TxDOT reveals 30-year plans for Interstate 30 corridor from Royse City to Texarkana

TxDOT reveals 30-year plans for Interstate 30 corridor from Royse City to Texarkana

News Staff
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
From TxDOT Reports Ark Tex Council Of Governments and Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation held the Northeast Texas Rural Transportation Summit last Friday, featuring two speakers from Texas Department of Transportation to discuss its 30-year plan for the Interstate 30 corridor running through six counties from Royse City to Texarkana.
(Above) Cumby Masonic Lodge members Hunter Cash and Robert Cash award $4,000 scholarships to Cumby Collegiate High School seniors Lilly Campbell and Lane Mc-Craw. See Page 10 for more scholarship photos from the Cumby Collegiate awards program. Staff Photos by Tammy Vinson

Cumby seniors receive more than $112,000 in scholarships

Tammy Vinson
Friday, May 10, 2024
Cumby Collegiate ISD honored their graduating seniors, award recipients and athletes at the annual awards ceremony Monday, May 6. During the program, more than $112,750 scholarships were announced for the seniors.

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TxDOT reveals 30-year plans for Interstate 30 corridor from Royse City to Texarkana

TxDOT reveals 30-year plans for Interstate 30 corridor from Royse City to Texarkana
News Staff

From TxDOT Reports Ark Tex Council Of Governments and Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation held the Northeast Texas Rural Transportation Summit last Friday, featuring two speakers from Texas Department of Transportation to discuss its 30-year plan for the Interstate 30 corridor running through six counties from Royse City to Texarkana.

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College Street store robbed, suspects sought

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Sulphur Springs Police are seeking two men alleged to have robbed a College Street gas station at approximately 10:30 p.m. Monday.

Sulpur Springs student awarded Texas 4-H scholarship

Rylie Carroll received a $20,000 Baccalaureate Scholarship from Texas 4-H Foundation, due to her 11 years of participation in various 4-H activities, including showing livestock, modeling and public speaking. From left are retired Extension Agent Johanna Hicks; Monty and Diana Teel, Carroll’s uncle and aunt; Carroll; (seated) grandmother Grace Teel; mother Tammy Teel Jones; paternal grandmother Billie Carroll; and Hopkins County Extension Agent Mario Villarino. Staff Photo by Tammy Vinson
Tammy Vinson
Hopkins County 4-H member and graduating Sulphur Springs High School senior Rylie Carroll learned last Friday, May 10, that she has been awarded a $20,000…

Blackjack Grove Day

Luke Kerby and Dakota Regan won first place in the Blackjack Grove Horseshoe tournament. Courtesy photo
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Lions swept by Union Hill in second round

Senior Draden Boyd (22) slides into third base to avoid being picked off during recent action. Boyd was one of two Lion seniors that saw their high school baseball career end after the Lions were swept in the Regional Quarterfinals by the Union Hill Bulldogs. Photo by DJ Spencer
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PARIS — The Saltillo Lions had their season come to a bitter end this past Friday after losing their best-of-three Regional Quarterfinal series against the…

Green promoted to full-time AD/HFC

Green promoted to full-time AD/HFC
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Neal earns Ron Dixon Scholarship

Sulphur Bluff High School senior Emma Neal (right) was recently awarded a $1,000 Ron Dixon Scholarship from the Paris Chapter of Texas High School Basketball Officials. Neal is one of only two recipients of this award. The scholarship is designed to honor Ron Dixon, who spent 40 years as basketball official. Neal is pictured with Sulphur Bluff Head Girls Basketball Coach Zandra Peyton. Courtesy/Sulphur Bluff Athletics
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„ South Liberty Cemetery Association, 1637 County Road 1177 in Sulphur Springs, will hold a Memorial Day Service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 2. A Fellowship…

Gene Barnett

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A visitation for Gene Barnett, 91, of Saltillo, Texas, was held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2024, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.A private family…

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A graveside service for Jane Faye Willis, 81, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at Pecan Grove Cemetery in McKinney, Texas,…
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Sulphur Springs vs Forney

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The Sulphur Springs Wildcats lost their final home season game of 2021, 37-28, to the Forney Jackrabbits Friday night. They travel to North Forney next week to…

2021 Fall Festival Parade

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Sulphur Springs Wildcat Band at Royse City

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The Wildcat Marching Band competed at Royse City High School over the weekend, landing Best in Class 5A and second place in Finals.
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