August 22 Jury Panel Canceled
Aug17

August 22 Jury Panel Canceled

The jury panel summoned to appear at 1 p.m. August 22, 2022, for County Court of Law with Judge Clay Harrison has been canceled. Those summoned for jury service do not need to report for duty that day. Jury panel cancelled

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County Judge Presented Petition Asking For Election To Make Dike A Type C Incorporated City
Aug17

County Judge Presented Petition Asking For Election To Make Dike A Type C Incorporated City

The county judge was presented with a petition Monday asking him to call an election to let Dike residents determine whether to make the community at Type C incorporated city, as promised in prior meetings by Michael Pickens. Other Dike residents voiced their views on incorporation of Dike and the Dike solar facility. Petition to Incorporate Dike Residents and property owners in Dike community began researching the matter out of a...

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FDA Finalizes Rule Improving Access To OTC Hearing Aids
Aug16

FDA Finalizes Rule Improving Access To OTC Hearing Aids

More Affordable Hearing Aids For Those With Mild To Moderate Hearing Impairment Could Be In Stores As Soon As Mid-October Today (Aug. 16, 2022), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule to improve access to hearing aids which may in turn lower costs for millions of Americans. This action establishes a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids, enabling consumers with perceived mild to moderate hearing...

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HCSO: Sulphur Springs Man Caught Hauling A Stolen Trailer
Aug16

HCSO: Sulphur Springs Man Caught Hauling A Stolen Trailer

A 36-year-old Sulphur Springs man was caught hauling with a stolen trailer Monday evening, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies were made aware from a person they considered a credible source that the man was in possession of a stolen trailer, as well as a possible location, deputies wrote in arrest reports. The sheriff’s officers reported seeing a white Chevrolet pickup pulling a trailer matching...

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Request For Special Use Permit For Manufactured Home Community Withdrawn
Aug16

Request For Special Use Permit For Manufactured Home Community Withdrawn

A request made for a special use permit to allow C&C Guardian LLC to construct a manufactured home community at 2113 Main Street, a property currently zoned light commercial, was slated to go before Sulphur Springs Zoning Board of Adjustments and Appeals Tuesday evening, but that meeting has been canceled. Applicant Ross Cody has withdrawn the request, according to city staff. The action follows a Planning & Zoning Commission...

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Interim Director Appointed For Senior Citizens Center
Aug16

Interim Director Appointed For Senior Citizens Center

An interim director has been appointed for the Senior Citizens Center, following Karon Weatherman’s resignation as program and marketing director on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Senior Citizens Center sign Kathie Steele will be overseeing operations at the facility until a permanent director is hired, City Manager Marc Maxwell said Tuesday morning. Steele is no stranger to the city. She retired as Business Office Manager after years...

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Dozen Individuals Jailed On Felony Warrants
Aug15

Dozen Individuals Jailed On Felony Warrants

At least a dozen individuals were jailed felony warrants over the last week, including a woman reported to have been in possession of heroin when she showed up in court. Jazmyn Nikolia Smallwood Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Alvin Jordan and Corrections Officer Courtney Steward took Jazmyn Nikolia Smallwood into custody at 4:18 p.m. Aug. 11, 2022, in the District Courtroom on a warrant for bond revocation on an...

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Social Security Accelerates Decisions For People With Severe Disabilities
Aug15

Social Security Accelerates Decisions For People With Severe Disabilities

Monday, August 15, 2022 – Mark Hinkle, Press Officer, [email protected] Agency Expands Compassionate Allowances List By 12 Conditions Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, today announced 12 new Compassionate Allowances conditions: Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma, Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease, Microvillus Inclusion Disease – Child, Mowat-Wilson...

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Cardiac Rehabilitation: Your Next Step to Recovery
Aug15

Cardiac Rehabilitation: Your Next Step to Recovery

CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. By Jennifer Heitman, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] What is Cardiac Rehabilitation? Sulphur Springs, Texas, August 15, 2022 — Cardiac rehabilitation is a medically supervised program designed to help people with heart problems...

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Tickets Available For Lil 4’s Annual King And Queen Ball
Aug15

Tickets Available For Lil 4’s Annual King And Queen Ball

Tickets are now available for the Lil 4’s Annual King and Queen Ball, which will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 10, 2022, at The ROC, 115 Putman St. The event will be the 15th year for the King and Queen Ball for Lil 4’s Kids Club. Admission tickets are $15 per adult or $5 for kids, with the ticket price going toward a gift for Lil 4’s annual Christmas event. In lieu of the $15 ticket donation, a $15 toy...

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