Game Day: Bi-District Continues for Lady Cat Softball
Despite winning 15-4 Thursday night, Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo felt his team was nervous at the start of the game. The Lady Cats loaded the bases in the first inning but did not score. Coach Carrillo said the Lady Cats battled and later had two big innings where they batted around. Still he knows Lovejoy can’t be counted out yet. Coach Carrillo said he expects the Lady Leopards to come after the Lady Cats...
Freshman Tran Places 17th at Regional Golf Tournament
Lady Cats Golf Coach Whitney Spigener sees a big upside for her freshman player Miriam Tran. Trans just competed in the Regional Golf Tournament Wednesday and Thursday (April 25-26) at Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club. Coach Spigener says Tran finished seventeenth among some 90 competitors. Tran shot an 87 and an 89and she was sixteen strokes away from qualifying for the State Tennis Tournament. Coach Spigener says weather conditions...
Game Day: Wildcat Baseball Senior Night
It’s a big Friday night (April 27) for the Wildcats’ baseball team. The Wildcats are hoping to end the night in a tie for first place in the district standings. The Wildcats play Hallsville at 7 p.m. at Wildcat Park. There will also be a JV game at 4 p.m. In varsity competition, Hallsville comes into Friday night’s game in first place with a 9-2 record. The Wildcats are tied for second with Texas High as both have...
Taylor Qualifies for State; Regional Track Meet Update
The Regional Track Meet at Maverick Stadium at UT Arlington got underway Friday morning (April 27) and a Lady Cat has already qualified for the State Track Meet. In competition early Friday morning, Imani Taylor finished second in the long jump to qualify for state. Taylor will also be competing in the triple jump later in the Regional Tournament. She will also be a part of the Lady Cats 4 X 100-meter relay team with Sadavia Porter,...
Saltillo Man Dies in One Vehicle Crash
Jimmy Don Goldsmith, 58, of Saltillo, died in a one-vehicle crash on U.S. 67 just east of the FM 900 intersection just before 8 a.m. Friday. Sheriff’s deputies said the vehicle driven by Goldsmith ran off the highway into some trees and brush and struck a tree. Goldsmith was transported from the crash scene to CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs emergency room where he was pronounced dead on arrival by Justice of...
Jimmy Don Goldsmith
Funeral services for Jimmy Don Goldsmith, age 58, of Saltillo, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, May 3, 2018 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. C.J. Duffey and Randy Davison officiating and Bill Sharber assisting. Interment will follow at Weaver Cemetery with Randy Davison, Larry Darlin, Chris Hammons, Cary Moore, Corey Brown, Jerry Ross and Roy George serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be C. D....
Second Drug Charge Filed on Sicard
A second charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, more than 4-grams but less than 200-grams has been added for Justin Blaine Sicard, 28, of Winnsboro. Sicard is in Hopkins County Jail for the first charge of selling methamphetamine. He was called to book in where the second charge was added. His first arrest took place when the Special Crimes Unit initiated a traffic stop in the 300 block of Oak Avenue and the...
Endangering a Child Added to Charges for Huffman
April 27, 2018 – When Jeremy Michael Huffman, aged 29, of Sulphur Springs was arrested for two charges of delivery of a controlled substance April 16, 2018, a child was observed in the Hodge Street residence. At that time Child Protective Services initiated an investigation with the Special Crimes Unit assisting. A drug screen showed both Huffman and the 5-year old child tested positive for methamphetamine. Huffman was in care,...
City Council Early Voting Continues; 346 Votes Cast Through Thursday
A 12-hour day for early voting and 122 took advantage of the opportunity to cast early votes in the Sulphur Springs City Council election. The total votes cast in early voting stand at 346 going into Friday. Places 1, 2, and 3 are on the ballot and each Place has two candidates. Early voting continues through May 1st in the second floor Conference Room at City Hall 201 North Davis Street. A handicap ramp and elevator are available to...
