Two Arrested Monday in Separate Endangering a Child Incidents
Two area women were arrested Monday in separate investigations involving Child Protective Services and the Special Crimes unit. The first arrest occurred when a Sulphur Springs Police officer was dispatched to the Texas Department of Family/Protective Services, 1400 College Street around 3:45 p.m. Monday in reference to a warrant service. Erin Michelle Martell, 27, of Winnsboro was arrested at CPS offices for Endangering a Child, a...
Local Man Admits Theft of Cattle; Additional Charge Added
Monday afternoon, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigators met Lane Wesley Keller, 21, of Sulphur Springs at his attorney’s office where he confessed to his involvement in an ongoing investigation into the theft of cattle in Hopkins County. Keller took investigators to the location where the cattle had been loaded into a trailer for transport to Oklahoma to be sold. He was also served an outstanding warrant for Unauthorized Use of a...
Winnsboro Police Report October 23-29, 2017
Winnsboro Police made three arrests, responded to 166 calls for service, issued 27 warnings and 36 citations during the report period, October 23-29, 2017. Kyle Frye, 18, of Sulphur Springs, was arrested on October 28th on a Rains County warrant. Jose Morales, 35, of Winnsboro, was arrested October 29th for DWI. Michael Truett, 26, of Winnsboro, was arrested October 29th for Driving While License Invalid with previous convictions. No...
Tuesday Forecast
80% chance of showers and thunderstorms in afternoon and evening; High: 56; Low 49; Wind: East, northeast 5-15 mph
Lady Cats in Bi-District Play As District’s Number 1 Play-off Seed
The big word for the day Monday for Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness was “exciting”. That was his assessment of the Lady Cats 3-1 victory over Texas High Friday night at Mount Pleasant that earned the Lady Cats the district championship and the district’s number one playoff seed. The Lady Cats lost the first set before winning three sets in a row to get the victory. Coach Maness said the Lady Cats came out a little show...
Wildcat Football Hosts Greenville Friday at Prim Stadium
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens, on KSST and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coach’s Show, said the Wildcats played one of their most complete games of the season in the 31-14 win at Mount Pleasant Friday night. He said the Wildcats were very consistent. Coach Owens said several fourth down stops by the defense were really big. The Wildcats also got a pass interception from Terrell Turman and two fumble recoveries....
Wildcat Marching Band Performed at Area UIL Competition
The Wildcats Marching Band performed at Area competition Saturday at Mesquite Memorial Stadium and Band Director Charles McCauley called the performance the band’s best of the year. He said everything came together. McCauley said the kids felt really great about the performance. He had told them to enjoy themselves because they had earned the trip to Area. McCauley also told them if you can tell yourself that this is your best...
Charles Walter Allen
Funeral service for Charles Walter Allen, age 74, of Point, will be held Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, 2:00 pm, at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Gary Lankford will officiate. The men bearing the casket on service day will be: Lee Allen, Christopher Hussey, Bennett Hussey, Dalton Sears, Robert Dale Thompson, and, Don Mark Connelly.Visitation will be one hour prior to the service, at 1:00 pm. Mr. Allen passed away at his...
Time Change for Oncor City of Cooper Power Outage
Oncor will be administering a planned temporary power outage that will affect a small portion of homes and businesses in the City of Cooper during the morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 1. This temporary outage is expected to last no more than one hour, from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. This planned outage is necessary to allow our employees to further improve reliability of the electrical system in the area. We greatly appreciate your patience....
