Lady Cats Basketball Tipped Off Season Saturday, First Home Scrimmage on Tuesday
The Lady Cats basketball team were all too ready to start their fall 2021 season last Saturday when they travelled to Lone Oak for a tri-match between the Lady Cats, Lone Oak, and Cumby. Not only that, but after Saturday’s trip to Lone Oak on this Tuesday game day new head coach Erica Delley and her squad will be back at home to host a tri-match of their own. Sulphur Springs will host Paris and Rains High Schools at the SSHS...
4-H Exhibitors Should Contact Extension Office By Nov. 29 Regarding NETLA Broiler Projects
NETLA Market Show Boiler Cage By Dr. Mario Villarino, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Hopkins County Agent, Natural Resource/Agriculture Broiler projects are popular with 4-H and FFA members and are an integral part of most youth livestock shows. Broiler projects are especially suitable for youngsters with limited space. Most shows limit the number of chicks ordered to 25 per exhibitor. When planning to start a project, contact the...
Hopkins County Master Gardener: Why Do Leaves Change Color?
By Phyllis Kitten, Hopkins County Master Gardener What makes all that color happen? The whole image of falling leaves and gorgeous color begins with the deciduous trees. Those are the trees that shed their leaves each year in the fall season. These trees tend to have an appearance of a round shape with branches that spread outward as the tree grows. The leaves of these trees are mostly broad and flat. Fall enthusiasts begin to watch...
Lady Cats Volleyball Season Ends in Bi-District Round Loss to Lufkin
The Lady Cats volleyball team fought hard and never quit, but were swept at the hands of the Lady Panthers 3-0 in Tyler. The first set was a back-and-forth affair, as neither team wanted to give up an inch. For every Lady Cat point scored there was a Lufkin score, but ultimately the Lady Panthers pulled ahead and won the set 25-22. Set two saw Lufkin storm out to a big lead, and while Sulphur Springs pulled it close they...
From Ashes, We Rise Update: Repurposed Footage
By Ashley Fordinal While pre-production on From Ashes, We Rise is being revised, Andy Michell and I completed a short-form documentary using the footage from our trip to California. Originally, we planned to use this footage in the feature length documentary, From Ashes, We Rise, but with the revisions taking place, this footage no longer fit into the plan. It has been repurposed and a timeless documentary on The Race Across America...
Trading Post for November 2, 2021
Pecans are ready! Let us crack your pecans and we also have shelled pecans. Get your pecans early because of shortage. Call 903 439 3197 or 903 348 6011. 1995 polaris 4 wheeler 4 wheel drive excellent condition call 903 945 2652 2500$ obo Lost Dog: A small lost white dog with brown ears has been found on the corner of Bill Bradford and Carter. It has a collar. If the description is familiar please call 903-348-9929. having a purse...
Sulphur Springs City Council To Consider Making Section Of South Service Road No Parking Zone
Sulphur Springs City Council at the regular Tuesday meeting will consider as well as hear a proposal for an ordinance which would establish a no parking zone on a section of East Shannon Road, action to obtain engineering services for water treatment plant improvements, and conduct public hearings then consider granting final approval of two additional ordinances. Sulphur Springs City Council Chambers, located inside the Municipal...
Monday Game Day Brings Wildcats Golf, Lady Cats Volleyball in Bi-District Playoffs
This week brings Game day not only on the usual suspects of Tuesday and Friday, but also today, on Monday, Nov. 1. Seeing as how they are already halfway through their season, Coach Jeremy DeLorge and his team will no doubt be looking to finish the season strong. The Wildcats golf team will be in their second-to-last competition of the fall 2021 season when they travel to Garland to take on Richardson High at Firewheel Golf Park...
Visit Charleston, Texas, it’s a Sight!
At times, Charleston, Texas can be an exciting place! Like back in 1910 when a 500-pound meteorite fell to earth near the burg of Charleston during the passage of Halley’s Comet, bringing some publicity to the community. Nowadays, it’s exciting when hunters and fishermen come through on their way to their best spots on the South Sulphur River. And definitely during wedding season, when the Charleston Sky venue brings new...
Nov. 2, 2021 Is Election Day For Texas Constitutional Amendments, North Hopkins ISD Trustees, Cumby City Council Elections
Texas voters will have one last opportunity this week to vote in the Constitutional Amendments Election, while voters living in Cumby city limits will be asked to determined who is elected to two places on the City Council and voters within North Hopkins County school district will determine who is elected to the board of trustees. Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, is Election Day. Early voting in Hopkins County in the state election was light,...
