Texas Senate Passes Bill To Redefine Fentanyl Charges
April 13, 2023- Texas Senate has recently passed Senate Bill 645 that would redefine fentanyl poisoning as murder for purposes of prosecution and death certificates. Over the past two years, the Texas Department of Public Safety had seized over 353 million lethal doses of fentanyl, enough to kill almost every person in the United States. The author of the Bill Sen. Joan Huffman, attached a floor amendment to SB 645 defining the...
Texans Owed Millions In 2019 Tax Refunds, Deadline July 17
April 13, 2023― The Internal Revenue Service announced today that nearly 1.5 million people across the nation have unclaimed refunds for tax year 2019 but face a July 17 deadline to submit their tax return. The IRS estimates almost $1.5 billion in refunds remain unclaimed because people haven’t filed their 2019 tax returns yet. The average median refund is $893 for this year, and the IRS has done a special state-by-state...
Texas Legislation Bill Could Overturn 4 Day School Weeks
April 12, 2023- Texas legislation has a proposed bill that could overturn the current four-day school weeks seen throughout the state of Texas. This bill could cause the several school districts who have already converted to the four-day week system to return to the previous five day week. Several Texas School districts have changed their schedules to allow for a four-day school week, including Sulphur Bluff Independent School...
Mike Lamb Accepts His Official Resignation From SSISD
April 12, 2023- Mike Lamb, the superintendent who has been in charge of SSISD for the past eleven years, has officially accepted his resignation. He was presented a plaque by the school board in commemoration of his time spent at SSISD. Recently Mike Lamb accepted a top position at Little Elm ISD. Little Elm has agreed to allow Mr. Lamb to split his time between the two districts through April. Lamb has also stated he will be a part...
Meal A Day And Senior Citizen Center Calendar April 17-21, 2023
Volunteers prepare meals at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center and deliver them five days a week to Meal A Day program recipients in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. The Meal A Day Menu for the week of April 17-21, 2023 includes: Monday, April 17- Shepard’s Pie, Cucumber Slices and Chips Tuesday, April 18- Chimichurri Chicken Drums, Cucumber Salad and a roll Wednesday, April 19- Hawaiian Ham, White...
Tree Roots By Mario Villarino
Metsulfuron-methyl is a residual sulfonylurea herbicide that kills broadleaf weeds and some annual grasses. It is a systemic compound with foliar and soil activity, that inhibits cell division in shoots and roots. It has residual activity in soils, allowing it to be used infrequently but requiring up to 22 months before planting certain crops (sunflowers, flax, corn, or safflower). It has very low toxicity to mammals, birds, fish, and...
Incorporating Dike Townhall With Municipal Attorney Charlie Zeck
April 11, 2023- Municipal Attorney Charlie Zeck will be at the Dike community center Saturday April 15th to discuss Incorporating Dike. Topics will include: CONTINUATION OF ALL COUNTY SERVICES CLARIFICATION OF NO PROPERTY TAX DESCRIPTION OF A CLASS-C MUNICIPALITY Open for Q&A – send questions to [email protected]
James Michael Feldman Sentenced
April 11, 2023 – Last week in 8th Judicial District Court, the case State of Texas vs. James Michael Feldman was tried. Feldman was indicted for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. How The Case Started In 2019, a CPS (or their equivalent) worker in New Jersey was investigating a completely separate matter and knocked on the door of the victim. During the interview, the victim told the investigator of the incident that had...
Hopkins County Commissioners Approve Inmate Psychiatry Service
April 11, 2023 – Hopkins County Commissioners Court discussed a temporary contract that would make psychiatry services available to inmates. This contract would bring Telepsychiatry services to inmates for a minimum charge of $1200 a month for a initial charge of $300 per inmate and $100 per month for a follow up appointment. The commissioners unanimously approved the temporary contract for the services. Hopkins County Law...
Speed Limit Change for CR 3523
April 11, 2023 Hopkins County Commissioners Court met April 10th and discussed the change of the speed limit for county road 3523 near the Community of Dike, TX. . With the sudden increase in traffic along the road the usual 35 miles per hour speed limit has been decided to be reduced to 25 mph. Commissioners unanimously approved the change of the speed limit.
