Lady Cats Softball Begins Practice Friday
The Lady Cats’ softball team begins practice Friday (January 19). They have four scrimmages scheduled and three of them are at home. The first scrimmage, at home, comes up on January 30. The Lady Cats will scrimmage Canton and powerful Forney. Later the Lady Cats will scrimmage North Forney and The Colony, another powerful team. Lady Cats Coach David Carrillo, beginning his twelfth season here, says the scrimmage schedule is...
Soccer Game Day; Tournament Play for Wildcats and Lady Cats; Tennis Postponed
There is soccer on this Thursday (January 18) game day as well as a note about tennis. The Wildcats’ soccer team begins play Thursday in the three-day Ice Bowl in Richardson. The Wildcats will play Class 6A South Garland at 4 p.m. This is the third tournament for the Wildcats and they come in with a 3-5 record. The Lady Cats’ soccer team opens play Thursday in the three-day North Forney Falcon Showcase. The Lady Cats...
Hornets Edge Lions; Lady Lion Defeat Lady Hornets
The Miller Grove Hornets edged by the Saltillo Lions, 39-32 Tuesday night (January 16) at Miller Grove. The Hornets built their lead a little in each quarter. Treyton Andree led the Hornets with 18 points. Andjelo Alcox scored 8 points. Albert Serrano had 6 points. Luke Brignon added 5 points. Jack McCoy scored 2 points. Hornets Coach Gary Billingsley said he was proud of the effort his team displayed. He added the Hornets did not...
80 Indictments Handed Up by Hopkins County Grand Jury in January
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed up 80 indictments Wednesday. Sixty-eight (68) have been arrested. Those arrested and indicted include: Gavin Heath Gilbert was indicted for Murder and on four counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Gilbert, 17, was been charged with one count of Murder and four counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Gilbert is in Hopkins County Jail being held on a $2-million bond for murder...
Thomas O’Hara
Funeral service for Thomas O’Hara, age 86, of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Monday, January 22, 2018 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. Interment to follow at Yalla Bush Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mr. O’Hara passed away on Wednesday, January 17, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report January 3-9, 2018
January 3rd Deputies responded to a suspicious person on Sioux near Quitman; at approximately 12:26 a.m. Deputies searched the area, but were unable to locate the individual. Deputies were dispatched to HWY 80 near Mineola, at approximately 5:41 p.m., in reference to an alarm. Deputies checked the building and it was secure. Deputies conducted a traffic stop on HWY 154/FM 2225 near Quitman, at approximately 5:44 a.m. Billie Roberson,...
Pauline Neas
Pauline Neas, 94, of Sulphur Springs, passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at Carriage House Manor. Arrangements are pending with West Oaks Funeral Home.
Crime Stoppers Tip Led To Arrest
When Hopkins County deputies arrived at 1495 Industrial Drive they were there to arrest Monica Renee Millan, 24, and Marquise Alfredo Hernandez, Jr., 26 following a tip from Crime Stoppers. In the room with the two were two one hundred dollar bills that proved to be counterfeit. When the deputies knocked on the door, Millan told deputies she needed time to put a top on to cover herself. When she allowed them to enter, they asked about...
NETBIO Logs Another Good Sale Despite Cold Weather
Despite the freezing temperature, the January Northeast Texas Beef Improvement Organization’s (NETBIO) Pre-Conditioned Calf and Yearling Sale held Wednesday at the Sulphur Springs Livestock Commission attracted a good crowd of buyers, sellers and visitors — and a lot of good cattle. Consigners shipped 5,387 head of calves and yearlings to the sale, and 27 buyers of those cattle paid an average of $859.46 per head. “The cattle held up...
