Como-Pickton CISD Trustees To Consider Budget, Tax Rate At Special Aug. 26 Meeting
Como-Pickton Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees have called a special meeting to consider approving the proposed budget and tax rate proposed for fiscal year 2019-2020, which begins on Sept. 1. A public hearing will be conducted on both the proposed budget and tax rate, then the trustees will be asked to adopt each. The C-P CISD tax rate, as proposed, would be 97-cents per $100 property valuation, which is...
Sulphur Bluff Lady Bears Win A Pair Of Volleyball Matches Against North Hopkins
The Sulphur Bluff Lady Bears won a couple of recent matches against North Hopkins. The two teams met in a Gold Bracket game in a North Hopkins tournament last Saturday, Aug. 17, and Sulphur Bluff won, 2-1. The score was 24-26, 25-22 and 25-20. Tuesday the two teams faced off at Sulphur Bluff and the Lady Bears won 3-1. The score was 16-25, 26-24, 25-22 and 25-21. For the Lady Bears freshman Skylar Stanley had four blocks and six...
Lady Cats Volleyball Team Had Pool Play Thursday In An Edgewood Tournament
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team is playing in the 5th annual Edgewood Back-to-School Dig-Fest Volleyball Tournament on this Thursday game day, August 22. The Lady Cats play three pool games in the afternoon at the Edgewood Middle School Gym. The Lady Cats began play with Lone Oak at 2 p.m., then will take on Scurry-Rosser at 5 p.m. and Caddo Mills at 6 p.m. The top two teams after pool play in the four pools will go into a Championship...
Wildcats Football Team Scrimmages At Liberty-Eylau Thursday Evening In Texarkana
Sulphur Springs Wildcats The Wildcats Football Team has their only scrimmage of the preseason Thursday night, Aug. 22, at Liberty-Eylau in Texarkana. The varsity Wildcats will get underway at around 7 p.m. The JV and freshmen teams will alternate beginning at 5 p.m. The Liberty-Eylau Leopards are coached by former Wildcat, Klint King, son of former Wildcats Head Football Coach Chuck King. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens says the...
Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees To Hold Special Meeting On Friday, Aug. 23
A special meeting of Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees has been called for noon Friday, Aug. 23, in the board room of SSISD Administration Building, 631 Connally St. The agenda includes one report, one action item and an executive session. District Business Manager Sherry McGraw is slated to talk about how an amendment to House Bill 3 of the 86th Legislature will impact school funding, particularly the...
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies Catch Burglar Inside Of SH 154 House
A suspicious person report resulted in deputies catching a burglary in progress at a residence south of Sulphur Springs Wednesday night. Justin Tyler Strahan Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies Lance Burdick, Aaron Chaney, Jason Lavender and Cpl. Todd Evans were dispatched at 9:36 p.m. to a State Highway 154 south residence, where a man was reportedly using a flashlight inside of a vacant house and had the hood of a vehicle up in...
Chamber Connection – Aug. 22, 2019
By Lezley Brown, president/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce The 50th Anniversary of Stew Contest will be here before we know it! Cooks have begun reserving their spots, and it’s going to be quite a celebration. Just so you know, cook letters and entry forms have been mailed out. Your letter, if you cooked last year, should have arrived in the mail. However, if you need them, all forms are on our website at...
Teen Arrested In Titus County On Felony Hopkins County Warrant
A 19-year-old Mount Pleasant man was reportedly taken into custody in Titus County on a Hopkins County warrant. Once alerted, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office sent Corrections Officer Melvin Jackson to Titus County jail where he took Zadarrius Tremaine Gamble into custody at 1:22 p.m. Tuesday, according to arrest reports. Zadarrius Tremaine Gamble Gamble was transported to Hopkins County jail where, he was held on a warrant for...
Two Sulphur Springs Women Caught With THC In Vape Pens
Monica Ann Richbourg August 21, 2019 – Two Sulphur Springs women were arrested Tuesday night after police found them in possession of THC in vape pens. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Justin Findley at 9:09 p.m. Aug. 20 stopped a Cadillac Deville in the 1200 block of South Broadway Street for not having license plate lights. Findley alleged he could detect a marijuana odor in the car as he approached it. The driver claimed the...
Police: Wanted Sulphur Springs Man Had 2.4 Grams Of Methamphetamine At Time Of Arrest
Cesar Mendoza A wanted 32-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested early Wednesdaymorning for failure to identify and controlled substance possession in addition to both Collin County charges.Sulphur Springs Police reportedly learned a wanted person at a location where an accidental blaze destroyed a shed Tuesday night, according to police and fire reports. A records check showed the person in question was indeed wanted on two...
