Shot at Buzzer Defeats Saltillo Lions
It was a tough way to lose a ball game for the Saltillo Lions’ basketball team playing at home Tuesday night against Martin’s Mill. Martin’s Mill hit a 28-foot, three-point basket at the buzzer to take a 45-42 win. Saltillo led after the first and second quarter and trailed by only one point going into the fourth quarter. The Lions were led by Lyle Bench who scored 17 points. Michael Simmons added 12. Trevor Moore...
Update on Renovation at SSHS Sports Venues
Wednesday morning Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens gave media members an update on renovation work at Gerald Prim Stadium and Lady Cat Park as well as plans for a new baseball field to be built near ECLC. He said Prim improvements will include replacing sod with artificial turf, redoing all the home side and installing new LED lights. Capacity should be 4,000 on the home side. The stands will include room for the band and drill...
Brunch With Santa Begins The Christmas Season
(18 November 2016, Commerce, Texas) Santa Claus will be making an early stop at the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum for the annual Brunch with Santa. This year’s event will be on Saturday, December 3 from 9:30 to 11:30. Commerce Lil’ Angels will provide a pancake breakfast. Christmas crafts, Christmas trains, and, of course, Santa Claus, will make the event a wonderful way to begin the Christmas Season. Santa will be...
Meal A Day Menu For November 21-25
Meal A Day Menu November 21st – November 25th Monday Chicken Spaghetti Garlic Toast English Peas Tossed Salad Tuesday Ham and Potato Casserole Spinach Carrots Wednesday Turkey and Dressing Sweet Potatoes Green Bean Casserole Roll Thursday OFF FOR THANKSGIVING Friday Beef and Vegetable Soup Crackers Cheese Cubes Karon Weatherman Program and Marketing Director Senior Citizen’s Center 150 Martin Luther King Blvd...
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs and CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic to Celebrate National Rural Health Day
Sterling Heights, Michigan (June 30, 2016) – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs and CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic – Sulphur Springs and Emory will join the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) and other state/national rural stakeholders in celebrating National Rural Health Day on Thursday, November 17, 2016. NOSORH created National Rural Health Day as a way to showcase rural America; increase...
Redo for Raza
In a unique twist, Mohammad Shabeeh Raza will face a second trial in Eighth Judicial District Court for online solicitation of a minor. Monday afternoon Raza was found guilty of the charge made following his arrest in December 2015 at a Sulphur Springs convenience store. On Monday, Raza had been remanded to the custody of the Sheriff and would have entered the sentencing phase of the trail December 6th. Instead, the District...
Intoxication Leads to Assault
Sulphur Springs Police responded to a disturbance in the 1000 block of Main Street Tuesday night around 11:16 p.m. There they arrested Justin Karl Roderick, 58, of Sulphur Springs for Assault Family Violence Restriction of Airway/Circulation. The victim told police that Roderick had choked her to the point that she could not breathe or scream for help. Roderick had been drinking all day and was highly intoxicated. As officers arrested...
Lady Cats Defeat North Lamar; Wildcats Defeat Athens
Lady Cats 42, North Lamar 29 The Lady Cats’ basketball team won one the ugly way Tuesday night as the Lady Cats topped North Lamar, 42-29 in Wildcats Gym. That was the assessment of Lady Cats Coach Jeff Chapman who said the ball didn’t bounce the Lady Cats way a lot of the time Tuesday. Sadavia Porter used her speed to score several goals on breakaway layups an led the Lady Cats with 11 points. Porter also had 6...
