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Residents Plead With City Council for Traffic Signal at Dangerous Intersection
October 2, 2024 – Several people spoke at the regular meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council on Tuesday night, pleading with city officials about the intersection of Highway 19 & Airport Road. Although not an agenda item for the council, residents spoke during public forum on the issue explaining how their families have been affected by the tragedies occuring at the “blinking light” intersection. Currently, the intersection is controlled by cross traffic on Airport Road having to stop to yield to traffic traveling on Highway 19. Southbound traffic traveling on State Highway 19 have a speed limit decrease from 65mph to 60mph just before the intersection, but those that travel that road daily observe large trucks and other vehicles consistently exceeding those limits. The fast moving cross traffic allows for very little time for drivers to act and react. Limited sight lines for those crossing the highway complicate the issue as those continuing on Airport Road must cross five lanes of traffic to traverse the roadway.
Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell’s Report To City Council
CLAIMS – We had 1 worker’s compensation claim in September for a laceration. It did not result in lost time. We also had one liability claim for damages to a vehicle presumably caused by a pothole. TML denied the claim. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN – A request for qualifications has been advertised and distributed to select …
Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Elects New Officers
The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation has elected new officers for the 2024-2026 term. Outgoing members are Chair Maleta Reynolds, Vice Chair Pam Black, Treasurer Jessica Kultgen, and Secretary Sally Toliver. Black and Toliver will remain on the Executive Committee while Reynolds and Kultgen have maxed out their years of...
Free Sulphur Springs Mammography Clinic is Full
Sulphur Springs, TX – The free mammography clinic offered to uninsured Hopkins County women over 40 is full. All sixty appointments have been claimed and, a waiting list has been created. If you missed securing an appointment, please call the Ruth & Jack Gillis Women’s Center at 903-438-4325 to get on the waiting list. …
Hopkins County Announces Fire Prevention Week
September 30, 2024 – During a special session of the Hopkins County Commissioner’s Court held Monday morning, a proclamation was read announcing “Fire Prevention Week” to take place October 6th through October 12th. Fire Prevention Week was established nationally to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire. In 1871. That fire killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres. The jGreat Chicago Fire began on October 8th, but continued into and did most of its damage on October 9, 1871.
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