Gay Nell Wood
Funeral Services for Gay Nell Wood, age 75 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, January 25, 2016 at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Ron Byrd officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Danny Waldren, Tommy Boyd, Tracy Coker, Kerry Coker, Kerry Kirkpatrick and Jeremy Keen serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be Sunday, January 24, 2016 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., at the funeral home. Mrs....
Hopkins County Commissioners Monday Agenda
Hopkins County Commissioners Court will meet at 9:00 A.M., Monday, January 25th, 2016, in the Commissioners’ Courtroom On The First Floor Of The Hopkins County Courthouse, 118 Church St., Sulphur Springs, TX Invocation Pledge Of Allegiance To The Flag AMERICAN FLAG: TEXAS FLAG: “Honor The Texas Flag; I Pledge Allegiance To Thee, Texas, One State Under God, One And Indivisible.” The Following Items Will Be Considered By Commissioners’...
Lady Cats Soccer Shut Out North Lamar
The Lady Cats Soccer Team will enter district play next week with a seven match winning streak. In the last non-district match before the start of district play, the Lady Cats shut out North Lamar, 3-0 on the road Friday night. The Lady Cats last and only loss of the year so far was to Terrell in a Terrell tournament on January 8. The Lady Cats are now 9-1 for the season. They’ll open district play at home as they play Marshall...
Lady Cats Win on the Road in Marshall
This time it was much closer as the Lady Cats Basketball Team defeated the Marshall Lady Mavericks on the road, 43-36 Friday night. The first time they met, the Lady Cats won handily, 50-13 in Wildcats Gym on December 18. The win puts the Lady Cats solidly in second place with a 7-2 district record. Hallsville remains in first place at 8-1 after they picked up a solid win at Longview Friday night. Next the Lady Cats travel to Texas...
Wildcats Lose to State Ranked Marshall
The Marshall Mavericks, currently ranked #20 in Class 5A, remained unbeaten as they defeated the Wildcats Basketball Team, 84-55 in Wildcats Gym Friday night. The Mavericks are now 7-0 in district play and 24-0 for the season. The Wildcats hung tough with the Mavs early and trailed only 19-16 after the first quarter. Marshall extended their lead to ten at the half, 40-30 and then ran away from the Wildcats in the third quarter...
Anticipating The Lights of Life Gala
DSC_1035 DSC_1036 DSC_1038 DSC_1039 DSC_1041 DSC_1042 DSC_1043 DSC_1044 DSC_1034 DSC_1033 DSC_1032 The Lights of Life Gala, held at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center, is being constructed readily as we speak. This year’s theme is “Oscar Night at the Gala”. The event is from 6 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, January...
Arturo’s Pizza New Location
561 565 566 557 555 Arturo’s Pizza is in the process of moving across the street into their official restaurant on 221 Main Street. Most of the construction is already finished, but there is still work to be done. They plan to be ready to serve customers in the near...
Wetter-Than-Normal Conditions Expected for Texas Agriculture
By Robert Burns, Texas A & M Education COLLEGE STATION – A further strengthening of the current El Niño will likely mean wetter-than-normal conditions continue into spring, according to Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon, state climatologist and Regents Professor at Texas A&M University, College Station. “There’s the possibility that this El Niño, although it’s already pretty strong, is actually going to strengthen a bit more because of...
Goodson-Lindley Arrested For Retaliation And Theft
Zataviane Quamaine Goodson-Lindley, 19, was arrested Thursday afternoon for a theft at Walmart in Sulphur Springs, but his self-inflicted problems increased. Goodson-Lindley was contacted in the parking lot by Sulphur Springs Police Department Officers where it was discovered that the subject had an active Criminal Trespass Warning in connection with two previous thefts which prohibited him from being on the Walmart property. A...
Break Room Fire Results in $8.5 Million in Damage; Investigation Remains Open
The fire that destroyed Brian Toliver Ford Lincoln service department and did extensive damage to the showroom and offices began in the breakroom according to ATF spokesperson Russ Morrison. However, the exact cause of the fire is yet undetermined and that phase of the investigation by ATF (The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) will remain open. At this time the near two dozen ATF officers that have been in Sulphur...
