Transition to Fall at Cooper Lake State Park!
Aug26

Transition to Fall at Cooper Lake State Park!

Steve Killian, [email protected], 903-916-0211 August 25th, 2021 texas parks Cooper, TX— Fall officially begins this month and always brings a variety of fun opportunities to be experienced at Cooper Lake State Park!  A total of 27 programs focused on family fun, recreation, and learning about our natural world will be offered.  Our highlighted program topics for September are Gyotaku and Dutch Oven...

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Travel Tuesday: Atlas World Navigator Inaugural Cruise
Aug24

Travel Tuesday: Atlas World Navigator Inaugural Cruise

Alberto Aliberti & The Youngs Atlas Ocean Voyages’ new ship set sail on it’s inaugural voyage from Athens, Greece, with Rhonda and Chad Young from Sulphur Springs being welcomed as the first guests to check in on the cruise line’s first ship for it’s first passenger cruise. Atlas President, Alberto Aliberti, greeted the Youngs and shared that he was a “fellow Texan” as he went to high school in...

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Pine Forest Solar I & Hybrid I Granted Use Of 9 County Roads
Aug23

Pine Forest Solar I & Hybrid I Granted Use Of 9 County Roads

Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning approved a resolution granting Pine Forest Solar I LLC, and Pine Forest Hybrid I, LLC, permission to use 9 county roads during development and for improvements to the solar project planned in the area. Two Dike residents also spoke to the Commissioners Court Aug. 23, 2021, regarding the planned solar project in their neighborhood. Pine Forest Roads The Commissioners Court on July 26...

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Hopkins County EMS Earns National Recognition For Efforts To Improve STEMI Treatment In Northeast Texas
Aug23

Hopkins County EMS Earns National Recognition For Efforts To Improve STEMI Treatment In Northeast Texas

The American Heart Association Presents Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Plus Achievement Award For Implementation Of Quality Care For Severe Heart Attack Patients SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas — Hopkins County EMS has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Plus Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures to treat patients who suffer severe heart attacks. Each year, more than 250,000...

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Commissioners Court To Consider Adopting Budget And Tax Rate Monday
Aug22

Commissioners Court To Consider Adopting Budget And Tax Rate Monday

Repairs To 2 County Buildings, Pine Forest Solar And Hybrid’s Road Use Requests Are Also On Aug. 23 Agenda The Hopkins County Commissioners Court has a full agenda Monday morning, with adoption of the budget and tax rate at the top of the list. Bids for repairs for two county buildings, Pine Forest Solar LLC and Pine Forest Hybrid I LLC’s road use requests, the Selection Committee’s review of and recommendations...

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Franklin County Has Lowest July 2021 Unemployment Rate In Area
Aug20

Franklin County Has Lowest July 2021 Unemployment Rate In Area

Hopkins County Falls to 2nd By Narrow Margin After an extended period, Hopkins County can no longer claim to have the lowest jobless rate in the Northeast Texas/Texarkana Workforce Development Area. Franklin County unseated Hopkins County lst month for that, but Hopkins County is a close second with only 0.1 separating the two counties’ July 2021 unemployment rates, according to the latest Local Area Unemployment Statistics...

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Pleasant Grove Tops Sulphur Springs in Final Scrimmage Before Fall 2021 Season
Aug19

Pleasant Grove Tops Sulphur Springs in Final Scrimmage Before Fall 2021 Season

The Wildcats football team showed a lot of fight in their second and final scrimmage before the fall 2021 season, but fell to the visiting Pleasant Grove Hawks 21-7 on Aug. 19, 2021 at Gerald Prim Stadium. Things did not start as Coach Greg Owens would have liked, as the Hawks got the ball to start the scrimmage and proceeded to go an an eight play, 71 yard drive that ended with a 1-yard rushing touchdown to put Pleasant Grove ahead...

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TAMUC Alum Designs Cranial Prosthesis With Cornell University Team
Aug19

TAMUC Alum Designs Cranial Prosthesis With Cornell University Team

COMMERCE, TX—In the two years since graduating from Texas A&M University-Commerce, Karli Thornton has been busy changing the world. She has worked internationally, earned her master’s degree in biomedical engineering from Cornell University in New York and designed a patent-pending cranial prosthesis device that can potentially help millions of patients. None of her success would be possible, she says, without the foundation she...

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Free Sports Injury Clinic Now Open Saturdays by Dr. Meltsakos, CHRISTUS Orthopedic Surgeon/Sports Medicine
Aug19

Free Sports Injury Clinic Now Open Saturdays by Dr. Meltsakos, CHRISTUS Orthopedic Surgeon/Sports Medicine

CHRISTUS Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Chris Meltsakos As Fall begins, so does the school sports season. The team of CHRISTUS specialty practitioners in Sulphur Springs includes Dr. Chris Meltsakos at Trinity Orthopedics and Sports Medicine at 103B Medical Circle. In addition to seeing and treating patients of all ages with bone fractures, joint and other orthopedic issues, Meltsakos also heads up a free Sports Injury Clinic held on Saturday...

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A Few Changes To Note As SSISD Begins The 2021-2022 School Year Today
Aug18

A Few Changes To Note As SSISD Begins The 2021-2022 School Year Today

Sulphur Springs ISD Administrators went over a few changes this year that students, parents and staff will want to make note of, particularly those regarding school meals, corporal punishment, absences, one dress code change, School Health Advisory Council operations, final exams, leave for SSISD police officer and return to school plan basics. School Meals SSISD Child Nutrition Deparmtent, like those in most school districts this...

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