-1, first in 15-5A) entering tonight’s contest is a full three games ahead of...
