Bobby Thomas
Funeral services for Bobby Thomas, 76, will be conducted Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 1 PM at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, 3869 Farm Hill Road, Sulphur Springs, TX. Visitation on Friday, August 3, 2018 from 1-9 PM at Golden Gate Funeral Home, Dallas, TX. Interment will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Golden Gate Funeral Home of Dallas is in charge of the arrangements.
Murder Trial Set to Begin Tuesday in Eighth Judicial District Court
Jury selection begins Monday in Eighth Judicial District Court. Gavin Heath Gilbert, 17, will be tried for Felony 1 Murder. Gilbert is in Hopkins County Jail being held on a $2-million bond for murder and $500,000 bond on each of the four counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. The trial for the murder charge is set to begin Tuesday morning. Gavin Heath Gilbert, 17 Gilbert was arrested in December of last year when a call...
Local Man Arrested for Assaulting Wife
John Ralph Stark, 35 Officers at the scene of the assault reported Stark’s wife showed signs of the assault that included choking and restricting her airway until she blacked out. The victim had visible injuries. Stark is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Assault Family Violence Impede Breathing, a Felony 3. He is being held on a $25,000 bond. When Sulphur Springs police were called to an altercation in the 1000 block of North Davis...
Aquilla Marie Fulfer Fortenbury
Aquilla Marie Fulfer Fortenbury, 94, of Cumby, died Sunday, July 29, 2018 at her residence. She was born in Hunt County, Texas, on October 27, 1923, to Aquilla Bonita Fulfer and John Fulfer. She worked in sales for Neiman Marcus and was a homemaker. Marie married Jodie Fortenbury on December 6, 1945 and he preceded her in death in February of 1996. Besides the love for her family, Marie also taught Sunday school at Shady Grove Baptist...
Wildcat Football Welcomes Freshmen August 6th
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said football season began for some incoming ninth grade players this past Tuesday (July 31). Those incoming freshmen just completed a three-day camp designed just for them. Next week, the freshmen get to start football practice one week ahead of incoming sophomores, juniors and senior players. Coach Owens said the UIL is allowing schools that had spring football to bring in their incoming ninth...
Wildcat Basketball Shooting Guard Willis Receives Scholarship Offer from St. Edward’s University
Another member of the Wildcats’ basketball team has received a scholarship offer. Wednesday (August 1), St. Edward’s University, a private school in Austin, made an offer to Wildcats 6-foot-3 shooting guard Keaston Willis. Willis, an incoming senior, will be playing his fourth year on the varsity this season. In a recent interview, Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta said Drake, Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin have...
Local Man Dies in Vehicle/Pedestrian Accident
A 41-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle at approximately 3 a.m. Thursday morning on East Shannon Road near College Street. Sulphur Springs Police are investigating the accident that led to the death of Kevin Wayne Plunkett of Sulphur Springs. Both Plunkett and the vehicle were headed east bound on Shannon Road. The driver of the vehicle did stop to render aide at the time of the accident. No other information was made...
Sulphur Springs Business Parks Experience Flurry of Activity
Sulphur Springs industrial parks are experiencing a flurry of activity as buildings are going up to house new industry locally. Load Trail, known world-wide for the manufacture of trailers and dump trailers, is about 120 days from opening their 160,000 square foot building in Heritage Business Park in Sulphur Springs. The $7.8-million building will house $10-million in equipment. The company sought no tax abatement. Roger Feagley,...
