Phinesse Winery Wine Making Classes in Saturday’s Symphony Auction
Phinesse Winery Wine Making Classes, a $125 value, will be auctioned. The four Saturdays involved will be between January and...
TxDOT Plans Upgrade to Pavement on SH19 in Rains County
PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation officials today announced that a project to upgrade the pavement on a portion of State Highway 19 will begin Nov. 27 in Rains County. The contractor, Oldcastle Materials Texas Inc., was granted 210 working days, weather permitting, to complete this project valued at more than $6.5 million. The projected completion date of this pavement upgrade project is late August 2018, officials said. The...
Saltillo Girls Varsity Tournament Enters Second Day; Bracket Play Saturday
The Saltillo Lady Lions split a pair of basketball games in their own tournament on Thursday November 16). The Lady Lions lost a close game to Rivercrest, 50-48 and then bounced back with a solid win over Chisum, 46-25. The Lady Lions are in Pool A in their tournament and after play Thursday, Bullard tops the pool with two wins. Chisum and Rivercrest also split two games and North Lamar had two losses Thursday. Winnsboro got off to a...
Game Day: Wildcat Football Bi-district; Lady Cats Host Hugo, OK
Something rare is happening Friday night (November 17) as the Wildcats host a playoff game. They have never done that before, as far as we know. In tonight’s bi-district game, the Leopards of Lucas Lovejoy are coming to town representing District 15-5A and the Wildcats will represent District 16-5A. Both teams ended the regular season with 5-5 records. Both teams played six playoff teams this season. Both teams got hot after a...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report November 8-14, 2017
November 8th At 1:10 a.m., horses were reported out on CR 2651 near Mineola. At 6:42 a.m., horses were reported out on HWY 37 near Quitman. Deputies were dispatched to HWY 80 near Mineola, at approximately 1:31 p.m., in reference to a visibility hazard. Upon deputies’ arrival, it appeared there was no visibility hazard. Deputies went out on an arrest/warrant service to Goodson St. in Mineola; at approximately 7:03 p.m. Carl Hughey,...
First Day Pool Play Results Saltillo Varsity Girls Tournament
Saltillo Girls Varsity Basketball Tournament is underway. (See Schedule here.) Results of Thursday Pool Play in the Saltillo Varsity Girls Basketball Tournament: Bullard 65 Rivercrest 36 CHESS 41 Paris 47 Saltillo 48 Rivercrest 50 Bullard 65 North Lamar 26 Paris 63 Clarksville 68 Chisum 41 North Lamar 36 Quinlan 61 Clarksville 71 Winnesboro 69 CHESS 25 Saltillo 46 Chisum 25 Winnesboro 77 Quinlan...
Henry Eric Preuss
Memorial service for Henry Eric Preuss, age 31, of Sulphur Springs,TX, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Rev. C.J. Duffey officiating and David House assisting. There will be no formal visitation. Henry passed away on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at his residence. Henry Eric Preuss was born on March 17, 1986 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas to Roy Eugene Preuss and Tammy Lee (Harris)...
SSISD Tax Office Closed During Week of Thanksgiving
According to Sandra Gibby, Tax Assessor-Collector for the Sulphur Springs Independent School District, the school tax office will be closed the following days for the Thanksgiving Holiday: Monday, November 20th through Friday, November 24th
Harrison Seeks Republican Nomination for County Court at Law Judge
SULPHUR SPRINGS – November 13, 2017 – On the first official day of filing, Assistant District Attorney Clay Harrison filed to run for County Court at Law Judge with the Republican Party. The position is currently held by Judge Amy Smith, who will retire when her term expires in December 2018. Harrison, a life-long resident of Hopkins County, graduated from Sulphur Springs High School and attended The University of Texas at Austin...
