TxDOT Warns Political Signs Are Illegal on or Near Right of Way
PARIS – During campaign season the scenic Texas landscape blooms with a special kind of flower – the political sign. TxDOT officials remind the public that placing campaign and other signs on public lands is illegal. Signs and other objects that encroach the right of way create safety violations and potentially dangerous situations for motorists. Consider and remember these pointers before planting any sign: It is illegal to place any...
Four Transferred to Prison
Perry Jeff Yates, 31, Stanton Wayne Yates, 30, Patrick Wayne McMahan, 31, and Cody Scott Shaw, 27, were transferred to the Texas Department of Corrections Thursday morning according to Sheriff Butch Adams. Adams stated that the four were first transferred to Hunt County where they were placed on a bus for the trip to Huntsville. The Yates brothers worked together in burglarizing several in Hopkins County and the Collin County area....
Teresa Kaye Stubblefield
Graveside service for Teresa Kaye Stubblefield, age 54, of Sulphur Springs, TX, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., on Friday, February 5, 2016 at West Oaks Funeral Home. Mrs. Stubblefield passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at Baylor Health Care Center of Dallas. Arrangements are under the direction of West Oaks Funeral...
Texas House Republican Caucus Chair, NRA Endorse Flynn for Re-election
Endorsements for Texas House District 2 Representative Dan Flynn’s re-election have been flowing in recent days. Tan Parker, Chairman of the Texas House Republican Caucus, endorses Representative Dan Flynn (R), HD-2 for re-election. In a press release, Parker stated, “Dan Flynn is a dear friend to conservative causes and someone that I have proudly been in the trenches with for almost a decade. As the Chairman of the...
Dwayne Boyd
Funeral Services for Dwayne Boyd, age 55 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 6, 2016 at First Baptist Church Yantis with Bro. Byron George and Rev. Craig Vance officiating. Interment will follow at Yantis Cemetery with Sidney Walker, Larry Ponder, Tim Ponder, Marcus Hill, Wesley Attaway, Mike Smith, Tyler McCrary, Adam Coleman and David Allen serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Fred...
Miller Grove News
by Brandon Darrow Not much news in the old “Grove” this week. Seems as though we’ve hit a lull as far as news in the community goes. The last couple of weekends my cousin, Nathan Petty, and I have done a little work on cleaning brush out of the fence row at the community center. There have been several people pass by driving slow to see what we were doing – I guess that’s typical in our small community. We have it looking a...
Public Library Offers Preschool Storytime, Multiplayer Minecraft, and Options for Adults
Storytime at Sulphur Springs Public Library. The Very Ready Reading Program for Preschoolers is held on the first and third Fridays of each month at 10:30. Parents and caregivers are a child’s first teacher. One of the 7 Ways to help your child get ready to read is to Share Sounds: Sounds are the building blocks of words. February 5 is our next Storytime! Multiplayer Minecraft every Tuesday 3-6pm. Minecraft is a popular build...
SSHS Hearts Festival King and Queen Nominees
by Allison Bledsoe Sulphur Springs Student Council will hold the 2016 Hearts Festival on February 13th from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of last week SSHS students nominated the “Sweethearts” from their grade level as well as a “Wild Card” couple that consists of two students from separate grade levels. From the Freshman grade Jaci Glenn and...
Maude Speaks
Maude Speaks, age 89 of Dallas, passed away on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016 at her home in Dallas. She was born on April 4th, 1926 in Wood County to the late Willie Canaday and Claudie Newkirk Speaks. She was a homemaker, and a member of First Missionary Baptist Church of Cockrell Hill in Dallas. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of sixty-two years, H.V. Speaks on May 23, 2004; son, Harold Speaks; six sisters and...
Edithanne Warwick
Edithanne Warwick, age 77, of Point, passed away Tuesday morning, February 2, 2016, at her home. Funeral service will be held Friday, 2:00 PM, February 5, 2016, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Interment will follow in Woosley Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time at 1:00 PM. Anne was born on October 7, 1938, in Dallas, to Thomas Leslie and Ruby Lee Freiley Lindsay. She married Price Owen...
