Eileen Darrow
Funeral services for Eileen Darrow, age 75, of Birthright will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Edgar Clements officiating. Interment will follow at Miller Grove Cemetery with Keith Darrow, Brandon Darrow, Ryan Darrow, Kason Anderson, David Joslin and Shawn Martin serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Anson Anderson, Stevie Ferrell and Jason Smith. ...
Dinner Bell Menu For January 23, 2019
Dinner Bell January 23, 2019 Community Partner: Marine Corps League Menu: Comfort food for a winter’s day! Old Fashioned Beef Stew with Root Vegetables (bet your grandmother made this!) Garden Salad Yeasted Drop Biscuits Peach Cobbler Crisp Baked Peaches (the no added sugar dessert) Same time (11:45 a.m.) Same place (Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church). Join us for food and fellowship on...
Gas Pump Struck by 18-Wheeler Creating Haz-Mat Cleanup at Local Convenience Store
Saturday evening, January 19, 2019, a tractor-trailer rig, 18-wheeler, attempted a drive through the parking lot of Jon’s Mini-Mart located on Hillcrest Dr. at the Woodbridge Crossing neighborhood entrance. The Highway 19/Hillcrest Dr. area is marked no U-turn. Although clearly marked that 18-wheel vehicles are not to enter the parking lot and barriers are in place on the business parking lot next door, the driver of the truck...
Colonel Grady Fisher
Funeral service for Colonel Grady Fisher, age 87, of Winnsboro, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, January 21, 2019 at Central Christian Church in Winnsboro with Kevin Hollowell officiating. Military Honors will be provided by the Hopkins County Military Coalition. Interment will follow at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA at a later date. Honorary pallbearers will be his former students. A visitation will be...
Weather Cancels Saturday Ice Bowl for Wildcat Soccer
Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton announced Saturday that all games in the Ice Bowl tournament scheduled for Saturday were canceled due to rain and cold weather. The Wildcats were scheduled to play Sabine Saturday morning at 10:10 a.m. at Wildcat Ram Stadium in Dallas. The Wildcats ended the tournament with a pair of one goal losses, 2-1 to South Garland and 1-0 to Dallas Kimball. The Wildcats are 2-5-1 for the season. The Wildcats...
Saltillo Lady Lions, Lions Defeat Avery
Saltillo Lady Lions Basketball 52, Avery 18 After completing the first half of district play with a perfect 5-0 record, the #25 ranked Saltillo Lady Lions opened the second half with a 52-18 win over Avery Friday (January 18). The Lady Lions got off to a strong start leading Avery, 18-2 after one quarter and 35-8 at the half. The Lady Lions allowed Avery no points in the third quarter. Maddy Smith led the Lady Lions with 17 points....
Lady Tigers Strong Second Quarter Defeats Lady Cats
The Texas High Lady Tigers used a very strong second quarter to defeat the Lady Cats’ basketball team, 60-48 at the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School Friday evening (January 18). After both teams scored 14 points in the opening quarter, the Lady Tigers outscored the Lady Cats, 23-7 in the second quarter to open up a 37-21 lead. The Lady Cats trimmed two points off the lead in both the third and fourth quarters but that...
Wildcats Survive Texas High Second Half Surge
A Texas High shot right at the buzzer failed to fall and the Wildcats’ basketball team held on to win, 53-52 at the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School Friday night (January 18). It looked early that the Wildcats would win going away but after Wildcats guard Keaston Willis turned an ankle in the third quarter, the Tigers came roaring back. Willis gutted it out in the fourth quarter hampered by the bad ankle but scored 7 of...
