Edna Rawson
Edna Rawson Memorial Service for Edna Rawson, age 86, of Little Elm, will be held on Sunday, April 14, 2019 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Buddy Wiggins officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Mrs. Rawson passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at Medical City Denton. Edna was born on September 18, 1932 in Sulphur Springs, TX to Henry Fred and Cora Belle Underwood. Edna was a financial bookkeeper and of the Baptist...
Tradin’ Post for Friday, April 12th, 2019
For sale at 428 College St, a brown leather sofa and love seat. Bought new furniture, come and look at the old. make an offer. 903 438 0846. Refrigerator $150. Washer and Dryer $150 for the pair. 903 440 4148 Lost: a green billfold. Was lost in the area of Jarbo and Bellview Street. Includes an ID with the name Dewayne Johnson on it. If you have found this billfold, or for more details, please call 903-919-3349. Free: canning jars....
Gary Lee “Buffalo” Adams
Memorial service for Gary Lee “Buffalo” Adams, age 60, of Greenville will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. There will be no formal visitation. Mr. Adams passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at his residence in Greenville. Gary was born on September 8, 1958 in Ft. Worth, TX to Jerry Adams and Martha Bernice Crump Gilbreath. He married Carla Adams on November 22, 1985. Gary was a...
Huge Weekend for SSHS UIL Academic Team
The Sulphur Springs High School UIL Academic Team has an important weekend coming up. Friday and Saturday (April 12-13), the Region UIL Academic Meet will be taking place at Prosper High School. Top individuals and teams will qualify for the State Meets coming up in May. SSHS will be sending 25 students including six teams to Region competition. The six teams are: Accounting with Felipe Alba, Alex Plumley, Daniel Soto and Caleb Yanez,...
Water Oak Students Help Dinner Bell
Students from Water Oak Elementary School in Sulphur Springs made their yearly trip Wednesday to First United Methodist Church. The eager volunteers took part in Dinner Bell duties. Clad in latex gloves, the students made sure everyone had a desert. Once everyone was served, they sat down to a plate of spaghetti and had a few cookies too. Dinner Bell-1-2019-April-1 Dinner Bell-1-2019-April-2 Dinner Bell-1-2019-April-3 Dinner...
Gillis Foundation Pledges $320,000 in Bright Stars Scholarships
The recipients and their families will be recognized at a reception from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Sulphur Springs Country Club. Media is invited to attend. Ten Hopkins County high school students will get life-changing awards Tuesday evening when they are announced as the recipients of the inaugural John and Deborah Gillis Foundation Bright Stars scholarships. Almost a third of a million dollars will be pledged to the Bright Stars...
Saltillo Lady Lions’ Softball Team Takes Hard Fought loss at Detroit Tuesday
In a game that went back and forth, the Saltillo Lady Lions’ softball team dropped a hard fought game to Detroit, 11-9 in Detroit Tuesday (April 9). Detroit led 1-0 after two innings. Saltillo tied it at 1-1 in the third but Detroit went up 5-1 in the bottom of the third. The Lady Lions scored three runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth to go up 6-5. Detroit had a four run bottom of the fifth to go back ahead 9-6....
North Hopkins Gets Another Lopsided Win Over Miller Grove, 19-0 on Tuesday
Talk about a great start. The North Hopkins Panthers scored 15 runs in the bottom of the first to lead the Hornets, 15-0 after one inning on their way to a 19-0 win Tuesday (April 9). The Panthers added three runs in the second and one more run in the third. The Panthers had 15 hits. Meanwhile Panthers’ pitchers Caleb Wyatt and Wyatt Wharton combined to throw a one-hit shutout in a game that only went 3 ½ innings. Wyatt got the...
Wildcats Baseball Team Loses Wild Extra Inning Game at Greenville, 10-9
After the Wildcats’ baseball team stranded a runner at third base in the top of the eighth inning, Greenville got a clutch single in the bottom of the eighth to score the winning run in a wild, 10-9 game at Greenville Tuesday night (April 9). The Lions’ Brayden Hudspeth drove home the winning run capping a 4 for 5 performance at the plate. The Lions also trailed 9-5 going into the bottom of the seventh but scored four runs...
Lady Cats Use Offense and Solid Pitching to Defeat Greenville, 11-3
For the third straight game the Lady Cats’ softball team had double digit hits and they also had very solid pitching in an 11-3 victory over Greenville in Greenville Tuesday night (April 9). Freshman Addison Caddell, who got the pitching win, had a no-hitter until the sixth inning when Lady Lion Kelsi McNair hit a double off of the center field wall. Caddell ended up with a three-hitter allowing only a single earned run. She...
