Game Day: Wildcats in Houston for Showcase; Lady Cats at Hugo, OK
Wildcats Basketball Playing in Houston Showcase The Wildcats’ basketball team is involved in another high school basketball showcase on this game day Friday (December 21), this one far from home. The Wildcats are in Houston at the Delmar Fieldhouse in the Christmas Crossover playing Houston Sam Houston Math, Science and Technology, the #12 ranked team in Class 6A. The Tigers are 13-3 this season. The game got underway at noon....
Man Arrested for Manufacture Delivery in DFZ Following a Controlled Buy of Methamphetamine
Derrick Matthew ‘BIGD’ Garcia Criminal Investigator Wade Sheets received information regarding a controlled buy of an illegal substance. Deputies set up at a location in the 300 block of East Shannon Road to await the arrival of Derrick Matthew Garcia, 31, of Mt Vernon. Garcia was arrested at the location where he claimed to be manager of the establishment. As the officer began a pat down of Garcia, the man told the...
Local Man Arrested on Parole Violation; and Unlawful Possession of Firearm by Felon
When Hopkins County Deputies arrested Stephen Lance Boughton, 40, of Sulphur Springs, for Parole Violation, Boughton had in his possession a bolt action 22 rifle that he claimed was a BB gun. When Boughton claimed the weapon was a BB gun, an examination of the weapon and the serial number on the weapon proved otherwise. Boughton admitted to knowing the weapon was in the room. Boughton is in Hopkins County Jail held with no bond on the...
SWAT Team Executes Warrant Search; Two Arrested
Angela Kay Doucette A narcotics search warrant executed at an apartment on Calvert Street by Hopkins County Investigators and the Sulphur Springs/Hopkins Count SWAT Team resulted in the arrest of Robert Jason Doucette, 43, and Angela Kay Doucette, 48. Both were charged with Possession Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 more than 1-gram but less than 4-grams and Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 3, less than 28-grams...
Hearts of Life Support Food Drive; Adoptable Pets Available
Hearts of Life Animal Rescue will be at Fix and Feed of Sulphur Springs Saturday December 22nd to help support the Food Drive. The Food Drive will benefit The Senior Center in Sulphur Springs. The public is invited bring any non perishable food item(s) between 10am-2pm. Hearts of Life will have a few adoptable fur babies on site that are still searching for their forever homes as well.
Winter weeds- Burweed By Mario Villarino
Recently, phone calls reached the Hopkins County Extension Office related to lawns infestations with burweed. According to Dr. Shackelford, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension in Austin, nothing designates spring’s arrival like walking barefoot on a lawn of lush, green grass. This pleasant experience can often turn into a painful, sticky situation with the presence of lawn burweed. Other names for this weed are spurweed and stinging...
Merry Christmas from the Extension Staff By Johanna Hicks
Christmas is a joyous time for reflecting on the birth and life of Jesus, and how we are impacted by the ultimate gift He gave us. One of my favorite family traditions is that of pulling out a collection of Christmas books, mostly children’s books. I remember growing up in Cleburne, TX, sitting on my daddy’s lap as a child, listening as he read story books to my family....
SSISD Tax Office Closed for Christmas Break
According to Sandra Gibby, Tax Assessor-Collector for Sulphur Springs ISD, the school tax office, located in the school district administration building, will be closed the following days for Christmas Break: Friday, Dec., 21st through Wed., Dec. 26th, 2018And Tuesday, January 1st, 2019
North Hopkins Educators Celebrate the Season
Thursday at noon in North Hopkins School Cafeteria, Hal Roberts and Blake Cooper, both retired school superintendents, addressed the administrators, teachers, and staff at the Christmas luncheon for North Hopkins ISD personnel. Dr. Darin Jolly, Superintendent of NHISD introduced the speakers and served as Master of Ceremonies for the event. Roberts, who taught grades 4-8, was a coach, principal, and superintendent, addressed the...
