Chamber Connection – May 1, 2024
By Butch Burney The annual Cinco de Mayo celebration will get going at lunchtime Saturday and continue into the evening at Celebration Plaza. Everyone is invited to join the food and fun in downtown Sulphur Springs. Several bands will be playing throughout the day and there will be food stations and vendors. County wide Clean Up Hopkins County Clean Up Days are Friday, May 3, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Saturday, May 4, 7 a.m. to noon. If you live in the county, your collection site will be your corresponding precinct barn. Bouquets and Bubbly...
read moreCumby 2024 FFA Auction and Dinner to be Held May 4th
April 30, 2024 – The auction of the Cumby FFA is scheduled for Saturday, May 4, 2024. It will be held at 6pm. Cumby FFA Members will be selling various items including, hay rings, fire pits, porch swings, cornhole boards, as well as many outdoor and indoor items. Dinner is also provided. If you have any concerns or questions please reach out, a preferred phone number would be (214)-725-1032. Cumby 2024 FFA Auction
read moreThe Next Lady Cats Area Playoff Softball Game is Friday, May 3rd, in Commerce
April 29, 2024 – The Sulphur Springs High School Lady Cats meet Quinlan Ford in Commerce, Texas, on Friday, May 3rd, 2024, in an area Playoff game. Game is scheduled to start at 5:00pm. KSST, 1230am, will carry the game, live. We will also video the game for playback at a later date and time. So, if you can’t come on out to the ball park in Commerce, Texas, and cheer on your hometown Lady Cats, then tune in to KSST and catch the action, live, with our broadcast team, John Mark Dempsey and Tony Flippin! Below is the Lady Cats...
read moreChoral Society to Present Next Concert May 4th and 5th
April 29, 2024 – The North East Texas Choral Society will present their next concert, “I Saw The Light”, Saturday, May 4th, 2024, beginning at 7:00pm, and Sunday, May 5th, 2024, beginning at 2:00pm. Admission is $15 for adults, $5 for children age 6 thru 12, and free for kids younger than 6. The performances will be held at the Sulphur Springs High School Auditorium, 1200 Houston Street, Sulphur Springs, Texas. You can purchase tickets online at singerscount.org, or from Alliance Bank, CNB, or Guaranty Bank and Trust....
read moreCome And Get It Auction This Weekend
April 29, 2024 – The Come And Get It Auction Company of Sulphur Springs is holding their first ever auction this weekend. Doors open at 5 for preview and auction starts at 6PM May 4th, 2024. You can view a sample of the items up for grabs on their Facebook page. Funiture Collectables Wall hangings and framed posters and more Just head south of Sulphur Springs to 4163 Highway 19.
read moreMiller Grove FFA Banquet to be Held May 9th
April 25, 2024 – The 2024 Miller Grove FFA Banquet is scheduled for May 9th, 2024. The will will be Miller Grove’s 90th FFA Banquet, which will begin at 6:00pm. Established in 1934, this year’s Miller Grove FFA Banquet will take place at the Miller Grove ISD Multipurpose facility. Don’t miss out. Miller Grove ISD Staff Banquet Invite 2024
read moreA&M-Commerce Hosts Luncheon to Celebrate Lyon Center for Gamebird Research
April 25, 2024 – COMMERCE, TEXAS: Texas A&M University-Commerce hosted a luncheon at the Hilton hotel in Rockwall, Texas, on Tuesday, April 16, to celebrate the university’s planned Ted and Donna Lyon Center for Gamebird Research. A&M Gamebird Research The Lyon Center, which will be located along Highway 24 in Commerce, Texas, approximately 1.5 miles south of the university campus, will feature a state-of-the-art quail research and production facility, a wetland research station, an interactive Quail Encounter experience...
read morePickleball Champions Announced
Craig Johnson and Drake Clarke emerge victorious in the Inaugural Hopkins County Open, Pickleball Championship! April 23, 2024 – After a very Stormy Saturday, beautiful weather peaked through and gave pickleball fans in Hopkins County the perfect weather for the Inaugural Hopkins County Open Pickleball Championship benefiting client services of your Hopkins County Community Action Network, more commonly known as CANHELP. Fourteen teams fought hard all afternoon before a large crowd of spectators at the Sulphur Springs High School Tennis...
read moreFirst Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation Mingo Deemed a Success
April 23, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s first Mingo event was a success. Not only didplayers have fun, but the funds were secured to offer free heart calcium tests to HopkinsCounty men. Mingo night involved 196 players vying for 24 prizes and 11 door prizes. Players enjoyeddelicious BBQ sandwiches from Slaughter’s BBQ Oasis, and the Grub House provided the barstocked with sodas, beer, and Old Fashioneds. The preliminary figures indicate the net incomeis approximately $12,000. Of that,...
read moreFight for Zachariah
April 23, 2024 – Fight for Zachariah is a local effort to raise funds for an alternative cancer treatment for 19 year-old Zachariah Walker. Walker is fighting a rare and aggressive cancer. He was originally diagnosed at the age of 17. His family is seeking funds to provide an alternative cancer treatment. That treatment is not covered by insurance. His family will need to provide the entire $54,000. Walker worked at Signature Solar in Sulphur Springs until his radiation and chemotherapy treatments took their toll on his energy levels....
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