Game Day: Soccer and Softball
There is soccer and softball on this Tuesday game day. The Lady Cats’ softball team will be opening district play at Greenville. The Lady Cats had a successful pre-district campaign. They enter their Tuesday night district opener with a 13-4 record. They played in three tournaments and had a single game at McKinney as well. The Lady Cats’ soccer team will be at home playing the Mt. Pleasant Lady Tigers. The Lady Cats are...
Lady Cat Track Team Finish First at Home Meet
Lady Cats Track Coach Triston Abron said it was pretty good that the Wildcats varsity and JV along with his Lady Cats all finished first at the Sulphur Springs Meet held last Friday at the SSHS Track Complex. He said that was the first time it had happened. Lady Cats’ results Friday included sophomore Abbi Beggs taking second in the discus. The Lady Cats finished second, third and fourth in the shot put. Kaylee Jefferson was...
Victoriano “Don Victor” Lopez
Funeral Mass of Christian Burial for Victoriano “Don Victor” Lopez, 60, of Brashear, will be held at 2:00 p.m., with Musical Tribute and Rosary to start at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March 11, 2017 at St. James Catholic Church with Father Juan Sardinas. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Jorge Lopez, Marcelino Diaz, Cruz Lopez, Luis Lopez, Pablo Lopez, Evodio Martinez, Jesus Soto, and Concepcion Jr, Garcia serving...
Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Sale of Champions Final Total $363,882–A Record Total
The Northeast Texas Livestock Association has announced the final total of $363,882 for the 2017 HCJMLS Sale of Champions held Saturday February 25th. This will be the 6th consecutive year that a record total has been spent on the youth of Hopkins County, who worked for weeks and months to prepare their animal projects for showing and judging. A total of 125 youth from FFA & 4-H chapters all over Hopkins County earned the right to...
Prim Stadium Construction On Target for September Home Opener; School Board Approves Batting Cages and Concession Stands for Baseball/Softball
Construction on Gerald Prim Stadium continues as the playing field is put in place and foundation work begins for home-side seating and Press box. According to Athletic Director Greg Owens work at the stadium is currently on target to be completed by the first home game of the 2017 season when the Wildcats host Seattle, Washington’s Garfield High School September 8th. Work is also progressing at the new construction of a...
Federal Magistrate Seals Proceedings and Award Made in Chance Ross Family Case Against City
When the Sulphur Springs City Council meets Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. in Executive Session, one item discussed will focus on pending litigation. In open session the council will discuss and take action on the Executive Session item regarding pending litigation. That litigation is the decision of a Federal Magistrate handed down Monday in Federal Court regarding the case. The council will be presented the findings of the magistrate and...
Former Jailer Arrested For Official Oppression
A former Hopkins County jailer, wanted on a Misdemeanor A warrant, turned himself in to Sheriff’s Deputies Tuesday morning. The man was fired two weeks ago by Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum when the jailer’s supervisor caught him in the act of official oppression of a female inmate. Inappropriate comments made by the man to the inmate were noted, investigated, and found to be sufficient to terminate employment immediately and to...
Tuesday Forecast
30% chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon then clearing; High: 67; Low: 43; Wind: North 5-15 mph, gusting to 25 mph
