The Texas Department of State Health Services Coronavirus Dashboard shows the number of active cases of COVID in Titus County has increased by 23, to 152.  The death toll remains at 84.

Stephen F. Austin State University and Nacogdoches-based Fredonia Brewery have created a beer named Purple Lights. It celebrates the university’s tradition of displaying purple lights on campus when its athletic teams are victorious. Regional and statewide distribution will take place throughout the fall semester.

  An inmate at the federal prison in Texarkana has died after testing positive for Coronavirus. Prison officials said the 53-year-old inmate had pre-existing medical conditions that put him at greater risk for developing a severe COVID infection. There are currently 76 inmates at the prison with active COVID, and …

As a service to the community, next Wednesday’s (Aug. 11, 2021) Sulphur Springs Kiwanis Club program will focus on the huge and growing crisis of Human Trafficking – including in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. The public is invited to attend the 30-minute presentation beginning at 12:30 pm in the …

  NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING    TIME:                   9:00 A.M. DATE:                   Monday, August 9, 2021 PLACE:                In The Commissioners’ Courtroom On The First Floor Of The Hopkins County Courthouse Located At                                 118 Church St., Sulphur Springs, TX.                            Invocation Pledge Of Allegiance To The Flag   AMERICAN FLAG: TEXAS …

All remaining Wildcat football season tickets will go on sale to the public today.  Tickets will be sold online only.  A credit card will be required for purchase.  Tickets are $50 per seat (includes 5 home games), plus the service fees that the ticket company assesses.  There will be a …

    Paris Police responded to a theft call in the 2400 block of N Main St . Officers located and arrested 26 year old Jarrick Dalton Watkins after he was found  carrying the items that were reported as stolen.  It was later found that Watkins had at least two …

The Texas Department of State Health Services Coronavirus Dashboard shows 158 active cases of COVID 19 in Hopkins County. There have been 114 fatalities from the virus and an estimated 3,558 recoveries.

CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs will host a COVID Vaccine Clinic tomorrow and every Friday through August 27 from 9am to 11am  in the main lobby of the hospital through August 27, 2021. The available vaccines include Moderna (2-doses, ages 18 and older), Pfizer (2-doses, ages 12 and …

CANHelp  of Hopkins County is hosting a blood drive from 930am to 130pm Saturday, at 613 Gilmer St. in Sulphur Springs in the side parking lot on the Carter BloodCare bus. People  who are fully vaccinated are no longer required to wear a face mask at Carter BloodCare blood drives …