J. Refugio Robles Trejo
June 23, 1965 ~ January 16, 2025 (age 59) Funeral Mass for J. Refugio Robles Trejo will be at 11:00 am on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, at St. James Catholic Church with Father Raymundo Garcia officiating. Jose Miguel Robles, Jose Heriberto Robles, Julio Cesar Robles, Juan Eduardo Robles, Ignacio Robles, Vicente Olvera, Israel Rivera, and Victor Zuniga will be serving as pallbearers. There will be a viewing at the family’s...
Hopkins County Genealogical Society to Hold Next Lunch & Learn January 22nd
January 17, 2025 – Lunch & Learn will be held this coming Wednesday, January 22, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at 611 North Davis St., Sulphur Springs, Tx. The Hopkins County Genealogical Society invites anyone who wants to learn more about doing genealogical research to join us. Bring your sack lunch, salad or drive-through meal if you like. We are excited to have our society president, John A. Sellers, as our...
Seven State Employees Pilfer State Assistance Accounts Get Fired
January 17, 2025 – Seven state employees have been terminated for improperly accessing and, in some cases, stealing money from accounts of thousands of Texans who rely on Medicaid, food stamps, and other public assistance programs. The Texas Tribune confirmed the misconduct following an investigation into the employees’ actions, which involved unauthorized access to sensitive information and misappropriation of funds meant for...
Murray Hudson
September 14, 1960 — January 14, 2025 Yantis Celebration of life for Murray Hudson, age 64, of Yantis, Texas will be held at a later date. Mr. Hudson passed away at his home on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. With our condolences.
Tax Appointment Scheduler is Live!
January 16, 2025 – They tell us the only sure things are death and taxes. The local AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide program can’t do much for the former; we are here to help with the latter by offering free income tax preparation and filing services during the upcoming tax filing season. Need tax filing help? Tax-Aide has got you covered. Our trained and Internal Revenue Service-certified Tax-Aide volunteers will provide this...
Dawna Pryor From the Senior Citizens Center Dropped by for This Second Cup Of Coffee
Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Activity Center Coordinator Dawna Pryor dropped by to have a Second Cup Of Coffee With John Mark Dempsey. John Mark and Dawna chatted about various topics such as the Senior Center being open during the last cold spell, the Senior Citizens Center’s need for heaters and blankets for their Silver Santa Drive still under way, because it’s still cold outside after Christmas… and Dawna and...
CHRISTUS Health Opens new ENT Clinic in Sulphur Springs
January 16, 2025 – (SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas) – CHRISTUS Health announced today the addition of ear, nose and throat (ENT) services and opened a new ENT clinic with a ribbon cutting and blessing. Located at 101 Medical Plaza, adjacent to CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, the nearly 2,000 square-foot clinic features multiple exam rooms, procedure room and audiology testing booth. The clinic began seeing patients...
Chamber Connection – January 16, 2025
By Butch Burney Be a star at the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce’s 98th Annual Banquet and Community Awards, because the theme for the Feb. 13 event is Vintage Hollywood. At the banquet, we will recognize Citizen of the Year, Woman of the Year, Caregiver of the Year, Community Pride Award, Agriculturist of the Year, Growth and Renewal, Outstanding Professional Educator, Outstanding ParaProfessional Educator, Outstanding Auxiliary...
Suspect Arrested on Charge of Timber Theft in Liberty County
January 15, 2025 Suspect arrested on charge of timber theft in Liberty County LIBERTY, Texas – Gabriel Burress, 37, of Rye, Texas, was arrested Wednesday, Jan.15, 2025, in Liberty County for Unauthorized Harvesting of Timber valued between $500 – $20,000, a state jail felony. Burress was arrested by the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit and Texas A&M Forest Service Law Enforcement...
Attorney General Ken Paxton Defends Texas Law Protecting Children from Online Porn
January 16, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the Supreme Court of the United States, Attorney General Ken Paxton defended a Texas law requiring internet based pornography sites to verify the user’s age to protect children from being exposed to harmful content. In 2023, Texas passed House Bill 1181 compelling pornography companies to institute reasonable age-verification measures to safeguard children from obscene online material...
