Understanding Pesticide Applicator Licenses By Mario Villarino
Understanding Pesticide Applicator Licenses: Do YOU need a license? If so, which endorsement do you need? The Texas Pesticide Law requires that you must be licensed or certified by the Texas Department of Agriculture in order to lawfully use a restricted-use pesticide, state-limited-use pesticide or regulated herbicides. The law is designed to ensure safety of humans, animals, plants, and the entire ecosystem. License types are below:...
Lady Cats Golf Qualifies for State Meet
Coach Whiney Spigener and her squad had themselves an incredibly solid outing last week. Lady Cats golf placed third as a team at the Regional tournament in Canton to qualify for the 4A state meet held in Kingsland on May 15-17. It is the first time in 31 years Sulphur Springs sends her women’s golf team to the state tournament. “We set that goal at the beginning of the year, and they achieved it,” the golf coach...
Sulphur Springs City Wide Clean-up Underway
April 25, 2023- The annual City-Wide Spring Clean-Up is taking place now through Saturday, April 24-29, 2023. Sulphur Springs residents may bring large items to discard from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on clean-up days to the city collection site. To verify the person arriving with garbage is a resident, living within the city of Sulphur Springs, those bringing large items to discard will be asked to show proof of city residents by presenting a...
Intoxicated Man At Hotel Arrested for Narcotics
April 24, 2023 – Sulphur Springs Police responded to a report of an intoxicated man outside a local hotel this weekend. The man was swaying back and forth and stumbling around near a roadway. The man had several pieces of luggage with him. Police attempted to perform a field sobriety test, but ultimately decided he was a threat to himself and others. Plano, TX resident, Jackson Daniel Delich was arrested and placed in a patrol...
Wildcats Golf Heads to State, Winning Regional Meet
Wildcats golf has qualified for the state for the first time since 2015. For the first time in Sulphur Springs history though, the men’s golf team are Regional champions. “They were super pumped, they were thrilled,” Coach Jeremy DeLorge said Friday. “They were super happy with being able to not only qualify for state but be Regional champs too.” The Sulphur Springs coach said his squad did great battling...
Blattner Battles State of Texas on Damages From Building Solar Plant
April 21, 2023 – An investigation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is ongoing in the Dike, Texas area in response to complaints from nearby landowners. TCEQ found during an investigation between February 22, 2023 and March 6, 2023 that the construction of the solar plant by Blattner Energy, LLC is in violation of the provisions laid out in TPDES General Permit No. TXR150000. Stormwater from the site...
Houseguest Wields Machete: Arrested with 10 grams of Meth
April 20, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a welfare concern around 6pm on Wednesday. The concerned homeowner told deputies that a houseguest, given permission to stay at the residence for a few weeks, was acting strange. The homeowner reported PEREZ-ENCIZO, ROSALIO, age 39, was climbing trees, hiding in bushes and wielding a machete. Deputies attempt to locate the accused behind the residence. Once...
Lady Cats Softball Completes Back-to-Back Undefeated District Seasons
Lady Cats softball for the second season in a row has completed a perfect district season. Excluding a suspended 2020 season due to the coronavirus, Sulphur Springs has now won five straight district championships. Softball head coach David Carrillo said his players almost expect to win district championships, but that is because his team knows the third part of the season for the sport, playoffs, is the most important part of the...
SSISD Aide Jailed for Tampering With Evidence
April 20, 2023 – Anna-Marie Francis Moreland, age 35, was arrested at her residence this week. That arrest took place early in the morning. She faces a charge of Tamper/Fabricate Physical Evidence. Anna-Marie Francis Moreland, 2023 Moreland, who reports herself as an employee of the Sulphur Springs ISD, has been charged in connection to her husband’s recent arrest. Mathew Earl Moreland, 2023 Mathew Earl Moreland, age 27,...
Unmanned SpaceX Starship Explodes Over Gulf Of Mexico After Texas Liftoff
April 20, 2023- SpaceX experienced an unfortunate sight as one of their starships blew up mid-flight having launched from Brownsville South Texas, Thursday morning. After roughly four minutes of flight passed before the starship came tumbling down falling apart before finally blowing apart. The upper-stage Starship vehicle apparently did not separate from the booster, and four minutes after liftoff, the automatic flight termination...
