About 150 Athletes Show up For First Day of The Edge
Wildcats Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Greg Owens said it was good to see Wildcats and Lady Cats’ athletes Monday morning, June 10, at the first session of The Edge conditioning program for this summer. The Edge for high school and middle school athletes got under way Monday and will run Mondays through Thursdays through July 18. The Edge runs from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. for high school athletes and from 9:30 a.m....
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell Opens Three-Day Girls Basketball Camp Monday
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell opened her three-day basketball camp for girls Monday morning, June 10, in the main gym at Sulphur Springs High School. After honing the skills of high school athletes for a living, Coach Tisdell said it was a good change for her to work with beginners just learning the game. Coach Tisdell’s first camp Monday was for girls who will be entering the second through the fifth grades in the...
Grand Jury Signs More Than 50 Indictments in June
The Hopkins County Grand Jury during the June court session signed more than 50 indictments, pushing those cases forward for prosecution. Half of the charges were for drug and alcohol offenses. The rest ranged from continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 years to engaging in organized criminal activity and stolen vehicle or evading arrest in a vehicle charges. However, half of the cases were for drug and alcohol related offenses....
Police: Woman Arrested For Fighting Bus Driver, Trying To Take Gun From Trooper
A 33-year-old Texarkana woman’s combative behavior toward a bus driver and state trooper landed her in the county jail on a misdemeanor charge early Sunday morning.Officers were dispatched to a West Shannon Road truck stop to a disturbance and possible fight around 11:30 p.m. June 8. Witnesses claimed she attacked the driver of a Greyhound bus she was riding on and was restrained by other passengers., police noted in arrest...
Pedestrian Arrested On Felony Warrant
June 11, 2019 – Sulphur Springs police saw a man he recognized as a wanted person walking on Carter Street and detained him at the Freeman Street intersection at noon Monday, according to arrest reports. Dispatchers confirmed the warrant, resulting in the arrest of 19-year-old Deanthony Rayon Moore June 10 on a warrant for manufacture or delivery of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 2 or 2A controlled...
Pickton Pine Forest VFD Recognized For Dedication, Service
Hopkins County Commissioners Court and Fire Chief Andy Endsley recognized Pickton Pine Forest Volunteer Fire Department Monday for their dedication and continued service in the county. “The Hopkins County Commissioners Court urges all citizens of Hopkins County to celebrate the outstanding efforts of the firemen of the Pickton-Pine Forest Volunteer Fire Department, to recognize the dedication in their perseverance to provide...
Sylvia Mann Kibart
Sylvia Mann Kibart passed away on June 8, 2019. She was born December 6, 1936, in Colón, Republic of Panama and lived there with her parents and two sisters until 1954 when they moved to Sulphur Springs, Texas. She graduated from Texas A&M Commerce with a master’s degree in languages. Once she received her teaching certificate, she taught public school for two years in Hobbs, NM and Bagota, Texas before becoming a tenured...
Eddie Jo Edge
Funeral service for Eddie Jo Edge will be held at 2 p.m on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at City Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Edge passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at Sunny Springs Health and Rehab. Eddie Jo was born on Dec. 23, 1929, in Breckenridge, Texas to Edith and Irwin Dindinger. She graduated from Pine Tree High School and Kilgore...
HCSO: Fort Worth Man Found With A Person He Is Prohibited From Contacting
A 41-year-old Fort Worth man who claimed to be hitchhiking to Shreveport was arrested Saturday evening, after it was found out he was violating a court order by even communicating with the woman he was traveling with, according to arrest reports. A sheriff’s deputy reported finding the man seated under the League Street overpass seated beside a woman he identified as his wife at 6:13 p.m. June 8. Both claimed to be hitchhiking...
I-30 Traffic Stop Yields Medications, 1 Arrest
A 52-year-old Arkansas man who pulled over when police stopped another vehicle on Interstate 30 Sunday morning, was allegedly found to be in possession of three different kinds of medication for which he could not provide a prescription, troopers alleged in arrest reports. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper stopped vehicle about 10:30 a.m. June 9 at mile marker 130 on Interstate 30 for speeding. The Malvern, Arkansas man...
