Wildcats Football Suffer Loss In Closest Game Yet
Wildcats End Up on Short End of Scoreboard as Terrell Wins 15-13 in District Opener It just was not the Wildcats night Friday (September 13) as the Terrell Tigers found a way to squeeze by the Wildcats 15-13 in Terrell in the district opener for each team. Terrell got off to a good start covering 62 yards on their opening drive to score. The Tigers first play from scrimmage was a 54 yard completion from quarterback Trey Lunsford to...
SSES Students, Staff Explain Use, Impact Of Capturing Kids Hearts On Campus
Sulphur Springs Elementary students and staff Monday night demonstrated and explained to the school board the positive impact teachers’ training in and implementing of Capturing Kids Hearts program is having on that campus. Sulphur Springs Elementary School students and staff demonstrate how they begin their days, with positive greetings. Teachers Megan Wiggins and Whitney Vaughan asked the school board members and staff to...
Job Burnout: What is Going on?
Johanna Hicks, By Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent We have probably all experienced job burnout at one time or another. Sometimes all it takes is time away from the workplace to refresh and rejuvenate. Job burnout is a special type of work-related stress — a state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment, according to the Mayo Clinic....
County Budget Includes Cost Of Living Increase For County Employees
Fire department shift officers to receive small bump in pay to get scale closer to that of starting deputies Hopkins County Courthouse Hopkins County Commissioners Court is expected to approve the county budget and tax rates as proposed. The proposed tax rate will remain the same for the third consecutive year, and the budget will be very similar to last year’s thanks to conservative planning, according to Hopkins County Judge...
Wildcats Football Team To Play First Game at Lovejoy’s Leopard Stadium on Game Day Friday
The Wildcats Football Team plays their second and last non-district game of the season Friday night (September 6) against a team they have almost no history with. The Wildcats are taking on the Lucas Lovejoy Leopards. On this Friday game day, the Wildcats will be playing their first ever game at Lucas Lovejoy’s Leopard Stadium. The two teams scheduled a game last season at Gerald Prim Stadium but that game was canceled due to...
Proposed Ordinance Would Limit Curbside Parking At Intersections in City Limits
A new ordinance proposed this week by city officials would amend city policies regarding curbside parking. Ordinance No. 2759 would amend Chapter 25 of the Code of Ordinances to include Section 25-82.1, prohibiting curbside parking within 25 feet of any intersection inside the city limits. City Attorney Jim McLeroy explained that this was an ordinance city officials had received a request for. City staff explored the idea of...
Street Maintenance Doubled In Sulphur Springs In Spring
Waste Lift System Repairs Begin Sooner Than Originally Planned The street maintenance fee program implements in 2019 has been successful, doubling the amount street surfaces that received repairs this year, thanks to the $5 street maintenance fee Sulphur Springs residents pay on their utility bills. Plans for another major repair project had to be started immediately due to the precarious state of the system; the Cantex sewer lift...
City Property Tax, Utility Rates Approved On First Reading By Council
Sulphur Springs Finance Director Lesa Smith, City Secretary Gale Roberts Sulphur Springs City Council approved on first reading several ordinances dealing with the city property tax and service rates, as well as another amending the 2018-19 budget. Budget City Finance Director Lesa Smith asked the council to approve Ordinance 27851, which amends the 2018-19 budget. She explained that Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport has sold more jet...
Public Hearing Slated Tuesday For County Tax Rate
Commissioners Court Plans Executive Session, To Receive Annual Inspection from SSFD, Sulphur River Resolution Hopkins County Commissioners Court Hopkins County Commissioners Court will hold a special Tuesday meeting for public comment on the proposed tax rate. The first public hearing for the tax rate, held during the regular Aug. 26 court session, passed with no public comment. County Tax Assessor/Collector Debbie Pogue Mitchell...
Wildcats Football Fall To Frisco
Frisco Wakeland Uses Big Second Half to Run Away From the Wildcats, 53-17 at The Prim Friday Things looked pretty good for the Wildcats at the half. They had battled toe to toe with Frisco Wakeland and the teams were tied 17-17. The Wildcats had no idea what a nightmarish second half awaited them. The Wolverines scored 36 unanswered points in the second half on their way to a 53-17 win at Gerald Prim Stadium Friday night (August 30)...
