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It was quite an event as the 86th annual Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Banquet featured The Greatest County on Earth complete with circus acts Thursday night at the Civic Center.
Award winners included Clayton McGraw with the Veterans Memorial Commi...
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Tuesday night the Sulphur Springs City Council voted to prohibit the use of engine brakes or Jake brakes by big rigs in the city limits, on first reading. They called a May 12 election for three council seats.
The council voted to support applications f...
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One additional candidate filed in Sulphur Springs’ political races Tuesday. Incumbent Oscar Aguilar filed for his seat on the Sulphur Springs City Council. All three incumbents have filed for their seats including incumbents Craig Johnson and Clay Wal...
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Recently the American Federation of Teachers in Texas polled superintendents in Texas on the impact of legislative budget cuts on them. Sulphur Springs Superintendent Patsy Bolton notes this year’s budget reflects a $1.7-million reduction in state fund...
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A 43-year old Sulphur Springs truck driver was struck and killed as he walked along Interstate 65 near Henryville, Indiana at around 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning.
Dead is Phillip Cecil Jones, Junior. An 18-wheeler that Jones had been driving was found alo...
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A contested race will take place for two seats on the Sulphur Springs School Board after three candidates filed Monday. Leesa Toliver filed as did incumbents Don Sapaugh and Jason Dietze.
Three seats are up on the Sulphur Springs City Council and two in...
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Three competitions and three first place sweepstakes trophies for the Wildcats UIL Academic Team after winning at Melissa last Friday and Saturday. Wildcats’ first place teams included Social Studies, Current Events, Accounting, Spelling, Literary Crit...
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The Wildcats new district for all sports other than soccer for the next two years has a familiar look. Longview is not a part of it because they are a 5A school but the Wildcats will be reuniting with deep-East Texas schools’ Marshall, Longview Pine Tr...
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A 62-year old Hopkins County man was arrested Monday for firing a weapon at some men working on a county road on Friday. Sheriff’s deputies arrested the man after he called in complaining that his cows were being stolen.
The man struggled with deputie...
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The First United Methodist Church of Sulphur Springs will be offering a free hot meal for the needy every Wednesday in their Fellowship Hall from noon until 1 p.m. beginning February 1. The new ministry is patterned after one in Longview.
The church is ...
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Sulphur Springs’ Dial Study Club is coming up on its’ 60th anniversary. Member Debbie Stinson says the club wants to celebrate with a big event on Sunday, April 15. Ms. Stinson is seeking the names of Dial Study Club past presidents and past members...
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Grocery Supply executive John Prickette has been appointed by the Sulphur Springs School Board to serve the remainder of the term of retired board member Foy Williams. The board vote was unanimous. Williams retired last month due to health reasons.
Pri...
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Recent rains have filled Lake Sulphur Springs. As a backup water supply, Lake Sulphur Springs has a key water role to play for Sulphur Springs.
City Manager Marc Maxwell wants to assure the lake stays full by building a pump station and pipeline to pump...
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A 48-year old Texarkana man was arrested in Hunt County at around 2 a.m. Saturday after leading Hopkins County lawmen on a high-speed chase. Cumby officer Sgt. Mike Morgan tried to stop a speeding motorcyclist at the 112-mile marker of westbound I-30 but...
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The Sulphur Springs High School chapters of the Business Professionals of America will be well represented at state competition in Dallas on February 29 through March 3. Twenty-two students qualified for state by finishing in the top three in their speci...
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The Texas Department of Transportation and its Contractor, East Texas Bridge and Road have closed a portion of FM 69 in Hopkins County. This bridge closure is a result of recent flooding which has created unsafe driving conditions in the work zone of the...
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You will soon be able to drive 75-miles per hour along I-30 in Hopkins County as soon as new speed limit signs are put up by TXDOT. New speed limits for 139-miles of I-30 from Hunt to Bowie counties were approved Thursday by the Texas Transportation Comm...
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Hopkins County continues to have the lowest rate of unemployment in the area according to the latest stats released Monday. The Hopkins County unemployment rate was 6.3% in December. That compares with a 6.5% rate the month before and a 6.8% figure one ...
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After vaccinating animals in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador and treating animals of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol including the beagle patrols, veterinarian Leah Anne Larsen is now seeing small animals and exotic pets in Sulphur Springs.
Her Bright ...
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Wildcat Cards are on sale now. Athletes on Sulphur Springs’ teams from grades 7 to 12 have the opportunity to sell cards. Teams benefit when their players sell cards. Cost is $20 and each card contains discounts and specials from 25 businesses.
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