Volleyball and Cross Country Are on Tap on This Game Day Friday
On this game day Friday (September 18), there is Lady Cats Volleyball and Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country on the schedule. The Lady Cats Volleyball Team, 0-1 for the season, plays their second match, again on the road. The Lady Cats are at Frisco Heritage, coached by Jeni Maxton, the cousin of Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner. There will be Freshmen and JV games at 5:30 p.m. Friday with and the Varsity match following at...
DBA Meets New Business People, Discusses 2020 Plans
During the regular March meeting for members of the Downtown Business Alliance, upcoming projects and plans were discussed. Also, a couple of new business people attended to introduce themselves and their business ventures. In the absence of President Jason Tulley, VP Linda Galligher presided over the meeting. Billie Ruth Standbridge and Dinky Weeks display a map Longtime member Billie Ruth Standbridge provided a map of downtown...
City Council Approves Asbestos Abatement And Street Improvement Contracts, Grant Application
Sulphur Springs City Council approved most of the items on Tuesday night’s agenda as recommended, including annexation on of the former Thermo mine property, a franchise agreement, a grant application for a thermal imager, and contracts for asbestos abatement and the street improvement program. Black History Month Sulphur Springs City Council members Harold Nash, Freddie Taylor and Mayor John Sellers Mayor John Sellers, on...
Annual DBA Car Show Comes to Downtown on November 2
Remember your first car, or the car you always wanted as a young driver? You may see that vehicle during the Heritage Square Car Show in downtown Sulphur Springs on Celebration Plaza on Saturday November 2, 2019. Cars will begin arriving on the square at 8am, and registration will remain open until noon. The entries will be parked around Celebration Plaza which will be closed to other traffic. At 1pm, judging of the best cars and...
Chamber Connection – Sept. 12, 2019
By Lezley Brown, CEO & president, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce I have some more very exciting news! The Chamber of Commerce is currently selling our 2019 Hopkins County Christmas ornament. This ornament is the second of our series and features our beautiful Buford Park, the 50th Anniversary Stew Contest and beautiful oak trees under a starry sky. It is dated with the year, made with 24 karat gold, shatterproof, and VERY...
Chamber Connection For Sept. 5, 2019
By Lezley Brown, President/CEO of Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce We have a Stew deadline looking us in the eyeballs! Sept. 13 is the last day for cooks to enter and keep your stew site from 2018. All unreserved sites will be open to new cooks on Monday, Sept. 16, at 8 a.m. Forms have been mailed out, but if you need them, all forms are on our website at www.hopkinschamber.org, and we have them at the Chamber. So, all of you cooks...
Chamber Connection For Aug. 29, 2019
By Lezley Brown, President/CEO of Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce The 50th Anniversary of Stew Contest will be here before we know it! Cooks have begun reserving their spots, and it’s going to be quite a celebration. Just so you know, cook letters and entry forms have been mailed out. Your letter, if you cooked last year, should have arrived in the mail. However, if you need them, all forms are on our website at...
Chamber Connection – Aug. 22, 2019
By Lezley Brown, president/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce The 50th Anniversary of Stew Contest will be here before we know it! Cooks have begun reserving their spots, and it’s going to be quite a celebration. Just so you know, cook letters and entry forms have been mailed out. Your letter, if you cooked last year, should have arrived in the mail. However, if you need them, all forms are on our website at...
NextLink Breaks Ground On Sulphur Springs Site
Groundbreaking ceremony on Aug. 20, 2019, for NextLink Internet’s Sulphur Springs office Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County officials and community members welcomed NextLink to town Tuesday morning. The Texas-based high speed Internet and phone company kicked off construction of a Sulphur Springs location in Heritage Business Park beside Armorock and across from Load Trail. “We are glad to have NextLink here to contribute...
DBA ‘Brick Street Market’ Opens in Downtown at 8am on Saturday September 21
The merchant members of the Downtown Business Alliance invite you to celebrate Sulphur Springs at the Brick Street Vintage Market coming up on Saturday September 21, 2019. Find out all the exciting details below! The one-day Brick Street Market will be open on Saturday September 21, 2019 to offer street shopping, tastings, trunk showings, live music and an arts, crafts, antique and vintage decor market. In fact, Brick Street Market...
