Winnsboro Man Arrested Following Highway 11E Head-on Crash
A driver weaving in and out of traffic on State Highway 11E Wednesday night stopped his antics near the Highway 11E/FM 3019 intersection when his vehicle hit another head-on. The accident resulted in a man and wife being flown to an area hospital with fractured bones and other injuries, one vehicle on fire, and the erratic driver being arrested for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. The erratic driver, Nelson Mitchell Privette,...
Senior Citizen’s Center, Possible Move? Petition Seeks Larger Space
By Interns The Meal A Day program at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens’ Center is a program that offers a free meal everyday for those who don’t have the luxuries most people have. There is a petition inside, on a table, at the senior center that is a request to move it’s current location. According to volunteer Polly Swatsell, “ We need a larger space.” The amount of activities that go on and the amount of people that come to the...
29th Commerce Leadership Institute Begins Year
(January 26, 2017, Commerce, Texas) The Commerce Leadership Institute (CLI) Class of 2017 met for the first time at Dixie Turman’s State Farm office in Commerce on Wednesday, January 18. The Commerce Leadership Institute was established in 1988, making this the 29th CLI class. The CLI Class of 2017 consists of Jim Ayres, Amy Barrow, Erica Contreras, Stephanie Davies, Amanda Escobedo, Darrek Ferrell, William Ford, Devin Girod, W....
Leonard Denton
Funeral services for Leonard Denton, age 80, of Yantis, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 29, 2017 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Byron George officiating. Interment will follow at Yantis Cemetery with Gerald Denton, Randy Denton, Aaron Walker, Perry Shirley, Eric Dalton and Jeffery Dalton serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Saturday, January 28, 2016 at West Oaks Funeral...
Wildcat Soccer Picks Up Win; District Play Begins Friday
Wildcats Soccer Coach Nicky Wiggins said his team played real hard in a 1-0 victory over Pittsburg on the road Tuesday night. Johnathan Alvarez scored the Wildcats’ goal. It was the Wildcats’ final non-district game. Coach Wiggins said Pittsburg was a pretty good team and he added they were very physical. He called the match a good little dogfight to be in right before district play. Coach Wiggins said the atmosphere was...
Happy Birthday to the Lone Star Flag
On January 25th, 1839, the second Texas Flag was adopted. Our current flag is a much different version than our Texan forefathers saw. Texas’s first flag boasted a blue background with a yellow five-point star in the middle and represented our state for a little over two years, beginning in 1836. The design of our current flag is accredited to Charles B. Stewart of Montgomery County. For years Texans considered the origins of...
Friday Gras in the Celebration City
The Celebration Association is sponsoring Mari Gras Sulphur Springs style! The celebration will kick off with a Krewe of Barkus Parade at 4 PM, followed by a lighted parade, a $10 Hypnotist Show, and a $15 Masquerade Ball that will be held at 219 Main St. Festivities will begin February 24th, to enter the parade call Kaydee Hauerwas at 903-335-9900.
Arnor Faye “Pug” Kay Thomas Rhoades
Arnor Faye “Pug” Kay Thomas Rhoades passed away in the early morning hours of January 24, 2017 in Sulphur Springs, Texas. She was born to the late Ira Julius and Eunie Madge Tolar Kay on July 17, 1924 in De Leon. She married E.G. Thomas (Sr.) June 22, 1942. Together, they had three sons, E.G “Tommy” Thomas, Jr, William Dewey Thomas and Steven Armo Thomas. E.G and Pug lived in many places during their life together including Kermit,...
