Seven Sulphur Springs High School film students submitted short films and animations to the 2024 UIL Young Filmmakers Contest. All of the films made it to the semifinals, and freshman Haley Hopkins advanced to the finals.

Northeast Texas Livestock Association’s 2024 Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show featured the hard work of Hopkins County students, both in and out of the show ring. The Sale of Champions Saturday, Feb. 24, raised more than $542,000 and counting.

The Sulphur Springs FFA team of Cash Gamblin, Kohen Moss and Lane Kerns earned the Grand Champion prize with their 40-foot tandem dual trailer with a hydraulic ramp at the 2024 Northeast Texas Livestock Association’s annual Ag Mechanics show. The Reserve Grand Champion title went to Hopkins County 4-H members Braxton Northcutt and Beaux Ruff for their custom flatbed trailer made from a 2017 Dodge truck bed.

Early voting for the Republican and Democratic Primaries began Tuesday, Feb. 20, and will continue from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through Friday, March 1, in the Justice of the Peace #2 courtroom at the Hopkins County Annex Building, which is located at 128 Jefferson St., in Sulphur Springs.

Hopkins County native Don Sapaugh was honored Thursday night as the 2023 Citizen of the Year during Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce’s 97th Annual Membership Banquet. The award was one of at least a dozen presented to some of Hopkins County’s best, who last year and in some cases over the course of several years or even a lifetime, have been exceptional community contributors, partners, businesses and contributors.