Thursday Forecast
40% chance of showers and thunderstorms, some severe; High: 81; Low 67; Wind: South 15, gusting to 25 mph
Highway 19 North: Lowering Speed Limit Could Happen in June; Safety Improvement Projects Set for Bidding in 2020
TXDOT recently concluded a detailed speed study on State Highway 19, from Loop 301 in Sulphur Springs to State Highway 24 in Delta County. After reviewing the results of the study, TXDOT has proposed a speed reduction pending approval from the Texas Transportation Commission. This proposal is on the agenda for the June commission meeting. Following TTC approval, TXDOT will install new regulatory speed limit signs. The proposed speed...
Wendall Grimes
Graveside services for Wendell Grimes, age 79, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, May 6, 2018 at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Jamie Sonnen officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Pallbearers will be Chase Doyle, Hunter Potts, Bailey Potts, Kyle Tate, Roman Webb, Bobby Buford, Ryan Grimes, Adam Grimes, and Britten Webb. Honorary pallbearer will be Camden Rodriguez. Wendell passed away on Wednesday,...
Second Illegal Alien Sentenced Wednesday; Both Face Deportation
Rodolfo Isauro Cruz-Segura, 23, of Guanajuato, Mexico, pled guilty to Evading Law Enforcement with a Motor Vehicle (Attempted), a state jail felony. He was arrested after weaving in his lane led to a traffic stop for suspicion of Driving While Intoxicated. After initially stopping, he later fled in his vehicle and then ran on foot before hiding in a pasture. He was located using a K9 unit and multiple officers and then arrested for...
Spring Football Provides Clear Picture for Wildcat Defense
Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Triston Abron says he wants to get a clear picture of what he has on defense during spring football so that he can build off of that during the fall. Coach Abron says he has also moved some players into new positions and he is interested in how they do. He says he lost some good players who were senior last year but he says he is excited about some of the returners he has. Coach Abron says his players...
7-on-7 Football Begins Tuesday At Home Against Gilmer
Wildcats Offensive Coordinator Matt Young says the Wildcats’ 7 on 7 football team will begin play next Tuesday at home against Gilmer. He says close to 100 Wildcats in varsity, JV, eighth grade and seventh grade will participate. Next week Commerce and Emory Rains will come to play. Coach Young says the Wildcats will go to their first tournament, at Gilmer on Saturday, May 26. He says the Wildcats will go to a couple to state...
Tradin’ Post for Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018:
For Sale: Dew berries, $8 per gallon and poke salad, $6 a bag… Call: 903-3833323
Game Day Wednesday: Wildcats Begin Bi-District at Wylie East
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack has a lot of respect for Wylie East, the Wildcats’ bi-district opponent. Game one in the series is at Wylie East Wednesday night (May 2) at 7:30 p.m. The Raiders are coached by Heath Andrews, who is the only baseball coach Wylie East has ever had and is in his tenth year there. The Game will be heard on KSST. Coach Hammack, in his thirteenth year at Sulphur Springs, says this year’s...
