Seven Lady Cats and Five Wildcats Qualify for Area Meet at District Meet Last Week
At the District 15-5A Track Meet held last week (March 31-April 1), 5 Wildcats and 7 Lady Cats qualified for the Area Track Meet on April 15 at Whitehouse. Athletes and relay teams had\to finish in the top four to qualify at district. Top six finishes scored points. For the Wildcats, who scored 45 points finishing 7th, Alex Flecker qualified with a 4th place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:06.169. Korderrian “Bull”...
Pair Caught On SH 19 With Marijuana And Methamphetamine
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies caught a pair on State Highway 19 with marijuana and methamphetamine Saturday night, according to arrest reports. Deputies Elijah Fite and Nick Marney spotted two vehicles displaying hazard lights parked on the east shoulder of SH-19 north at the Hopkins-Delta County line around 9:15 p.m. April 3, 2021. They approached a vehicle in front of a Chevrolet Malibu the driver indicated she...
Four Hopkins County Teens Arrested On Organized Criminal Activity Charge
Four Hopkins County teens were arrested Sunday night on Main Street for allegedly engaging in organized criminal activity, according to arrest reports. Andrew Michael “Hootie” Magnuson (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Department Special Crimes Unit began an investigation into alleged possession and distribution of narcotics. During the investigation, the SCU investigators began contacting the youth for the purchase...
Registration Open For First-Doses Of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine At CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs
Registration is now open for first-doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs. The hospital has close to 400 open spots for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The first dose will be administered on Thursday, April 8, in the hospital lobby, and the second dose on Thursday, May 6. “We do ask that you are able to attend both dates, so that we are able to be good stewards of our...
3 Memphis Men Arrested On CR 3380 After Eluding DPS During Vehicle Pursuit
Credit Card Skimmers, False Credit Cards Found In Abandoned SUV Three Memphis men were arrested on County Road 3380, after eluding DPS during a vehicle pursuit Sunday. Credit card skimmers and false credit cards were reportedly found in the SUV they abandoned nearby, according to arrest reports. Marquis L. Garrett (Tennessee Department of Corrections Photo) Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Christopher Sorley attempted to stop...
Lady Cats Golfer Mariam Tran is Going to the Regional Tourney as Lady Cats are 4th in District
Lady Cats golfer Mariam Tran had her work cut out for her after day one of the District 15-5A Golf Tournament at Tempest Golf Course in Gladewater last Wednesday (March 31). Battling high winds, Tran shot an 85 and was several strokes behind where she needed to be to qualify for the Regional Tournament. Thursday, Tran fired a 77 on day two for a 162 total to qualify. She was 5th overall in the district tournament. The Regional...
Douglass ECLC Accepting Applications For Head Start And Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Douglass Early Childhood Learning Center is now accepting applications for Head Start and pre-kindergarten programs for the 2021-2022 school year for children who will be 3 and 4 years of age on Sept. 1, 2021. Registration does not guaranty the child a place in the program; it is used to determined whether the child qualifies for the program Due to COVID-19 , registration will be virtual, with email appointments only. To be considered...
Wildcats Golfer Kip Childress Qualifies for Regional Tourney and Team is Fifth at District
At the two-day District 15-5A Golf Tournament at Tempest Golf Course in Gladewater last Monday and Tuesday (March 29-30), Wildcats’ golfer Kip Childress, an East Texas Baptist University commit, qualified for the Regional Tournament. The Wildcats finished 5th as a team. Childress followed an opening day 71 with a second day 75 for a two day total of 146. Childress finished 3rd overall in the tournament to qualify. The Regional...
Both Varsity and JV Commerce Track Teams Win Quitman Relays
In their last invitational of the year, both the Varsity and JV Commerce Tigers track and field teams won the Quitman Relays. The Varsity boys won the meet, thanks in large part to a great team effort that got the Tigers 162 points in Quitman. In field events, Aidan Crowder took third in long jump and Omarhi Davis got fourth in shot put. Davis did win discuss though, and Richard Jackson took silver in the event. Ty Hoffman got third...
Appointments For The Second Dose Announced For Those Attending Recent COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics
NEWS RELEASE Appointments for the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for those individuals who received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at one of the three clinics hosted last month in Hopkins County or the clinic held Delta County have been announced by Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials Saturday. The first follow up is slated next week. “If you had your first dose at any of the vaccination...
