Marine Corps League Tribute to Peace Officers Memorial Day 2019
The Hopkins County Detachment of the Marine Corps League will pay tribute to Peace Officers this Memorial Day. The ceremony with take place Wednesday May 15th at the Veterans Memorial in Sulphur Springs. Service Flags will be lowered to half-staff at 0800 (8:00AM) followed by the Policeman’s Prayer. The large U.S. Flag in the center of the plaza will then be lowered as taps is played. Coffee and donuts will be served. Flags will...
Sulphur Springs Lady Cats Softball Players Make All District
Lady Cats Softball Team Gets Four Superlatives with Thirteen Players Making All-District Team The Lady Cats’ district champion softball team earned four superlatives and had thirteen team members on the All-District Team selected recently by the district’s coaches who could not vote for their own players. The Lady Cats had fifteen players who qualified for Academic All-District. Pitcher Bailey Haggerty was the Co-District...
Relay For Life Supporters Pack The ROC Friday
Relay For Life Tri Counties-Texas wrapped up late Friday night with more than $40,000 raised online and during the annual American Cancer Society benefit and awareness event. Committee members shortly after midnight were still collecting funds, but said early estimates were for more than $40,000 collected for RFL, and counting. Donations can be made year round, and teams who wish to continue fundraising online and otherwise can do so...
Rains, Como-Pickton Teams Take Top Honors In SSHS BBQ Build Off, Cooking Honors Won By Bland
Top honors in the Sulphur Springs High School BBQ Build Off Friday went to Rains High School ag students for their smoker and to Bland High School in the cooking contest. Rains team accepts their first place awards at the SSHS BBQ Build Off.The Rains ISD team with their first place barbecue smoker at SSHS BBQ Build Off. The annual contest featured teams of three and four students from nine different high schools, including Sulphur...
200 Athletes Compete In 10th Annual Hopkins County Track and Field Meet
Friday’s early morning rain may have forced the 10th Annual Hopkins County Track and Field Meet inside, but it did nothing to dampen the excitement and enthusiasm of the 200 student athletes competing in the special sports day at Sulphur Springs High School Friday. Students from Barbara Bush, Lamar and Travis Primary campuses, Sulphur Springs Elementary, Middle and High School in Sulphur Springs ISD were joined by student...
* Update: Identity Of Man Who Died After Being Struck By A Train Released
Sulphur Springs Police Interim Chief Jason Ricketson identified the 51-year-old Sulphur Springs man who died at the hospital Friday evening from injuries sustained when he was struck by a train as William Wilemon. According to Ricketson, officials responded at 5:14 p.m. May 10 on South Locust Street at the railroad tracks to what was reported as pedestrian versus train crash. After arriving, police discovered the 51-year-old man had...
8th Annual SSHS BBQ Build Off Well Under Way Friday
Nine teams compete in the Sulphur Springs High School BBQ Build Off Friday. Teams from nine school districts got a real world taste of fulfilling a work order, setting up and beginning their entries in the rain at the 8th Annual Sulphur Springs High School BBQ Build Off Friday morning. “The contest simulates a real job site, which can mean dealing with the weather,” SSHS ag mechanics teacher John Luper said Friday morning....
* RFL Update: Teams Can Start Setting Up, Survivors Can Pick Up Shirts Starting At 2 p.m At The ROC
Relay for Life Tri Counties-Texas will be held Friday, May 10, rain or shine — just at a different location and with an abbreviated schedule. With predictions of rain for the next 48 hours, RFL Committee members Thursday afternoon made the decision not to cancel this year’s big event, but to move it about a block off Celebration Plaza inside The ROC, 115 Putman St. Event Chair Gina Giguere said they decided to err on the...
Carissa Carter, Maddie Millsap Named SSHS Valedictorian, Salutatorian
Carissa Kay Carter and Maddie Ruth Millsap were honored at a reception Thursday morning as the top students at Sulphur Springs High School. Carissa Carter achieved the honor of valedictorian with a 4.33095 grade point average. Carter has achieved many music and academic UIL honors while attending SSHS. She was a Texas Music Scholar and competed in the State Solo and Ensemble contest her first two years of high school, was an...
Identity Of Deceased Released From Wednesday’s Fatal Crash
Hamilton Green, 57, of Sulphur Springs was confirmed as the deceased from the vehicle crash at Broadway and Wildcat Way Wednesday morning. The other occupant of the vehicle, a 49 year old Sulphur Springs woman, remains in the hospital in stable condition. The investigation into the crash, which involved a sport utility vehichle and an 18-wheeler is ongoing. According to Sulphur Springs Police Interim Chief Jason Ricketson, authorities...
