Left: Jorja Bessonett and Kobe Robertson were named the Miller Grove Homecoming Queen and King Friday night. Right: Isaiah Billingsley and Jolee Fox, the left pair, were second runners-up, and Lauren Bullard and Matt Brignon, the right pair, were first runners-up for Homecoming royalty Friday night.

A $750,000 sewer project at Saputo is the next big step in Sulphur Springs’ capital improvement plan and is totally grant-funded by the Texas Department of Agriculture, reported city manager Marc Maxwell to the city council Tuesday night.

Isabella Nessie Velasco was born to Marcella, 24, and Francisco, 27, Velasco of Sulphur Springs at 12:26 a.m. Jan. 1 at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. Isabella weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and was one week early, and she has five other siblings ages 7, 6, 4, 2 and 1. CORRECTION: In the print edition of the Jan. 6 News-Telegram, Marcella's age was incorrectly listed as 20. Her correct age is 24. The News-Telegram regrets the error.

Above: Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum (left) was sworn in by Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom (right) Friday and shook hands with him afterward. Tatum was uncontested in his candidacy.

Ask anyone - 2020 was definitely an unforgettable year, filled with ups and (well, mostly) downs. Here are just some of those events that made headlines in the Sulphur Springs News-Telegram last year: JANUARY • Jan.