Couple Arrested in Cemetery
A Volvo station wagon parked in the Brashear Cemetery at 11:30 p.m. attracted the attention of Hopkins County deputies Thursday night. There they found Ricky Wayne Lee Liebel, 36, and Danielle Renee Payne, 25, who live on Gilmore Street in Sulphur Springs “having intercourse” according to their report. That is not all they found. After the couple put their clothes on as advised by the deputies, they were asked to exit the vehicle. In...
Tira News July 28, 2017
This Saturday afternoon, July 29th, is the Community Ice Cream Social at the Tira Community Center. Come at 4:00 p.m. and enjoy a treat and time of visiting with neighbors. We want to express our sympathy to the family of Kathy Crowson. She was the daughter of Billy and Nell Lee Crowson. Her funeral service was held on Tuesday under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home, with burial in the Tira Cemetery. Please remember the...
Friday Forecast
Heat Advisory; 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms; High 96 with heat index values as high as 103; Low: 77; Wind: Southwest wind 10-15 mph
Week Five at The Edge
Thursday marked the end of week number five of The Edge conditioning program. 20 workouts have been done. There is one more week of four workouts to go. Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young said week five started off really strong but attitudes dropped off a little bit on Thursday. He called Thursday one of the slowest moving days he’s seen at The Edge. Coach Young blamed the heat and the fact it was day 20. He...
Ag Workers Building Being Removed From Buford Park
The blue metal building in Buford Park known as the Ag Workers Building is being removed and the iron skeleton of the building will be moved to the City of Sulphur Springs Service Center. There, the iron skeleton will have sheet metal attached and be used to store the expensive water and sewer parts that will be used in the improvements the city will be making in staged improvements for those areas according to City Manager Marc...
Wilburn Announces Candidacy for Hopkins County Commissioner Precinct 2
I am John Wilburn, announcing as a candidate to run for Hopkins County Commissioner of Precinct 2. I am a 51 year old Hopkins County native who has lived in Precinct 2 in the Martin Springs community all of my life. My parents were the late James and ElFleta Grimes Wilburn, lifetime residents of Hopkins County. My grandparents were Walter and Annie Ruth Grimes of Martin Springs, and J.W. and Golden Swinford Wilburn of Saltillo. I...
Pamela Dawn Hadaway
Visitation for Pamela Dawn Hadaway, age 49, of Reilly Springs, will be held from 3 to 5 P.M. on Saturday, July 29, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Hadaway passed away on Monday, July 24, 2017, at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital, Sulphur Springs. Pamela Dawn was born on July 2, 1968 in Garland, Texas, the daughter of Bob Pruitt and the late Shirley Ann (Farmer) Dunn. She married Mike Hadaway on December 31, 2013 in...
Brayden Lynn Withrow
Funeral services for Brayden Lynn Withrow, 16, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 31, 2017 at the Cooper High School Gymnasium with Bro. Lonnie Sanders and Coach Green officiating. Interment will follow at North Hopkins Cemetery with Coach Justin Collard, Taylor Knickerbocker, Tyler Knickerbocker, Lawyer Wright, Andre Smith, Brayden Watkins, Trenton Blundell, and Mitchell Green serving as pallbearers....
Chamber Connection July 27, 2017
The deadline is almost here! It’s time to turn in your t-shirt designs for the 48th Annual Stew Contest!!! The Chamber will be accepting submitted designs from Monday, July 17th through Monday, July 31st. The submitted entries will be voted on by the Chamber Board of Directors, and the winner will be announced on August 10th. If your design wins the t-shirt contest, it will be used on all shirts, hoodies, and marketing for the...
