Sulphur Springs City Council To Call For Run-Off Election For Place 1
The Sulphur Springs City Council is scheduled to call for a run-off election for a Place 1 during a special noon meeting on Nov. 17. The City Council will first be asked to discuss and act on canvass of the Nov. 3 City Council Election for Places 1, 2, 3 and 5 on the Sulphur Springs council. Candidates in only two of the four election drew challengers. The special election was called to fill four seats on the council left vacant when...
Yantis ISD Closes Campuses, Switches To Virtual Learning As COVID-19 Precaution
Less than 1 month after suspending all online learning, Yantis ISD announced the decision to close all school campuses and switch to virtual learning until after Thanksgiving as a COVID-19 precaution. Yantis ISD Owl logo Yantis ISD Superintendent Tracey Helfferich cited the effectiveness of face-to-face instruction compared to online learning, and the stress of the extra workload for staff in an Oct. 13 letter notifying ISD families...
Controlled Substances, Weapons Found During Two Traffic Stops
Controlled substances and weapons found during two traffic stops resulted in two felony arrests. Two others were also arrested on controlled substance charges Wednesday, including a man Special Crimes Unit Investigators reportedly caught making a drug transaction, according to arrest reports. South Broadway Street Traffic Stop Sulphur Springs Police Cpl. Chris Rosamond reported stopping 38-year-old David Aaron Soto of Sulphur Springs...
New Band Trailer A Big Hit During Ceremonial Reveal
Semi Dedicated To Past Staff, Students, Administrators Who Built The SSISD Band Program The Sulphur Springs ISD Band program’s new trailer was a big hit during the ceremonial reveal Wednesday evening. Lead by a police car, the blue and gold semi trailer rolled down Houston Street and into the visitor parking lot at Gerald Prim Stadium Wednesday evening, where it received applause and cheers from an ecstatic gathering. SSHS...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Analyzes Lady Cats Loss at Hallsville Tuesday
Perhaps the Lady Cats winning the first set at Hallsville Tuesday night might not have been such a good thing after all. The Lady Bobcats then won the next three sets to take a 3-1 win that broke the Lady Cats 9-game winning streak in district games. Lady Cats Coach Bailey Dorner said the team might have become complacent after an easy set one win. She said a good team like Hallsville takes advantage of that. Coach Dorner said it was...
2020 Veterans Day Observance In Sulphur Springs
The 2020 Veterans Day observance on Celebration Plaza Wednesday was set to begin at 11:11 a.m. Nov. 11. Veterans Day commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at 11 a.m., the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. Veterans Day observance on Celebration Plaza An invocation with a prayer for departed veterans was given. The Pledge...
Wildcats Basketball Will Have Second Scrimmage Wednesday Minus Quarantined JV Team
Wildcats Basketball Freshman and Varsity Teams will be involved in a scrimmage at Frisco Lebanon Trail beginning at 5 p.m. on this game day Wednesday. The Wildcats JV Team has been quarantined due to coronavirus. The Wednesday scrimmage will be the first for the Freshman Wildcats. JV games, against Tyler Legacy on Saturday and North Lamar on Tuesday have been canceled. The Lebanon Trail scrimmage will be the second for the Wildcats...
Lady Cats Senior Volleyball Player Sadie Washburn Signs Letter To Play At Dallas Baptist
Lady Cats Volleyball star Sadie Washburn signed a letter of intent to play volleyball for Dallas Baptist University during an signing event Wednesday morning in the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School. Washburn has been on the varsity for three years. Sadie Washburn signs to play volleyball for DBU, Nov. 11, 2020 She said she talked with a lot of colleges but she said her dad recommended DBU. Washburn said the DBU coach saw her...
Extraordinary Nurses Recognized At CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs
November 4, 2020 – Sulphur Springs, Texas – Ashley Ross, RN was honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses ®. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. Ashley Ross receives a Daisy Award Ashley’s patients wanted to thank her for extraordinary care saying “During this COVID pandemic I had the privilege of...
SSHS Wildcat Band Competition Season Kicked Off On High Note
Reveal And Dedication Ceremony For New Trailer, Performance Slated Tonight At Prim The Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Marching Band’s competition season kicked off on a high note over the weekend. The SSHS band is preparing for three events over the next 2 weeks. The band have what Director of Bands Spencer Emmert called a “great performance” Nov. 7, which resulted in straight first division ratings from all...
