Candidate Filing Ends Friday, Feb. 12, For City Council, School Board Elections
Feb11

Candidate Filing Ends Friday, Feb. 12, For City Council, School Board Elections

Candidate filing ends Friday for a place on the May 1, 2021 municipal and school election ballots, including those for Sulphur Springs and Como City Councils; and Como-Pickton Sulphur Springs and Yantis school boards. Sulphur Springs City Council Candidate filing for a place on the May 1 ballot for four seats on Sulphur Springs City Council will continue through 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12. On the first day of filing, all four incumbents...

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SSISD To Hold Public Hearings Feb. 8 Regarding Use Of Telemedicine Services, 2019-2020 Texas Academic Performance Report
Feb05

SSISD To Hold Public Hearings Feb. 8 Regarding Use Of Telemedicine Services, 2019-2020 Texas Academic Performance Report

Sulphur Springs Independent School District will hold two public hearings Feb. 8 during the public forum portion of regular school board meeting. SSISD logo A public hearing on the 2019-2020 Texas Academic Performance Report is slated to be conducted by Jason Evans, who oversees SSISD State & Federal Programs, during the 6 p.m. meeting. The TAPR is essentially the school district report card and is always one year behind as Texas...

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Filing For School And Municipal Elections Continues; All Reports So Far Are Of Uncontested Races
Jan30

Filing For School And Municipal Elections Continues; All Reports So Far Are Of Uncontested Races

With a little less than 2 weeks left in the filing for school and municipal elections, all reports thus far are of uncontested races in Hopkins County. Sulphur Springs In Sulphur Springs, the incumbents are the only candidates who had filed candidacy in both the City Council and school board elections. School Board On the first day of the filing period, Kerry Wright and Jason Dietze filed candidate applications seeking a place on the...

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Wright And Dietze Seeking Reelection To Sulphur Springs School Board
Jan13

Wright And Dietze Seeking Reelection To Sulphur Springs School Board

Kerry Wright and Jason Dietze filed candidate applications Wednesday morning, the first day of the filing period, seeking a place on the May 1 Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees Election. Incumbents Wright and Dietze are seeking another 3-year term on the school board. Dietze was first elected to the school board in 2009. He was re-elected secretary in 2020.  He previously served as vice president and president. Wright...

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Wednesday Is Start of Candidate Filing For May 2021 Sulphur Springs, Como-Pickton, Yantis School Board Elections
Jan12

Wednesday Is Start of Candidate Filing For May 2021 Sulphur Springs, Como-Pickton, Yantis School Board Elections

Wednesday is the start of candidate filing for the May 2021 school board elections in at least three local school districts. Sulphur Springs ISD SSISD logo Sulphur Springs ISD will be accepting applications for two places on the school board May 1 Trustees Election ballot. Currently serving in those seats are Jason Dietze and Kerry Wright. Dietze was first elected to the school board in 2009. He was re-elected secretary in 2020. ...

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Candidates Can File For A Place On Rural School Board Election Ballots
Jul31

Candidates Can File For A Place On Rural School Board Election Ballots

Candidates can now file for a place on 5 rural school board election ballots this fall. The filing period began July 18 and will continue through Aug. 17. Cumby, Miller Grove, North Hopkins, Saltillo, Sulphur Bluff and Yantis school districts are all scheduled to hold school board elections on Nov. 3. Cumby ISD At Cumby ISD, candidate applications are available for two seats on the school board in the Administration Offices from 8...

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Commissioners Agree To Abandon Portion Of CR 4746, Set County Clean Up Days, Approve 2 Plat Requests
Mar14

Commissioners Agree To Abandon Portion Of CR 4746, Set County Clean Up Days, Approve 2 Plat Requests

Hopkins County Commissioners Court agreed to abandon a portion of County Road 4746, set the date and time for county clean up days and approved two plat requests during the regular court session Monday morning, March 14, 2022.’ Hopkins County Commissioners Court CR 4746 Road Closure, Abandonment Precinct 4 Commissioner Joe Price explained that the section of County Road 4746 that a property owner has petition to have closed and...

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* Updated: City Readying For Potential Wintry Weather, County Monitoring Situation
Feb23

* Updated: City Readying For Potential Wintry Weather, County Monitoring Situation

Texas is experiencing what appears to be another couple of days of wintry weather, with temperatures falling from upper 60s Tuesday morning to 42 by noon, dipped below freezing overnight requiring most vehicle windshields had to be defrosted before motorists could head out for school and work. Sleet and rain mix With light freezing rain falling through about 9 a.m. and chances of more freezing rain and sleet likely today, becoming...

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Hopkins County Seeking Funding For 2 Ventilation Fans For Fire Department
Feb16

Hopkins County Seeking Funding For 2 Ventilation Fans For Fire Department

Hopkins County Commissioners Court this week gave the go-ahead to the fire marshal to apply for funding for two ventilation fans for the county fire department, renaming of a SH 11 west spur and taking it on a county road, accepted fire protection agreements from volunteer fire departments submitting them by the Feb. 3 deadline, and consolidated voting centers for May elections. Hopkins County Commissioners Court session, Feb. 14,...

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