Without Stadium Home, Bats Invade Texas A&M Buildings
by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune – May 2, 2015 COLLEGE STATION – The natatorium at Texas A&M University is typically a hub of activity in the spring. Students swim laps there, health classes use it for instruction and the swimming and diving team practices on its high-dives. But this month, all that activity stopped because of a new user. For about a week, hundreds of Mexican free-tailed bats made the pool their...
Far Right Has Chance
One of the long-shots of today’s Kentucky Derby, is the horse that came in second to the favorite, American Pharoah, at the Arkansas Derby a few weeks ago in Hot Springs. Although, the horse Far Right, came in second to American Pharoah, the race was 1 1/8 mile, but the Kentucky Derby is a longer race at 1 1/4mile. Twenty one horses qualified for the most popular race in horse racing, but already two have been scratched...
Senate Passes Tax-Free Holiday to Spur Gun Sales
by Eva Hershaw, The Texas Tribune – April 30, 2015 The state Senate on Thursday gave the green light to a proposal to designate one weekend a year when Texas shoppers would not have to pay sales tax on guns. Senate Bill 228 by Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, would create a sales tax holiday for firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies during the last weekend in August. Texas already has tax holidays for two other kinds of...
Homeowner Discharging Firearm Averts Burglary
A 20-year old Sulphur Springs man and an 18-year old Sulphur Springs woman were arrested just before 12:30 a.m. Thursday for breaking into two vehicles outside a residence on Reservoir Street. The homeowner apparently scared them off by discharging a firearm. Sgt. Matt Glenn arrested the pair in the 200 block of Craig Street, near the break-in site. A vehicle the two had been in earlier was seized in Coleman Park near Imagination...
A Life Remembered – Antonio Isaac Perez
Family, friends, fellow students, team members, band members, SSISD administrators, high school teachers and staff, school board members, and many others, a majority wearing Sulphur Springs High School colors, filed past his portrait, his medals won, his letter of acceptance from the University of North Texas, and a Green Bay Packers jersey. On the stage, his varsity letter jacket, and variegated flowers stood in remembrance. The...
Bar Fight Leads to Aggravated Assault With a Deadly Weapon
A 44-year old Burleson man was arrested in a Sulphur Springs lounge Tuesday night after a disturbance. The man is accused of hitting the bartender and owner in the face with a pool cue. Police officers responded to a report of a fight in progress at the lounge located in the 300 block of East Industrial Drive shortly after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. Three men were said to be involved. A second person, a 32-year old Burleson man, was arrested...
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
With a collective gasp that spread across Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County and the nation, we all certainly are disappointed that Hannah’s journey on “The Voice” has come to an end. But, I think ALL Hannah fans know that her journey in performing, singing, and entertaining has just begun. I wish she had the chance to sing just one more song on the show because it could have been the 70’s classic, “You...
Time Running Out on SB1158
Having received no new word on the progress of SB1158 in the Texas Senate Finance Committee, Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom notes that time is running out on the bill that would allow county voters to approve or disapprove an increase in sales tax up to one-half percent to pay for the new county jail. The sales tax would take the place of a property tax increase this year and could be used only for the cost of the jail. Although...
Hannah is our Hero
We don’t need another hero, because Hannah is it.!! Not only did Hannah turn in another stellar performance, but she took her talent to the next level. Just when you thought that she may have reached her peak, she takes it to even a higher level. Even her coach Blake Shelton said that she “has become one of his all time favorites”. That is a very high honor coming from the coach that has worked with so many...
