7-on-7 Season Begins Tuesday at SSHS Multipurpose Building
The Wildcats’ football 7 on 7 team begins its’ season Tuesday (May 8) at the Multipurpose Building. Gilmer is coming to town. The 7 on 7 action is expected to start at around 5:30 p.m. The Wildcats will have seventh grade, eighth grade, JV and Varsity 7 on 7 teams. Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young estimates the Wildcats may have as many as 100 athletes participating. Commerce and Rains are expected to...
NETBIO Sale Set for May 16
The Northeast Texas Beef Improvement Organization will hold its next pre-conditioned calf and yearling sale on Wednesday, May 16. Nearly 7,000 head of cattle that have been raised through the NETBIO pre-conditioning program have been consigned to the sale. The sale, held at the Sulphur Springs Livestock Market, will begin at 1 p.m. The cafe will be open and the cattle will be penned for viewing, so come out early and make a day of it....
Went to J P court to Pay Traffic Ticket; Arrested on Criminally Negligent Homicide Indictment Warrant
When Kylee Ray Morris, 32, of Quinlan, planned to set up arrangements to pay a traffic fine in Hopkins County Justice of the Peace Court, he found other arrangements waiting. Morris is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide. The charge is based on an indictment in the Eighth Judicial Court. When he called to make arrangements for the ticket, the clerk found the indictment warrant. When Morris arrived at the...
Hamburger Cookout Benefits Heritage Christian Counseling Center
Proceeds from a Friday, May 11th Hamburger Cookout will benefit Heritage Christian Counseling Center. The event at 11 a.m. Friday will be conducted on the parking lot at First United Methodist Church between CNB and Alliance Bank. You may pre-order a hamburger, chips, drink and a dessert before May 10th. Forgot to pre-order? Just bring $5 and enjoy.
Hunt Receives 30 Years in Aggravated Sexual Assault of Child Plea
Ricky Lynn Hunt, 39, was sentenced to 30 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Monday following a plea bargan agreement in Eighth Judicial District Court. Hunt pled to Aggravated Sexaul Assault of a Child. Hunt, age 38 at the time of the investigation, admitted to Hopkins County investigators that he engaged in sexual acts with a seven year old female child from November 2017 through January 2018. He has no significant...
Wildcats, Lady Cats Receive Major Awards at All-Sports Banquet
Major awards were all shared at the 2017-2018 Sulphur Springs Wildcat All-Sports Banquet Monday night (May 7). Football, baseball and track athlete Ryan Humphries and football player and powerlifter D’Idrec Dugan were co-winners of the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Wildcat. Track, volleyball and basketball player Imani Taylor and Volleyball and basketball player Kaylee Jefferson shared the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Lady Cat....
Louise Marie Long Yates
Private memorial service for Louise Yates, age 64, of Sulphur Springs,TX will be held at a later date. Mrs. Yates passed away on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at Carriage House, Sulphur Springs, Texas. Louise Marie Long Yates was born on December 23, 1953 in Dallas, Texas, to Sammie and Irene (Maske) Long. She married Gary Yates on December 12, 1970 in Dallas, Texas. Louise and Gary was owner of G&L Truck Service. Louise served as a...
Francis “Frank” Joseph Stringfellow, Jr.
Francis “Frank” Joseph Stringfellow, Jr., age 64, of Point, passed away Monday, April 30, 2018, in Plano, at Medical City Plano. Frank was born in Shreveport, LA, Nov. 25,, 1953, to Francis Joseph and Carmelita Andries Stringfellow, Sr.. Frank finished high school and some college, as well as, serving his country in the U.S. Air Force. During his working career, Frank was employed as an aircraft mechanic at L-3. He...
