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...
Game Day: Wildcats, Lady Cats Face Tigers in District Showdown
Coach Chapman on Big Showdown With Mt. Pleasant Lady Cats Basketball Coach Jeff Chapman went to see if the first place Lady Cats would get some help from Texas High, who was playing at second place Mt. Pleasant last Friday night. The Lady Cats had a bye Friday. Mt. Pleasant won setting up a battle between the district’s top two teams. Coach Chapman said it was good that the Lady Cats didn’t have to depend on anyone to...
Tuesday Forecast
Near critical fire threat due to dry and warm conditions; High: 80; Low: 54; Wind: West 10-15 mph, gusting to 20 mph
Wildcats’ Powerlifting Team Finished Third at Emory Rains Meet
The Wildcats’ powerlifting team finished third at a meet at Emory Rains Saturday. Wildcats Coach Casey Jeter said his team wanted to win the meet but he said it just shows you how competitive our area is in powerlifting. Still Coach Jeter said the Wildcats had a very good meet Saturday with some huge positives. Out of the Wildcats’ eleven team members, Coach Jeter said ten placed in the top five to score points. He said...
Meal A Day Menu For February 13th-17th
Meal A Day Menu February 13th – February 17th Monday Beef Spaghetti Providence Vegetables Garlic Toast Tuesday Sweet and Sour Chicken On a Bed of Rice Chinese Vegetables Egg Roll Wednesday Chicken Pot Pie Broccoli Pickled Beets Thursday Taco Soup Cubed Cheese Tortilla Chips Tossed Salad Friday Sliced Ham King Hawaiian Dressing Sweet Potatoes Green Beans...
TxDOT Celebrates A Century of Service
AUSTIN – To honor the past while anticipating the future, the Texas Department of Transportation celebrates a century of service this year with a traveling exhibit and other events to highlight the agency’s ongoing mission of connecting Texans to what matters most – the people they love and the places they need to be. “Through 100 years of collaboration and leadership, TxDOT has helped connect communities to commerce and people to...
Lions, Lady Lions Stage Fourth Quarter Comeback Friday; Host Roxton Tuesday
Both the Saltillo Lions and the Saltillo Lady Lions basketball teams staged big fourth quarter comebacks to defeat Miller Grove on the road Friday night. The Lions trailed 26-19 going into the fourth quarter and then outscored the Hornets 22-11 in the last quarter to take a 41-37 win. Michael Simmons had a big game scoring 17 points for Saltillo. Other Lions’ scorers included Mathew Gurley with 8 points, Trevor Moore with 5,...
Monday Game Day: Baseball, Softball, Golf
Baseball and softball fans will have the opportunity to check out the Wildcats and Lady Cats in scrimmages on this Monday game day. Coach David Carrillo’s Lady Cats’ softball team will scrimmage Lindale at refurbished Lady Cat Park Monday evening. The Lady Cats JV team will play at 4 p.m. with the varsity to follow at around 5:30 p.m. It’s the third scrimmage for the Lady Cats. Meanwhile Coach Jerrod Hammack’s...
