Feb. 8-12 Meal A Day Menu
Feb07

Feb. 8-12 Meal A Day Menu

Although the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center remains closed due to COVID-19, volunteers continue to work five days a week preparing and delivering meals to shut-in elderly in the community. The Feb. 8-12 Meal A Day Menu includes: Monday – Chili Dogs, Chips and Pickle Spear  Tuesday – Cheesy Beef and Potato Casserole, Corn and Normandy Vegetables Wednesday – Chicken and Rice with Vegetables, Pickled Beets and Pinto...

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Lady Cats Softball Explodes in Scrimmage Shutout at McKinney North, 11-0
Feb06

Lady Cats Softball Explodes in Scrimmage Shutout at McKinney North, 11-0

On Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, the Sulphur Springs Lady Cats Softball team traveled out to the DFW metroplex for a scrimmage against McKinney North. While both teams featured stout pitching through the first third of the game, the visiting Lady Cats offense proved to be too much for the Lady Bulldogs as Sulphur Springs cruised to an 11-0 shutout scrimmage victory. What looked like a scrimmage that featured pitching at its finest through 3...

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Canada Ban On Cruise Ships Could Kill Alaska Cruises For 2021
Feb05

Canada Ban On Cruise Ships Could Kill Alaska Cruises For 2021

An archaic U.S. law known as The Jones Act, is coming into play as Canada just announced their ban on any cruise ships stopping at Canadian ports or traveling through Canadian waters until after February 28, 2022. At first glance, you wouldn’t think this could affect an Alaskan cruise leaving from and returning to Seattle, but it is just not that simple. As part of The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (yes, over 100 years ago)...

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After 32 Days, GA-32 Restrictions Lifted For Trauma Service Area F
Feb04

After 32 Days, GA-32 Restrictions Lifted For Trauma Service Area F

Newsom: “We are back to 75% occupancy in small businesses and bars can reopen under GA-32” Trauma Service Area F, which spans across Northeast Texas, is no longer under Executive Order GA-32 restrictions as COVID-19 hospitalizations had remained under 15 percent of the total hospital capacity for seven consecutive days as of Wednesday, according to Texas Department of Public Safety’s Feb. 4 COVID-19 dashboards and...

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Sulphur Springs Fire Department Applying For Homeland Security Grant
Feb04

Sulphur Springs Fire Department Applying For Homeland Security Grant

City Council Approves Extension Of Temporary Emergency Paid Sick Leave Due to COVID-19 Policy, Zoning Board Appointment Sulphur Springs City Council approved resolutions for a Homeland Security grant application and an extension of the temporary emergency paid sick leave due to COVID-19 policy were approved, and a new Zoning Board appointment made during the regular February council meeting this week. Homeland Security Grant Sulphur...

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City Manager’s Report – February 2, 2021
Feb03

City Manager’s Report – February 2, 2021

Sulphur Springs City Council received from City Manager Marc Maxwell the following monthly manager’s report on during the Feb. 2, 2021 council meeting: COVID-19 Response The number of active cases in Hopkins County decreased 13% since our last meeting with a total of 120 active cases as of February 1, 2021. The is the second consecutive month of declining active cases. Last month active cases fell by 11%....

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Sulphur Springs City Council To Consider Requests For 380 Agreements, Final Plat
Feb02

Sulphur Springs City Council To Consider Requests For 380 Agreements, Final Plat

Sulphur Springs City Council has a full agenda tonight, Feb. 2, which includes requests for 380 agreements, a final plat for apartments, a Homeland Security grant application, calling for general and special elections, a Capital Improvements Plan, a proposal to crush waste concrete and to extend emergency paid sick leave and an executive. Three of eight resolutions on the agenda are requests for 380 agreements to build three...

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Mayor Declares February CTE Month In Sulphur Springs
Feb01

Mayor Declares February CTE Month In Sulphur Springs

Sulphur Springs Mayor John Sellers helped Sulphur Springs High School kick off its month-long celebration of career and technical education programs Monday morning by declaring February CTE Month in Sulphur Springs. As has been the case for many things since March 2020, this year’s CTE kickoff was a little bit different at SSHS in order to provide social distancing protocols in place due to COVID-19. Instead of speaking before a...

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Feb. 1-5 Meal A Day Menu
Jan31

Feb. 1-5 Meal A Day Menu

Although the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center remains closed due to COVID-19, volunteers continue to work five days a week preparing and delivering meals to shut-in elderly in the community. The Feb. 1-5 Meal A Day Menu includes: Monday – Beef Stroganoff, English Peas and Garlic Toast Tuesday – King Ranch Chicken, Corn and Broccoli Wednesday – Sliced Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, Green Beans and a Roll Thursday – Mexican...

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Filing For School And Municipal Elections Continues; All Reports So Far Are Of Uncontested Races
Jan30

Filing For School And Municipal Elections Continues; All Reports So Far Are Of Uncontested Races

With a little less than 2 weeks left in the filing for school and municipal elections, all reports thus far are of uncontested races in Hopkins County. Sulphur Springs In Sulphur Springs, the incumbents are the only candidates who had filed candidacy in both the City Council and school board elections. School Board On the first day of the filing period, Kerry Wright and Jason Dietze filed candidate applications seeking a place on the...

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