Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell presented the following memorandum to the City Council during the regular meeting on April 2, 2024: CLAIMS We had 2 minor workers compensation claims in March. Neither required treatment.

UPRA Spring Membership Rodeo

At least three entities in Hopkins County are holding elections: Sulphur Bluff ISD and Sulphur Springs ISD are both asking voters to consider passing a bond, while Sulphur Springs City Council has three terms expiring next month. Sulphur Springs ISD also has two board members whose terms end next month. Kati Adair and Brian Kelly drew no challengers, assuring they will each be seats on the school board. For those who live in Sulphur Springs or Sulphur Bluff, below is the pertinent information for those who have yet to cast ballots in these elections.

The City of Sulphur Springs is excited to announce a Ribbon-Cutting event for its new Senior Citizen Center. The event will take place on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 11 a.m. at 301 Oak Avenue, Sulphur Springs, TX 75482.

Briefs Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County law enforcement and emergency services activity from 5 a.m. April 17 to 5:30 a.m.

Teachers and Staff of the Year Como-Pickton CISD has announced their 2024 Teachers and Staff Person of the Year. Recipients received their awards on Thursday, April 18.

Bianca Juarez was named Elementary Student of the Month. She is described as 'a wonderful student who strives to learn,” and 'who treats others with kindness [and] helps her teachers and always does the right thing,” Como-Pickton Elementary Principal Austin Baxley said. 'Her work, essays, attitudes and compassion make her an easy choice for student of the month.

Miller Grove High School students brought home multiple individual and team trophies recently from the UIL District Academic Meet. Individuals and teams placed in a number of contests, held at the Miller Grove campus Tuesday, April 2.

Glynda Chester was approved to become the new police chief for Como-Pickton CISD. Trustees approved her employment at their April 15 board meeting,.

Jewellee Jordan Kuenstler will discuss her book, Heavy Date Over Germany: The Life And Times of B-17 Tail Gunner Ray Perry, at the World War II History Roundtable Audie Murphy Chapter meeting in the American Cotton/ Murphy Museum in Greenville. The program will begin at 7 p.m. April 25. The public is invited to attend. Kuenstler was a Perry neighbor and interviewed the veteran, father of former Texas Governor Rick Perry. Kuenstler is director of the Museum of the West Texas Frontier in Stamford, Texas. Sponsor of the program is Greenville Electric Utility System [GEUS].