Saltillo Lions, Miller Grove Hornets Qualify for State Cross Country Meet
The Saltillo Lions and Saltillo Lady Lions are both state bound after qualifying at the Class 1A Regional Race at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie Monday. The Lions finished second as a team behind Miller Grove. Sulphur Bluff finished third as Hopkins County had a 1-2-3 finish. Walker McGill was the top Lions’ finisher in eighth place. Other teammates headed for state are Trveor Moore, Hendrick Rios, Branson McGill, Lyle Bench,...
Game Day: Lady Cats Host Mt Pleasant in Game to be Heard on KSST
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team will be playing for a share of the district championship on this Tuesday game day (October 24). While Texas High plays at Greenville, the Lady Cats will be at home against fierce rival Mt. Pleasant. Both Texas High and the Lady Cats are 9-2 in district play. The Lady Cats have won nine straight district matches after opening district play with a pair of losses. If Texas High and the Lady Cats...
Lady Trojans Lexi Busby Qualifies for State Cross Country Race
The Cumby Lady Trojans Cross Country Team ran at the Region II-2A Championships today at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie. Freshman, Lexi Busby, ran a personal best of 12:32.41 placing 8th qualifying her for the State meet to be run on November 4th in Round Rock. Lexi’s team finished 18th overall with freshman teammate Rylee Krotky placed 116th with a time of 15:22.61. Lexi’s big sister, senior Bailey, came in 129th with...
Winnsboro Police Report for October 16-22, 2017
Winnsboro Police arrested six (6), investigated one (1) accident, responded to 196 calls, issued 63 citations and wrote 89 warnings during the October 16-22, 2017. Soler Harvey, 32 of Mt Pleasant, was arrested October 16th on six (6) warrants out of Hopkins and Franklin Counties. John Spencer, 35, of Portland Oregon, was arrested October 16th for public intoxication. Lee Gatlin, 47, of Winnsboro was arrested October 19th for Driving...
State Comptroller to Address Rural Transportation Summit at Hopkin County Civic Center
Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar will deliver the keynote address at the 2nd Annual Northeast Texas Rural Transportation Summit Tuesday October 31, at the Hopkins County Civic Center. The event will include several industry partners and transportation providers discussing the strengths and opportunities that work together to strengthen the greater Northeast Texas area. The principle the goal of this Summit is to bring attention...
Charles Richard Cecil
Charles Richard Cecil, 74 passed away October 24, 2017, at his home in Sulphur Springs TX. Charles was born on August 16, 1943 in Raymondville TX to Bill and Lorene Cecil. After graduating high school, he served in the U.S. Army, before moving to Dallas TX where he married the love of his life Mary Adams Cecil on August 6, 1966. Charles worked for Presbyterian hospital in Dallas, when he and Mary began their family 1967. After...
SSISD Trustee Toliver One of 30 Selected to Participate in Leadership Program
(Austin) –Leesa Toliver, trustee from Sulphur Springs ISD joined 30 other school board members from across Texas October 5-7 at the kickoff session of the Leadership TASB class of 2018. Selected by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), the group is participating in a yearlong education leadership study program. These trustees represent school districts of all sizes, with student populations of 184 to 83,270, and reflect a...
Tuesday Forecast
High: 69; Low: 44; Wind: North, northwest 10-15 mph, increasing to 15-20 mph in the afternoon with gusts to 30 mph
Wildcats 10th; Lady Cats 17th at Region II-5A Cross Country Meet
Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens says the Wildcats’ cross country team finished tenth and the Lady Cats were seventeenth at the Region II-5A Cross Country Meet held Monday (October 23) at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie. The girls race started at around noon Monday and the boys race got underway at around 12:30 p.m.
