Saturday Forecast
30% chance of showers and thunderstorms; High: 55 with temperature falling to 42 by 5 p.m.; Low: 29; Wind: South 5-10 becoming north and gusting to 20 mph
Claude Ed Brice
Funeral service for Claude Ed Brice, age 86, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at Tira Cemetery with Fred McCoy, Billy Joe Clayton, Max Drummond, Steve Smith, Mason Smith and Shane Williams serving as pallbearers and Jamie Brice, Earnest “Ed” Brice and his coffee drinker friends serving as honorary pallbearers. Visitation will be held one...
Lady Cat Softball Defeat Lindale; Lost to Wylie East Thursday
The Lady Cats’ softball team played in their third scrimmage of the season Thursday evening and this one was at Lady Cat Park on a cool night. The Lady Cats defeated Lindale, 5-2 and then lost to Wylie East 6-5 when Lady Cats’ pitchers had a hard time locating the strike zone. Lady Cats Coach David Carrillo said the Lady Cats played very well overall. He said they hit the ball well and played pretty good defense. Brinklee...
Wildcat Baseball Off to Good Start
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack said his team’s first scrimmage Thursday (February 8) evening in Sherman was a good one. The Wildcats won 7-3. The scrimmage was rescheduled from Monday due to cold weather. Coach Hammack said generally pitchers are ahead of hitters this time of the season. He said he used four pitchers against Sherman. Tyler Armstrong, Jaxon Chaney, Ryan Humphries and Triston McCormick threw two innings...
Dr. Betty Block named Fellow of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education for Her Leadership and Service
COMMERCE, TX— On January 4, 2018, Dr. Betty Block, professor of Kinesiology in the Department of Health and Human Performance at Texas A&M University-Commerce, was named the 25th Fellow of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education. A National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE) Fellow is one of the acknowledged leaders in the field of kinesiology who has the added distinction of providing ten...
Game Day: SSHS Basketball, Soccer, Tennis; Lady Cat Seeding Game Broadcast on KSST
Basketball Game Day Both the #14 ranked Lady Cats and #14 ranked Wildcats’ basketball teams have important games on this Friday (February 9) game day. The Lady Cats and Texas High, basketball district co-champions with district records of 11-1, will play a game to determine playoff seeding Friday night at 7 p.m. at Paris. This is the fourth game between the two this season. Texas High won at the Winnsboro Hoopfest, 46-38, the...
Paris TxDOT Pretreating Roadways As Precautionary Measure
The National Weather Service is predicting the likelihood of rainfall and temperatures below freezing this weekend. Both conditions could impact roads and driving conditions in Northeast Texas. As of Friday, Feb. 9, TxDOT employees in the Paris District remain busy pretreating roadways in the district as a precautionary measure. This work began yesterday, Feb. 8. By close of business Feb. 9, we anticipate having US 75 and I-30...
Treasurer Thompson Endorsed by North Texas Regional Order of Police
North Texas Regional Lodge 084 Fraternal Order of Police has endorsed Jim Thompson in his re-election campaign for Hopkins County Treasurer. In their endorsement, the entity said incumbent Thompson has organized and streamlined the Treasurer’s office during his first term, establishing and documenting procedures, standardizing processes, and always upholding his duty to safeguard the public funds under his care. They note Thompson’s...
Cigarette Thrown From Window of Vehicle Leads to Arrest of Local Man for Drug Possession
When the passenger of the 2002 Ford Expedition threw a lighted cigarette out of the window, a Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputy initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle in the eastbound lane of I-30. Corey Michael Cole, 27, of Sulphur Springs was the offending passenger in the back seat. During the stop, the driver of the vehicle granted the deputy consent to search the vehicle. A K-9 made a free air walk around the vehicle and alerted...
