Barbara Beeson Sturgeon
Barbara Beeson Sturgeon, 75, passed away on August 27, 2019, at Senior Care of Lake Pointe in Rockwall, TX. She was born in Sulphur Springs, TX. She attended high school there and met her husband, Claude T. Sturgeon, while attending high school. They were married on June 14, 1963, and had one daughter, Robin Sturgeon Abess, in May 1964. In 1971, the Sturgeon family moved to Commerce, TX, where Barbara...
Cooper Lake State Park Offers Fun for Fall for All!
Cooper Lake welcomes you to visit and enjoy the great outdoors, during all seasons of the year! Spend some time camping, hiking or boating with the family on your own, or take advantage of planned Park activities. The Labor Day weekend offers special programs at both the South Sulphur Unit on the Hopkins County side of the lake and the Doctor’s Creek Unit on the Delta County side of the lake. (Labor Day weekend activities appear...
Tira News for Aug. 28, 2019
By Jan Vaughn No election will be required for the Tira City Council. The three incumbents, Allen Joslin, Mayor, Joyce Dodd and Janie Lewis, Council Members, are unopposed. The next quarterly council meeting will be held on Monday, Sept. 9, at 6 p.m. at the Tira Community Center. The public is always welcome. Linda Jean Parsons and Buddy spent four days at College Station, as “another grandkid enters college.” Linda reports,...
Sulphur Bluff Lady Bears Post Two Wins
Sulphur Bluff Lady Bears Pick Up Volleyball Wins Over CHAAMP and Yantis The Sulphur Bluff Lady Bears are on a roll with recent wins over CHAAMP, Christian Homeschool Athletic Association of Mount Pleasant, and Yantis. The Lady Bears topped CHAAMP, 3-0 winning 25-13, 25-12 and 25-23. Ann Dorner had 15 service points and 5 kills. Dalena Di Donato had 2 service points and 4 kills. Tori Raine had 3 service points and 2 kills. Jada Wade...
Lady Cats Volleyball Beat Paris
Lady Cats Volleyball Team Squeezes Past Paris The Lady Cats Volleyball Team won a highly competitive match against Paris, 3-2 in Paris Tuesday evening. The Lady Cats got off to a good start winning the first set, 25-20. Paris bounced back to even the match taking set two, 25-20. The third set went right down to the wire. The teams were tied, 23-23. The Lady Cats got big kills from Sadie Washburn and Aliyah Abrah to win the set, 25-23....
Delta County Courthouse Reportedly Closed Due To Flooding, Storm Damages
Anyone visiting Delta County Courthouse Tuesday afternoon was greeted by this sign, Grace Stone Crabb posted on Facebook on Aug. 27. Delta County Courthouse is reportedly “closed indefinitely” due to flooding from the heavy storm which ripped through the area Tuesday morning. The courthouse staff waded in to protect as many records and county property inside the courthouse as possible Tuesday, Grace Stone Crabb reported in...
Bidding Process Open Again For Fore Street Property Constructed By SSHS Classes
Sealed bids are being accepted through Sept. 27 for this farm-style home constructed by Sulphur Springs High School construction classes over the last 2 years. Sulphur Springs Independent School District is once again seeking bids for the farm-style home built over two school years by Sulphur Springs High School construction classes. Because of the value of the new 1,550 square-foot farm-style 2 bedroom, two bath house which was...
Oil Spill Closes Section of Cumby Street For A Few Hours Monday Afternoon
Cumby Residents Can Now Sign Up For Emergency Alerts From The City Cumby City Hall, 100 East Main Street, Cumby, Texas Cumby residents who signed up for the new alert system were notified by call, and others learned via Facebook post to avoid Main Street at Commerce Street for a few hours Monday afternoon. Emergency officials were alerted at 12:55 p.m. Aug. 26 that a vehicle hauling 5-gallon buckets of hydraulic oil had spilled...
Mount Pleasant Man Jailed For Second Time This Summer In Hopkins County
A 42-year-old Mount Pleasant man’s trip to Sulphur Springs included a visit to the county jail, after he claimed drug paraphernalia found in the sport utility vehicle he was driving Monday night. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Lance Burdick reportedly stopped a gray Ford SUV at 11:49 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26, on the north Interstate 30 servie road at mile marker 134, after allegedly noticing it had defective stop and license...
Winnsboro Man Jailed On Hopkins County Warrant
Timothy Allen Gordon A 54-year-old Winnsboro man was taken into custody Monday afternoon on a felony Hopkins County warrant, according to arrest and jail reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office was alerted Timothy Allen Gordon would be released from another facility. Deputy Dan Turrentine was dispatched to Greenville, where he took Gordon into custody at 12:45 p.m. and transported him to Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center,...
