8.7% COLA Increase Announced For Social Security, SSI Beneficiaries For 2023
SSA Acting Director: Medicare Premiums To Go Down Next Year The Social Security Administration this morning announced that approximately 70 million Americans on Social Security and and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) will see an 8.7% cost of living increase in benefits in 2023, which averages out to about $140 extra in benefits per month starting in January. SSA calls the increase a “substantial Social Security cost-of-living...
SOS 101: Voting By Mail In Texas
AUSTIN — Texas Secretary of State John Scott today released the third installment of ‘SOS 101,’ a series of educational videos on the voting process in Texas ahead of the November 8, 2022 General Election. In the newest video, Secretary Scott provides an overview of voting by mail in Texas, including who is eligible to cast a ballot by mail, ID requirements for voting by mail, and how county officials work to protect the...
Hopkins County 4-H Gives Back
Johanna Hicks By Johanna Hicks, Hopkins County AgriLife Extension Family & Community Health Agent, [email protected] National 4-H Week recognition has come to a close, but Hopkins County 4-H’ers are still going strong! Our County Extension staff feel strongly that we need to teach our youth to give back to the community, and that’s exactly what they are doing! Throughout the month of October, contributions will be accepted...
Preconditioning And Process Verification
Mario Villarino By Mario Villarino, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Hopkins County, [email protected] The purpose of preconditioning stocker/feeder calves is to minimize the morbidity and mortality experienced by calves as they move from their ranch of origin into the beef production system. Process verification is a systematic means of capturing and verifying (sometimes by a third party) the...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report — Oct. 3-9, 2022
Winnsboro Police Department each week provides a media report with information about department activity. WPD activity for the week Oct. 3-9, 2022, included: Arrests Anden Watson, 18 years of age, of Winnsboro was arrested on Oct. 6, 2022, a Wood County Precinct 4 Warrant for Terroristic Threat. Matthew Perron, 51 years of age, of Scroggins was arrested on Oct. 6, 2022, for Driving While Intoxicated. Sherra...
Hopkins County Records — October 7, 2022
Land Deed Transactions The following land transactions were filed with and posted at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office Sept. 15-Sept. 23, 2022: Record books at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office The Ranches at River Ridge LLC to Chandana Reddy Katta, Vamshireddy Kethireddy, Nitya Kondakini, Chandrakala Mannapuram, Vijay Kumar Mannapuram, Sowmya Narra, Santhosh Reddy Purumandla and Anja Reddy Sandadi; tract in the AJ Butts survey...
Tuesday Is Last Day To Register To Vote In Nov. 8 Uniform Elections
Tuesday, Oct. 11, is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 8 Uniform Elections, per Texas laws, which Texas law requires eligible voters to register by the 30th day before Election Day. Those who voted earlier in the year should already be registered to vote in their county, unless they’ve had a change of address since then. On the Ballot On the November ballot in Hopkins County will be the following state and US...
Hopkins County United Way 2022-2023 Campaign Off To Great Start
The Hopkins County United Way 2022-2023 campaign is off to a great start, with most donation packets delivered and $11,503.89 of the $150,000 goal raised over the past week, Hopkins County United Way campaign chair and officers reported during the first campaign workers report meeting Tuesday. Hopkins County United Way Campaign Chair Emily Glass Donations have been made by private citizens, governmental entities, businesses and civic...
CHRISTUS Business News: Sulphur Springs Nurse Receives DAISY Award For Excellence In Care
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month By Jennifer Heitman, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Sulphur Springs, Texas, October 3, 2022 – Breast cancer affects almost 1 in 8 women in the United States and is a curable disease if...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report — Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 2022
Winnsboro Police Department each week provides a media report with information about department activity. WPD activity for the week Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 2022, included: Arrests Patrick Williams, 44 years of age, of Irving, was arrested on Sept. 28, 2022, for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and Winnsboro Municipal Court warrants. Winnsboro Police Department vehicle Calls for Service The Winnsboro Police Department responded to...
