A death in the family of one Sulphur Springs City Council member led to the cancellation of today’s special meeting that was called to discuss plans for downtown.

Hopkins County has been approved for a grant of more than $825,000 to help make the Regional Civic Center greener than ever.

Sulphur Springs High School will be represented by at least three students at the National Business Professionals of America Leadership Conference and Contest in Anaheim, Calif., to be held May 5-9, while three others have qualified as alternates.

A Sulphur Bluff woman’s attentiveness and vigilance prevented her from becoming the victim of a scammer, and she reported it to authorities so that others will be just as aware.