Meal-A-Day Looking For Volunteers
June 7, 2024 – Meal-A-Day Sulphur Springs Texas is looking for a few volunteer to help in the kitchen. No cooking skills required! We already have a great staff that will lead the way. Even if you only feel qualified to open cans, or stir a pot, we can use you. You can be a part of a team that creates the wonderful meals for all those who use the service. We will be moving to the new Sulphur Springs Senior Citizen Activity...
Sulphur Springs Police Release Details on Recent Fatal Crash
On Monday, June 03, 2024, at 1:16 a.m. officers responded to eastbound Interstate 30 near the 124-mile marker in reference to a major crash. According to the investigation, a 2021 Tesla was eastbound on Interstate 30 and left the roadway and struck the trailer of a truck tractor that was parked on the shoulder of the Interstate. The male driver and sole occupant of the Tesla was pronounced deceased at the scene by Justice of the Peace...
Sulphur Bluff Cemetery Association’s Annual Homecoming 2024
June 3, 2024 – The Sulphur Bluff Cemetery Association’s Annual Homecoming and meeting will be held Sunday, June 30th, 2024. It will be at the Sulphur Bluff Community Center at noon with a covered dish lunch and business meeting to follow. Door prizes will be given.
EMBLEM MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE 2024
June 3, 2024 – EMBLEM MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE and cemetery meeting will be held at 11 AM Sunday, June 9 th at the Emblem Cemetery Chapel on FM highway 71. Special guest speaker will be Garry France, former Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train Master. Following the service, there will be a covered dish lunch. Emblem Cemetery in Hopkins County
Social Security Recipients Will Get One Less Payment in June
June 3, 2024 – Some Americans will receive one less Social Security payment this month, a rare occasion that is the result of a quirk in the system. Typically, the Social Security Administration sends out one payment each week, delivering Social Security checks on the second, third and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Then it pays Supplemental Social Security Income — which provides support for disabled people and older...
66th Texas Game Warden and Texas State Park Police Cadet Class Graduates
June 3, 2024 AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) graduated the 66th Texas Game Wardens and Texas State Park Police cadet class May 31 at Bannockburn Baptist Church in Austin. The class included 31 game wardens and 10 state park police officers. Following their eight months of training at the Texas Game Warden Training Center in Hamilton County, the newly commissioned state peace officers...
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS COULD GET HIT WITH A SURPRISE TAX BILL THIS YEAR
June 3, 2024 – Retirees received a modest cost-of-living bump this year, but many have reported struggling to get by as they continue to battle high inflation that has rapidly eroded their purchasing power. Retirees reported concerns over rising utility, insurance, heating and food costs. More than 66 million Americans collecting Social Security received the bigger payments beginning in January. The payment boost marked a steep...
Homeschool? You can still BOOKIT and Earn Free Pizza This Summer.
May 31, 2024 – Even if you homeschool, you kids can still participate and in BOOKIT program and earn free Pizza Hut pizza this summer. Since the 1980s, Pizza Hut has been rewarding young students for reading books. Traditional school students and homeschooled kids can all participate. Find all the details here.
School Choice Proponents Discuss Future Possibilities in Next Year’s Legislative Session
The primary election has replaced several anti-school choice incumbents with pro-school choice candidates. Adam Cahn | May 30, 2024 The recently concluded Texas primary elections saw unprecedented gains for candidates running on the issue of school choice. Gov. Greg Abbott recently declared that he has the votes to pass a school choice measure once the newly elected candidates are seated in 2025. Given that...
Free Fishing Day in Texas Scheduled for June 1
May 30, 2024 AUSTIN – The Texas tradition of Free Fishing Day returns this Saturday, June 1, at public waterways across the state. Each year on the first Saturday in June, Texans and our visitors can pack their tackle boxes, get their fishing poles ready and go fish on any public waterway in the state without a fishing license. “Free Fishing Day is an annual event that encourages Texans to get outdoors, enjoy nature, and go fishing...
