Wildcats Win in Five Friday; Host Hallsville Saturday
The Wildcats’ baseball team soundly defeated Pine Tree, 12-1 Friday night on the road. The game was halted after five innings due to the ten-run rule. Wildcats pitcher Ryan Humphries pitched all five innings allowing only one run and four hits. It was his second straight strong outing. He threw a two hit shut out against Greenville last Friday. The Wildcats offense produced ten runs and eight hits in a second inning where 14...
Friday Area Track Results Good News for SSHS’s Gatewood, Baier, Taylor
Wildcat distance runner Jacob Gatewood claimed first place in both long races at the area track meet in Whitehouse. Friday Gatewood took first in the 1600-meter run. Thursday he took first in the 3200-meter run defeating a runner who had been beating him all season long. Gatewood qualified for the regional meet in Arlington April 29-30. Thursday Lady Cat hurdler Abbi Baier was also a big winner at the area track meet. Baier advanced...
Lady Cats Senior Night 5 p.m. Saturday
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo decided early Friday that Lady Cat Park could benefit from one more day of sunshine. The planned Senior Night game against Pine Tree, originally scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m., has been postponed. It will now take place Saturday at 5 p.m. at Lady Cat Park. It will be the second half of a unique baseball and softball doubleheader as the Wildcats will be playing Hallsville on Saturday at 2 p.m. at...
State Jail Felony Charges Filed in Area ATV Theft
Two Greenville men were arrested Thursday morning at 4 a.m. after they attempted to retrieve an ATV they had tampered with and pushed into a tree line. Last weekend a construction crew alerted Hopkins County Sheriff’s officers that someone had tampered with an ATV the crew had been using in the Brashear area. The ATV was discovered in a tree line where it had been pushed in an attempt to hide it for later retrieval. Hopkins County...
Mary Jo Fatheree
Funeral service for Mary Jo Fatheree was held Saturday, April 23, 2016, at Emory Baptist Church. Rev. Rodney Williams officiated. Burial followed in Emory City Cemetery. Mrs. Fatheree was born July 26, 1925, in Rusk, to Thomas Frank and Bertha Irene Taylor Terry. She graduated from Rains High School in 1942. Mary Jo married Roscoe “Rock” Veech Fatheree, in Emory, on May 10, 1951. During her working career, she was...
Linda Marie Vliet
Graveside services for Linda Marie Vliet, age 73 of Sulphur Springs will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 27 2016 at Restlawn Memorial Park with Bro. Charlie Beliew officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Linda passed away on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at her residence. She was born on April 2, 1943 in Newberry, Michigan, the daughter of Raymond and Lorraine (Alexander) Martin. She married Eugene Raymond Vliet on...
Auditorium Remodel Forces Cancellation of Children’s Concert
An annual cultural event for all third, fourth, and fifth graders in all Hopkins County Schools has been canceled. The Sulphur Springs Symphony League has been presenting the annual children’s concert that features a music-focused learning experience for students for the past 18 years. This year the May event has been cancelled due to lack of venue. Over 1,000 students were to have attended the event at the Civic Center/SSISD...
Letra May Penny
Funeral services for Letra May Penny, age 72 of Holly Lake Ranch, formerly of Sulphur Springs will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 24, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Donald Smith and Pastor Kenneth Rhoades officiating. Interment will follow at Sherley Cemetery with Jeramy Rawson, Eric Rawson, Luke Penny, Michael Vititow, Shane Fite and Chase Fite serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.,...
Saltillo Track Advances Five to Regional
At the Area 1-A Track Meet hosted by Mt Pleasant High School Wednesday, April 20th 2016, Saltillo Lions and Lady Lions advanced five to the regional meet in Stephenville at Tarlton State University, April 29th and 30th. Boys Results Trevor Moore 1st 800m run advances to Regionals 3rd 3200m run advances to Regionals Walker McGill 4th 3200m run advances to...
