City Of Sulphur Springs Reaches Land Sale Agreement With Ashoka Steel Mill LLC
Aug23

City Of Sulphur Springs Reaches Land Sale Agreement With Ashoka Steel Mill LLC

A land sale agreement was struck between the city and Ashoka Steel Mills LLC for development of 250-acres out of the total 4,857-acre former Thermo/Luminant mine property Tuesday. The deal marks commitment of Ashoka to invest a minimum of $300 million into business and creation of 315 additional jobs in Sulphur Springs. According to Sulphur Springs-Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Roger Feagley, this...

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Tailgate Time: Spirit Rally and Tour Of CHRISTUS Mobile Athletic Training Room Planned Aug. 26
Aug23

Tailgate Time: Spirit Rally and Tour Of CHRISTUS Mobile Athletic Training Room Planned Aug. 26

August 22, 2022 Business News – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. It’s Tailgate Time! By Jennifer Heitman, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Please join us for a spirit rally and tour of the CHRISTUS Mobile Athletic Training Room (MATR) before the Sulphur Springs...

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Sulphur Springs ISD Trustees Call For $81.5 Million Bond Election
Aug22

Sulphur Springs ISD Trustees Call For $81.5 Million Bond Election

Maintenance Portion Of Tax Rate Is 1.7 Cents Lower; Bond Would Increase Debt Service Part Of Tax Rate 1 Cent Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees Monday morning called for an $81.5 million bond election to be held on Nov. 8, approved budget amendments, a tax rate that is 1.7 cents lower on the maintenance, for the upcoming tax year as well as a balanced budget. SSISD Board of Trustees during an Aug. 22, 2022, special board meeting...

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Commissioners Court Approves OGM Lease, Election Equipment Upgrades, Printer Donation
Aug20

Commissioners Court Approves OGM Lease, Election Equipment Upgrades, Printer Donation

Hopkins County Commissioners Court approved a 1.2-acre oil, gas and mineral lease; funding for election equipment upgrades, a donation, printer donation, copier lease agreement, services agreement during a special court session. OGM Lease Steve Payton with Daisy Daze RV Park LLC Precinct 3 Commissioner Wade Bartley reported only one bidder was present on the square the week before when oil, gas and mineral rights to a 1.2-acre parcel...

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Hopkins County Has Lowest July 2022 Unemployment Rate In Workforce Area
Aug19

Hopkins County Has Lowest July 2022 Unemployment Rate In Workforce Area

Hopkins County’s 3.3% July 2022 unemployment rate was the lowest in the Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area, with Franklin County in second at 3.4%, followed by Delta County’s 4.2%. These were the only three counties among the nine in NETWDA that were below the state July 2022 unemployment average of 4.3% and Texas’ seasonally adjusted average of 4%, but only the Hopkins and Franklin counties were below the US...

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Recalled: 5,760 Cases Of Capri Sun Wild Cherry Flavored Juice Drink
Aug18

Recalled: 5,760 Cases Of Capri Sun Wild Cherry Flavored Juice Drink

Before you pack your kids’ lunches or send them out to play with a juice drink pack, be sure any Capri Sun products you’re distributing aren’t among the 5,760 cases of cherry flavored juice drink blend recalled by Kraft Heinz. Only the Capri Sun Wild Cherry flavored juice drink blend beverages with a June 25, 2023, “Best When Used By “date on them were affected. According to recall release from Kraft...

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Minor Changes To SSISD Policy Should Make Qualifying For Extended Leave A Little Easier
Aug18

Minor Changes To SSISD Policy Should Make Qualifying For Extended Leave A Little Easier

Minor changes to two local policies should make qualifying for extended leave a little easier, should employees have cause to need it, Sulphur Springs ISD administrators told trustees when presenting the recommended changes for approval this week. SSISD Assistant Superintendent Lisa Robinson noted Aug. 15, 2022, that DMA and DEC were the two local policies administrators had pulled out of the Texas Association of School Boards Policy...

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Aug. 17, 2022 Chamber Connection – 70 Entries Already Registered For Stew Contest
Aug17

Aug. 17, 2022 Chamber Connection – 70 Entries Already Registered For Stew Contest

Ribeye Roundup Entry Deadline Is Sept. 1; This Year’s Event Features Junior Cook Category For Ages 7-17 Years Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce logo Sulphur Springs Texas By Butch Burney, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce President/CEO, Registration for the 53rd Annual Hopkins County Stew Festival, presented by Alliance Bank, have been pouring in. We already have almost 70 entries with more than a month to go before the...

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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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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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