Chamber Connection September 22
By Lezley Brown The deadline has come and gone for last year’s cooks to keep their stew site, but we will always take entries for the 47th Annual Stew Cook-off. The absolute deadline for entry into the contest is Friday, October 7th at 5:00 p.m. All cooks signed up for the 47th Annual Stew Cook-off will need to attend the Cooks Meeting on Tuesday, October 11th at 6 p.m. at the Southwest Dairy Museum. Cooks will receive their...
Woman Attacks Brother With Knife, Resists Arrest
Sulphur Springs Police were called to a disturbance in the 700 block of Fuller Street Wednesday night shortly before 11 p.m. There the officer found Kyri Shakur Ivery, 23, in the yard of the residence yelling and acting belligerent. When the officer asked her to calm down, she began to curse and yell again. As he attempted to restrain her, she pulled away and resisted the officer. As he used necessary force, she scratched his wrist....
Jerry F. Anderson
Jerry F. Anderson, age 81, of Lubbock, Texas, passed away on September 20, 2016. He was a life long member of the First United Methodist Church. Jerry was born November 5, 1934 in Como, Texas to James Floyd and Ima Chapman Anderson. He married his wife Sue on July 3, 1964 in Brownfield, Texas. Jerry was a graduate of Brownfield High 1953 and attended Texas Tech University. He attended Boys State, sponsored by the American Legion....
Wildcats to Face Pine Tree as District Season Begins
The beginning of district play is in effect, a new season and Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens is ready for a fresh start. Coach Owens had his media gathering Wednesday morning to discuss the first district game at Pine Tree Friday. The Wildcats were 1-3 in pre-district games. He said there seemed to be more pep in the players’ steps at practice this week. They enjoyed a freak rain during bright sunshine at Monday’s...
Gordon Sentenced to Seven Years Following Third DWI 3rd or More Conviction
In Eighth Judicial District Court Wednesday, David Gordon, 56, was sentenced to seven years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for his third DWI conviction. His third arrest for DWI resulted from an accident in May 2015 that sent a Hopkins County teenager to then Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. Gordon had received felony probation for his two previous DWI 3rd convictions, according to the District Attorney’s office. In...
Fall Decorating Contest For Sulphur Springs Businesses and Residents
Sulphur Springs Downtown Business Alliance is sponsoring a fall decorating contest for all businesses and residents within the Sulphur Springs city limits. You may enter by contacting Linda Galligher at 903-439-6713, Joy Wilson at 903-885-9966, or Billie Ruth Standbridge at 903-439-0862. The deadline to enter is October 3, 2016. Judging will begin at 1 p.m. on Friday, October 14th. A first and second place winner will be chosen for...
Yantis High Principal Now Acting Superintendent
Yantis High School Principal Jerry Brem was named Acting Superintendent during the Yantis School Board meeting Monday evening. Brem became Principal at Yantis High in July, 2015. Brem is a graduate of Sul Ross State University with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology/Education and a graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso with a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership and Administration....
Paperwork Issues Result in County Jail Noncompliance
“It’s all in the paperwork. We are not in compliance,” lamented Hopkins County Sheriff Butch Adams Wednesday morning after reading Tuesday’s report on the inspection of Hopkins Count Jail. Adams stated the new jail building and grounds are in compliance. However, three areas in the paperwork are not in compliance. The level of noncompliance will not affect the jail house either local or out of county inmates. He stated this is not a...
Phone Call From Jail Adds to Charges
She is in jail on a $20,000 bond for a September 6th arrest for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Penalty Group 1, more than 1-gram but less than 4-grams. However, more charges were generated when she spoke with her son by phone from the jail facility. Sharon Donice Simmons, 47, told her son in a phone call from the jail to destroy a black bag inside her residence on Wildcat Way in Sulphur Springs. Inside the bag was 3.6 grams of...
