Winnsboro Police Weekly Report
Winnsboro Police Department responded to 136 calls for service, issued 49 citations and 33 warnings, investigated one accident, and made three (3) arrests during the seven day period, February 22-28. Kristy Bailey, 30, of Winnsboro was arrested Monday, February 22 for driving while license invalid with a previous conviction and on a Wood County warrant. Ronald Caviness, 54, of Yantis, was arrested Thursday, February 25, for evading...
Business History Month: Brumley’s Uniform
Brumley’s Uniforms originated in Pickton, Texas. Brumley’s was founded by Lois Brumley in 1970. Lois was a dairywoman for 30 years before she began working at a local hospital where she saw a need for a uniform store for nurses and other medical personnel in the community. She first began making each uniform in her home and soon the demand became overwhelming. She then began to order uniforms to keep up with supply and...
Education Foundation Grant Facilitates Poetry in Classroom
The Sulphur Springs Independent School District Education Foundation recently awarded a classroom grant in the amount of $3,300 to Ms. Garner, Ms. Moss and Ms. Roberts, English Language Arts teachers at Sulphur Springs Middle School. They used their grant funds to bring in poets Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger. The poets will spend two days at SSMS meeting with each 8th grade Language Arts class as well as leading faculty in staff...
Cameron Sentenced to 10 Years Following Plea Agreement
Monday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court, Timothy Darren Cameron, 47, of Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas pled guilty to one count of sexual assault of a child. In a plea agreement, Cameron was sentenced to 10 years in the Texas Criminal Justice System. Cameron was indicted by a Hopkins County Grand Jury in December of this past year after having been arrested in October for online solicitation of a minor and sexual...
Joyce “Mack” Gilbert
Mr. Joyce “Mack” Gilbert, age 87 of Winnsboro, passed away on Saturday, February 27th, 2016 in Winnsboro. He was born on March 16th, 1928 in Franklin County to the late Lonnie Gilbert and Gladys Anderson Gilbert. Mack grew up in the New Hope area of Franklin County and graduated from Mt. Vernon High School. He was an outstanding athlete and enjoyed telling stories about his days playing football for Coach Catfish Smith. He...
SSHS Wins Judy Tipping UIL Academic Meet
Sulphur Springs High School hosted our annual spring UIL meet this past weekend, with 39 schools attending. We chose to rename our meet in memory of Miss Judy Tipping, one of Sulphur Springs’ lifelong educators, for her unwavering commitment to UIL. For the small school division, New Boston High School won first place sweepstakes, the Overall Journalism award, and second place team in speech, while Canton High School won second place...
Continuing Ed Courses Available at PJC-Sulphur Springs Center
Fun courses in cake decorating and health care and computer courses to help start a new career are offered in March by the Paris Junior College – Sulphur Springs Center’s Continuing Education Department. To sign up for a class or get more information, call 903-885-1232. Unless otherwise noted, all classes will be offered in the new location at 1137 Loop 301 East in Sulphur Springs. Seniorific Computer Essentials Level 2 –...
Bobby J. Tidwell
Funeral service for Bobby J. Tidwell, age 81, of Point, will be held Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Lone Star Cemetery. Richard Kellam officiated. Mr. Tidwell died at his residence on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. He was born in Point, Oct. 7, 1934, to Jesse Powell and O.B. Cason Tidwell. He served his country by serving in the U.S. Army. Bobby married Ida Ruth Horton in Dallas on Jan. 6,...
Joe Blanks
Funeral services for Joe Blanks, age 61 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Jon Nesbitt officiating. Interment will follow in Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Charles Marzek, James Doss, Edward Beaver, Harold Follis, Michael Blanks, Braden Blanks and Roger Follis serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 1,...
Early Vote Totals Over 3000 Ballots
The last day of early voting resulted in the largest one day vote cast of the 11 day period for the March 1st Primary. A total of 593 votes were cast on Friday, February 26. Of that number 559 were Republicans and 34 were Democrats. According to totals given KSST News by the County Clerk’s office, 3,008 votes were cast during early voting. For Republicans, 2763 have voted and Democrat ballots total 245. Only Republicans have...
