Peyton Joe Pilkinton
Funeral service for Peyton Joe Pilkinton will be held Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, 2:00 pm, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Burial will be in Emory City Cemetery. Bro. Jerry Tadlock will officiate. Peyton Joe was born on Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, to Christopher and Misty Pilkinton of Wolfe City at Baylor Medical Center at McKinney. Survivors include: Parents: Christopher and Misty Pilkinton, of Wolfe City Siblings: 2...
Sheriff’s Investigators Have Suspects in Fire Hydrant Scam
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Investigators believe they have discovered two subjects connected to a recent scam in Sulphur Springs. According to Chief Criminal Investigator Lewis Tatum, two white males in their mid-twenties approached the home of an elderly Sulphur Springs woman and informed her that they were there to replace the fire hydrant on her property. The false claims made by the suspects were indicated an intention...
Yates Trial Begins
Monday morning in 8th Judicial District Court, Assistant District Attorney Clay Harrison began calling the first of an expected 40 witnesses for the prosecution in a trial expected to take four days. Stanton Wayne Yates, 30, is being tried for five counts of organized criminal activity. With a map of Hopkins County predominantly placed facing the 12-member jury panel, Harrison had witnesses place a sticker at the location of their...
Morning Show Featured A & M-Commerce Leaders Touting MLK Awards Celebration
Four leaders of Texas A and M University-Commerce were guests on the Monday Morning Show with Enola Gay. The four invited the public to attend the 25th MLK Awards Celebration. Organizer Pastor M. Lavelle Hendricks related that 75 individuals will be recognized at the 2016 event. In a nod to the growth of the celebration, Hendricks reminisced that just three individuals were present to be honored at the first awards in 1991. Noah...
Odessa Bearden
Graveside funeral services for Odessa Bearden, age 96 of Mesquite, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Restlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, January 15, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Odessa passed away on Monday, January 11, 2016 at her residence. She was born on April 4, 1919 in Nelta, the daughter of Samuel Hebber and Carrie Elmyra (Stubblefield) Harris....
Erlene Kennimer Counts
Funeral services for Erlene Kennimer Counts, age 72 of Yantis, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Tim Gibbs officiating. Interment will follow at Arbala Cemetery with Marcus Dobbs, Kent Mitchell, Michael Cheairs, Shyne Bright and Kenneth Burney and Billy Sartin serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at...
Mel Panter
Funeral services for Mel Panter, age 88 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at League Street Church of Christ. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with his sons and grandsons serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Mel passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Trinity Mother Frances in Tyler. Melvin Thomas Panter was born on...
Lady Cats, Wildcats Begin Week Against Hallsville
When building his program at Sulphur Springs, Lady Cats Basketball Coach Jeff Chapman started by teaching defense. Later he turned his attention to offense. Coach Chapman said his team spends about an hour and a half working on defense at every practice. The rest of the district is beginning to notice. A Marshall team undefeated in district and with a record better than .500 managed only 13 points against the Lady Cats. Texas High was...
Wildcat Soccer 1-2-1 Following Forney Tourney
The Wildcats’ soccer team won one, lost two and tied one as they opened the regular season in a Forney tournament Thursday and Friday. The Wildcats began Thursday with a 1-1 tie with Carrollton Newman Smith. Chris Espinoza scored the Wildcats goal. Later in the day the Wildcats defeated Royse City, 2-1. Espinoza scored again and the Wildcats also got a goal from Gerardo Arellano. On Friday, the Wildcats lost two matches by a...
ZBA Considers Starbucks Sign
Tuesday, the Sulphur Springs Zoning Board of Adjustments and Appeals will meet Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall. The board will discuss and take action on a variance for signage at 1320 South Broadway and at 1111 West Industrial Drive. The two items are hold overs from the December meeting that didn’t happen due to lack of a quorum. Last week, during the January City Council meeting, the council appointed a...
