2+ hour, 5+ min ago   (445+ words) The Sulphur Springs ISD school board approved a pay and compensation increase for the 2026-2027 school year. The new agreement, which will provide $572,800 in additional compensation, “reaffirms Sulphur Springs ISD’s commitment to investing in the people who make a difference in…...

2+ hour, 5+ min ago   (1356+ words) Khyber O’Sullivan served as ring announced during the King of Sports Championship Wrestling event. Thus, when Khyber O’Sullivan, my friend and fellow operator at King of Sports Championship Wrestling, called me with an idea to use a Von Erich, I…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (261+ words) Old Saltillo Cemetery celebrates Memorial Day ssnewstelegram.com Carlyn Coleman Hammons, a historian with the Texas Historical Commission's History Programs Division, gave a talk on the importance of historic preservation of cemeteries during the Old Saltillo Cemetery Memorial Day program....

4+ week, 2+ hour ago   (848+ words) Wiley Post and his Australian navigator landed in New York City on July 1, 1931 completing an epic around-the-world flight in record-breaking time. Two states claimed Wiley Hardeman Post as a native son. Texas had birth going for it since the intrepid…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (204+ words) ssnewstelegram.com A protest rally, held in Downtown Sulphur Springs Saturday, was designed to draw attention to opposition of the proposed building of a data center in Hopkins County. Michael Emilio, holding the Texas flag aloft, spoke about the cause…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (351+ words) As fall sports practices begin, one opponent deserves as much attention as the team on the other sideline, extreme heat. Exertional heat exhaustion and other heat-related illnesses are serious conditions that place athletes at risk every year. Fortunately, most heat…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (160+ words) ssnewstelegram.com A donation of processed ground beef was made to the Hopkins County Community Chest (HCCC) July 10. The 1,000 pounds of ground beef will be used to serve the clients of HCCC who receive food assistance monthly from the facility…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (92+ words) ssnewstelegram.com During last Tuesday’s Hopkins County Commissioner’s Court meeting, Kala Anders (third from right) was appointed to the Hopkins County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART). A SART is a formalized coordinated response to a sexual assault that…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (312+ words) Joel Fields was welcomed by members of Cedar Crest Christian Church as their new pastor during a congregational meeting following the regular morning worship service held at the church. Fields had filled in for Pastor Bob Neal, then pastor of…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (78+ words) ssnewstelegram.com Sulphur Springs Kiwanis Club members David Froneberger, Kevin Wilkes, Glenn Bellows, Casey Phillips, Uriel Gutierrez, and Jim Thompson helped build a wheelchair ramp in Martin Springs July 9. The build was funded by Texas Ramp Project, with assistance from…...