Lady Cats Basketball Time Changes; Varsity to Begin at 6:45 PM
KSST has just learned of some time changes affecting Tuesday night’s Lady Cats Basketball game against Mt. Pleasant in Wildcats Gym. There will now be a freshman/JV combined game starting at 5:30 p.m. (This is to accommodate game officials) There will be only two games. The varsity game will follow the first game at around 6:45 p.m. This word to Don Julian, KSST Sports Director from Lady Cats Basketball Assistant Coach Kevin...
Lady Cats Softball Scrimmages
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo says this year’s preseason scrimmages have been the hardest he has had. They started with Forney, then scrimmaged Rockwall, The Colony and North Forney Saturday and Lindale Monday night at Lady Cat Park. Coach Carrillo says his team’s hitting had been sporadic so far but he adds the Lady Cats have faced one quality pitcher after another so far in scrimmage season. Coach Carrillo says...
Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Saturday at 2 PM
The Captain David Philips Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Saturday, February 11, at 2:00 pm at the Senior Citizens Center on Martin Luther King Drive in Sulphur Springs. Member Sara Hurst Jones and her husband Jason will present a program on Cemetery Iconography. All members and any guests are encouraged to attend. The Capt. David Philips Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American...
Lady Cat Golf Finishes Sixth at Spring Hill Tourney
The Lady Cats’ golf team got the season off to a solid start with a sixth place finish in a thirteen-team tournament sponsored by Spring Hill at Wood Hollow Golf Course in Longview Monday. The Lady Cats shot a team total of 413. Sophomore Morgan Landers led the Lady Cats with a 91, good enough for 11th place. Senior Alissa Sotelo shot a 102 and ended up in 17th place. Junior Emma Lane shot 110. Freshman Charlie Potts also shot...
Wildcat Golf Sixth in First Tourney
The Wildcats’ golf team finished in sixth place among sixteen teams at their first tournament of the year at the Longview Invitational at Pinecrest Country Club Monday. The Wildcats shot a team total of 314. Senior Alex Motes shot 73. Colton Bench, a freshman, shot a 77 in his first tournament as a high school player. Carter Lewis shot 78, Andrew Escobar had an 86 and Matt Calhoun shot 87. New Wildcats Golf Coach Chris Owens...
Fugitives Arrested by SCU Monday in Saltillo
Two fugitives were arrested by the Special Crimes Unit Monday. The Fugitive Task Force out of Arlington, notified the SCU that Hollie Marie Jocobo, 44, and Jesus Jose Jacobo, 44, both of Richland, were suspected to be in the Saltillo area. The pair was arrested at a residence on CR 3534 near Saltillo. Both are charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. Both are currently in Hopkins County Jail. Hollie Jacobo is held on a...
Area School Board Races Adding New Candidates
Area school board races are picking up additional candidates. In Mt Vernon, incumbent Steven Asay and newcomer Josh Jordan join Millisa Dunvavant and Brook Bussell who have filed for Mt Vernon School Board. At Yantis, add Mike Allen to those who have filed for a seat on the school board. Allen joins Jennifer McKeever, April Johnson and Melissa Stephens, who have filed. Tyra Kenemore has filed for the unexpired term there. For...
Jerry Milburn Fuller
Graveside services for Jerry Milburn Fuller, age 79, of Dallas, Texas will at 12:00 P.M. on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Steve Clark officiating. There will be no visitation. Mr. Fuller passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017, at the Rehabilitation and Wellness Center of Dallas. He was born on August 24, 1937 in Cooper Texas to Milburn Alvin and Margarette Lucille (Dunn) Fuller. Jerry was...
Carrie P. Ellis
Funeral services for Carrie Ellis, age 92, of Carrollton, formerly of Sulphur Springs, will be conducted at 11:00 am, Friday, February 10, 2017 at West Oaks funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jerry Witham and Robert Harris officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Terry Penny, Bart Penny, Dennis Scott, Ronald Wills, David Dobson, and Cole Scott serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be 10:00 – 11:00 on...
Wanted Man Flees Law Enforcement Tuesday Following Traffic Stop; Sulphur Bluff School on Soft Lockdown
During a traffic stop at 7:55 a.m. Tuesday morning on FM 71 just west of the Sulphur Bluff store, John Maxwell, 36, of Paris, fled the Hopkins County Deputy. Maxwell fled south from the location on foot. A pursuit followed and the deputy called for support. The Sulphur Bluff ISD was placed on a Soft Non-Emergency Lock Down as Hopkins County Sheriff Deputies, Investigators, County and State Bloodhounds, and DPS Helicopter are involved...
