Marijuana, THC Edibles And Wax Found During I-30 Traffic Stop
State troopers arrested a pair on felony charges after finding marijuana and THC edibles and wax during an Interstate 30 traffic stop. Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Thomas Wallace stopped a red Ford Focus around 8:40 a.m. Friday at mile marker 113 for traveling in the passing lane on I-30 east and not passing other vehicles. The passenger, identified in arrest reports as 27-year-old Christopher Ricard Waters of Round Rock,...
Lady Cats Softball Area Round Playoff Dates Announced
Lady Cats softball coach David Carrillo announced Saturday, May 1 that the Lady Cats date and location for their Area round of playoffs have been released, weather permitting. Sulphur Springs will be taking on familiar foe in Crandall in Royse City, with Game 1 taking place on Friday, May 7 at 7 P.M. Game 22 will take place the following day, Saturday, May 8, also in Royse City, at 11:30 A.M. Game 3, if necessary, will tee off in...
Hopkins County Bar Association, Judges Observe Law Day 2021
Hopkins County Bar Association hosted a small gathering of members, judges and community members at the courthouse Friday in celebration of Law Day 2021. While Law Day is actually May 1, it falls on Saturday this year, so HCBA hosted a recognition event Friday, joined by the county and county-court-at-law judges, in proclaiming Saturday, May 1, 2021 as Law Day 2021. Hopkins County Bar Assocation President Bryan White, of Roper and...
Lady Cats Softball Moves on to Area Round of Playoffs
The Lady Cats softball team won both games of their double-header in Marshall versus Lufkin on Friday, Apr. 30 to win the best-of-three series to move on to the area round of playoffs. Sulphur Springs came out with a vengeance in Game 1, scoring 5 runs in the first two innings to quickly take a 5-0 lead over the Lady Pack. Bryant pitched a perfect game, pitching a complete 5 inning game while striking out 13 Lady Pack batters....
Fundraiser Slated To Help Rebuild Sulphur Bluff VFD Station, Community Center
A May 1 fundraiser if planned to help rebuild the Sulphur Bluff Volunteer Fire Department Station and Cpmmunity Center. The facility was destroyed Thursday, April 1, by a fire. In addition to the structure, SBVFD lost all of the equipment and three trucks, as well as tables, chairs and appliances which were inside the building when it burned. Fire departments from Hopkins, Franklin and Delta counties responded on April 1 to asist...
Additional Charges Added For Man Accused Of Stalking
Additional charges were added to the list of offenses the 41-year-old Sulphur Springs man accused of stalking earlier in the week is beind held on, according to arrest reports. Christopher James “CJ” Timmons (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Department Special Crimes Unit Lt. Mark Estes at 2:10 p.m. Thursday, April 29, served Christopher James Timmons at the county jail with a felony warrant for criminal mischief...
Archer Named State Champion In Latino History, 3 Additional SSHS Students Among Top 5 In Essay Contests
Sulphur Springs High School students brought home four awards, including a state title, following UIL’s announced April 30 of winners for UIL Essay contests. Harley Archer won the Latino Historical Essay Competition with her paper about Bea Salazar. (Screen Captures from the virutal UIL 2021 Essay Competition Awards) Junior Harley Archer was named the 2021 State Champion in the Latino History Essay Competition with her essay...
Como-Pickton CISD, Yantis and Cumby ISD Elections To Be Determined May 1
Cumby Residents To Vote on $7.34M-7.941M In Bond Proposals; CP, Yantis Holding School Board Elections Early voting in local school bond and trustees elections concluded Tuesday, with relatively low early voting turnouts reported in Como-Pickton and Yantis ISD elections, but a higher turn out for the Cumby ISD two-proposal $7.34-7.941 million bond election than the bond election conducted in 2019. Como-Pickton CISD Trustees Election...
Vaccine Supplies Plentiful, Available Through CHRISTUS Vaccine Clinic Roll-Outs
During the Thursday April 29, 2021 Good Morning Show on KSST, CHRISTUS CEO Paul Harvey and CNO Anitha Sanderson informed listeners about plentiful vaccines in all three types, now available through Vaccine Clinics being scheduled through the hospital. Check the hospital website, CHRISTUStmf.org and stay tuned to KSST for clinic dates during May. Or you may phone Holly Ragan at 903-439-4033 to put your name on a list to receive your...
2 Men Sentenced In District Court Tuesday
Two men were sentenced this week in district court Tuesday, each after previously making open pleas, according to court reports. Aggravated Assault With A Deadly Weapon Hearing Brandon Clayton Soles (HCSO jail photo) Brandon Clayton Soles appeared before Judge Eddie Northcutt in the 8th Judicial District Court Tuesday morning, April 27, 2021, for a sentencing hearing on the aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge for which he...
