Bright Star Writing Group’s August Workshop was Well-Attended
The Bright Star Writers group met on Monday August 12th at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center. If you like to write for pleasure or you want to get published you are welcome to join this group. The group meets on the 2nd Monday of each month at 1:30 PM The group includes several published authors who live in the Hopkins County area. Gene Shelton (shown in center) has published over 30 novels, western fiction and fictionalized...
Wildcat Football First Week
I Wildcats Football Team Completes First Week of Practice Saturday With Intrasquad Scrimmage and Picture Day Saturday (August 17) the Wildcats Football Team wrapped up their first week of practice with an intrasquad scrimmage on their practice field and then Picture Day at Prim Stadium. Despite the fact that the Wildcats have had on shoulder pads for four days, Saturday was the first day that coaches allowed contact and tackling....
Wildcats Team Tennis Falls To Longview
Wildcats Team Tennis Loses to Longview JV at Whitehouse Tournament Friday Wildcats Team Tennis wrapped up their play in a Whitehouse tournament Friday (August 16) with a 12-7 loss to the Longview JV. After a hard day of tennis in the tournament Thursday, the Wildcats were back on the Whitehouse courts by 7 a.m. Friday. The team was tired Friday according to Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez. Again this year, Coach Martinez has had...
Lady Cats Volleyball Takes Second
Lady Cats Volleyball Takes Second Place at Wills Point Tourney The Lady Cats Volleyball Team finished second in the 2019 Hardman/Watson Varsity Volleyball Tournament Saturday (August 17) in Wills Point winning four out of their five games. The Lady Cats lost to Commerce, 2-0 in the final game Saturday in the top Championship Bracket. The score was 17-25 and 15-25. The Lady Cats won two matches Saturday to advance to the final game....
While All SSISD Elementary Students To Receive Free Meals, Adult Lunch Going Up
All Sulphur Springs Independent School District students from pre-kindergarten and Head Start through fifth graders will receive free school meals this year. However, faculty and visitors will pay more during the 2019-2020 school year when purchasing meals at SSISD campuses. SSISD Child Nutrition Department earlier this month announced additional campuses qualify for the Community Eligibility Provisions program. Douglass Early...
Cumby ISD Switching Up Food Service Program To Give More Meal Options
Not only will Cumby Independent School District students still be able to enjoy a free breakfast and pre-kindergarten students free lunches too this year, but all Cumby ISD students will have more choices when they go through the line for lunch. Recognizing the importance of quality meals to students’ learning development, Cumby ISD administrators were given approval to enter into a partnership with FoodService Peeps to improve...
Sulphur Springs ISD Agrees To ‘Strike Off’ Oak Avenue Property To City For New Senior Citizens Center
House Built By CTE Students Still Unsold Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees were asked during their regular August meeting to consider taking action regarding two different properties owned by the school. Oak Avenue Properties Trustees agreed to “strike off” and give to the city tracts of property located on Oak Avenue, where a nursing home used to be located. The property has been abandoned and...
2 Sulphur Springs Residents, Oklahoma Woman Jailed On Unrelated Felony Warrants
Two women and one man were taken into custody by sheriff’s officers. All three were booked into the county jail Friday on felony warrants, according to arrest reports. Madison Marie Olivia Darst Hopkins County Sheriff’s Transport Deputy Jason Poteet traveled Friday to San Saba unit of Texas Department of Criminal Justice, where Madison Marie Olivia Darst was being held. Poteet took the 20-year-old Enid, Oklahoma woman into...
Mount Vernon Man Arrested In Sulphur Springs By Deputies On 4th DWI Charge
LG Fountain A 69-year-old Mount Vernon man was arrested early Saturday morning on Church Street in Sulphur Springs by deputies for driving while intoxicated, marking the fourth time he’s been arrested on the offense, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Lance Burdick alleged in arrest reports. Sheriff’s dispatchers were contacted following a complaint transferred from Delta County officials regarding a reckless driver,...
Sulphur Springs Man Arrested After He And His 1-Year-Old Test Positive For Methamphetamine
Herman Lee “Bo” Morris Jr. An investigation by Child Protective Services and Special Crimes Unit Investigators lead to the arrest of a 29-year-old Sulphur Springs man, after he and his 1-year-old tested positive for methamphetamine, police officers alleged in arrest reports. SCU Lt. Mark Estes and Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman took Herman Lee Morris Jr. into custody at 9 a.m. at the local CPS office on an...
