Donna Yarbrough, Cumby Collegiate ISD’s current special education coordinator, was named as the new elementary school principal during Thursday's regular school board meeting. The trustees unanimously approved the recommendation of Superintendent Shelly Slaughter.

If you've got large household items that need to be disposed of but don't fit in your trash can, you'll want to be sure to make note of the upcoming spring clean up dates for your area. Sulphur Springs and Cumby residents will have two opportunities to get rid of household trash — provided it doesn't contain toxic materials and or specified prohibited items.

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced that nominations for the 2024 Star of Texas Awards, which honor peace officers, firefighters, emergency medical first responders, and federal law enforcement who were seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, are now open. Nominations are due to the Office of the Governor by June 13, 2024.

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION — Spring has sprung, but flowers may not be the only things popping up in your yard; this also is the season when snakes come out of hibernation. There are almost 3,000 different species of snakes in the world, with less than a third considered venomous, according to the U.S.

Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County law enforcement and emergency services activity from 5:30 a.m. Fridayto 5 a.m.

„ The John Chester Dutch Oven Cooking Class will be conducted from 8 a.m. to noon April 20, at Hopkins County Historical Park. The class is targeted at teaching people how to cook in Dutch ovens. Bring a lawn chair and be ready to cook. The cost is $20 per person. For a reservation, call Rick Wilson at 903335-2752 or send to Wilson at 140 Clayton Road, Sulphur Springs, TX 75482.

Donna Toups will present 'Relatives 'Round Me,' at the April 18 meeting of Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Her program will include a demonstration of the use offamilysearch.com to determine how/if we are all related, beginning with starting a family tree and entering a deceased relative.