Slaton Urging DSHS To Fast-Track CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs As Vaccine Hub, Increase Allocations To HD2
Representative Bryan Slaton is urging Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to fast-track CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs as a COVID-19 vaccine hub and to increase allocations of the vaccine to House District 2. Rep. Bryan Slaton “As you know, the vaccine allocation process has been frustrating for everyone, especially rural Texans. Representative Slaton and his staff have been in active contact with...
Sulphur Springs Fire Department Applying For Homeland Security Grant
City Council Approves Extension Of Temporary Emergency Paid Sick Leave Due to COVID-19 Policy, Zoning Board Appointment Sulphur Springs City Council approved resolutions for a Homeland Security grant application and an extension of the temporary emergency paid sick leave due to COVID-19 policy were approved, and a new Zoning Board appointment made during the regular February council meeting this week. Homeland Security Grant Sulphur...
Sulphur Springs Woman Returned To Hopkins County Jail On Warrant
A 22-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was returned to Hopkins County jail Wednesday morning on a felony warrant, according to arrest reports. Harleah Irene Petrea (HCSO jail photo) A Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office employee took custody of Harleah Irene Petrea at an Intermediate Sanction Facility around 8:45 a.m. Feb. 3 and transported her to Hopkins County jail. She was booked at 10:30 a.m. Feb. on a warrant for abandoning or...
Sulphur Springs City Council Approves Three 380 Infill Housing Agreement Requests, Final Plat
Approval of three 380 infill housing agreement requests and a final plat by Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night will allow for construction of three single family homes and two apartment buildings. The City Council also gave the go ahead for a drainage repair project on Beckham Street and to a proposal for solid waste concrete crushing. Screen capture from the Feb. 2, 2021 Sulphur Springs City Council meeting, conducted via...
Sulphur Springs Basketball, Soccer and Softball on Game Day Tuesday
On this game day Tuesday, there is district soccer and basketball and a Lady Cat softball scrimmage. The Wildcats Basketball Team travels to Mount Pleasant for a summit meeting with the Tigers. The Wildcats are 8-2 in district play and in second place after bumping off Longview on the road Friday, 62-44. The Tigers are 10-0 in district play and they are 21-0 for the season. The Tigers are currently ranked #10 in state in Class 5A...
Sulphur Springs City Council To Consider Requests For 380 Agreements, Final Plat
Sulphur Springs City Council has a full agenda tonight, Feb. 2, which includes requests for 380 agreements, a final plat for apartments, a Homeland Security grant application, calling for general and special elections, a Capital Improvements Plan, a proposal to crush waste concrete and to extend emergency paid sick leave and an executive. Three of eight resolutions on the agenda are requests for 380 agreements to build three...
Mayor Declares February CTE Month In Sulphur Springs
Sulphur Springs Mayor John Sellers helped Sulphur Springs High School kick off its month-long celebration of career and technical education programs Monday morning by declaring February CTE Month in Sulphur Springs. As has been the case for many things since March 2020, this year’s CTE kickoff was a little bit different at SSHS in order to provide social distancing protocols in place due to COVID-19. Instead of speaking before a...
2 Sulphur Springs Residents Sentenced In District Court This Week
Two Sulphur Springs residents were sentenced in district court this week on unrelated charges, according to court reports. Jennifer Lee Lindsay (HCSO jail photo) Jennifer Lee Lindsay of Sulphur Springs arranged and pled open during the Nov. 24 court session on an April 20, 2020 abandoning or endangering of a child-criminal negligence charge and a Jan. 17, 2020 forgery financial instrument charge. Lindsay was arrested on a forgery...
Welding Project at the Paris Junior College-Sulphur Springs
OVERHEAD JOB Welding student Wyatt Cross works on an overhead TIG welding project at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center welding shop. Cross is in the advanced welding program at the Center. To learn more about the welding program and workforce education opportunities, call 903-885-1232. Paris Junior College Welding student Wyatt Cross
Pursuit Concludes With Driver Falling Into A Swimming Pool In Sulphur Springs
What started as a vehicle pursuit north of Sulphur Springs concluded with the driver falling into a swimming pool in someone’s back yard, according to arrest reports. Ajalen Meontre Sanders Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Scott Davis stopped a southbound white Ford Focus just after 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25 for traveling 75 miles per hour in a 65 mph speed zone on State Highway 19 north at County Road 4763. However, as soon...
