SSHS Band Color Guard Begins Practice for 2018-2019 Season
The Color Guard for the Wildcats Marching Band is involved in a camp this week (July 23-27). They started Monday morning. Their instructor this year is Alma Ramirez. She is being helped at camp by 2018 SSHS senior and color guard veteran Celeste Leeds Laliberte. Ms. Ramirez, a Bowie Library Aide and former SSISD ESL Aide and substitute teacher, said she learned about the need for a color guard instructor from Bowie Music Teacher...
SSISD Board Approves Personnel Moves
Sulphur Springs School Board approved the following personnel changes during a special session Monday, July 23, 2018: Resignation Oksana Wallis Head Start Aide Douglass ECLC Andrea King Campus Secretary SS Elementary Ryann Sachs Title I Aide SS Elementary Emily Nickerson SpEd Aide High School New Personnel Haleigh Miller ...
Local Employers Sought to Present Career Paths at LEAP Youth Career Expo for 8th Grade Students
The annual LEAP Youth Career Expo at Hopkins County Civic Center is September 21, 2018. The expo assists 8th grade students in Hopkins County to make a connection between careers and the endorsement decision they make prior to entering high school. Local employers are encouraged to register to assist in the event. Local employers present job requirements in educational and background needs for those who apply for career paths in their...
Two Sulphur Springs Men Arrest for Cocaine Possession by Cumby Police
During a traffic stop at the 113 eastbound mile marker on I-30, Cumby Police located a small amount of suspected cocaine in the center cup holder of a 2009 Dodge Charger. The vehicle was stopped due to a light out over a temporary tag for a license plate. Jose Angel Valdez, 22, of Sulphur Springs was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, less than 1-gram. Jorge Heriberto Perez Gomez, 24, of Sulphur Springs...
Two Local Women Arrested for Meth Possession
July 23, 2018 – When the driver of a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation at North Davis and Connally Streets refused consent to search, a K9 was called to the scene. Leah Nicole Walker, 35, of Sulphur Springs, the driver of the vehicle, was nervous during the stop and the officer asked for consent to search the vehicle. Tanya Marie Gilbert, 32, of Saltillo, was a passenger in the vehicle. The K9 alerted on the vehicle and...
Winnsboro Police Department Report July 16-22, 2018
Winnsboro Police Department arrested five, investigated two accidents, responded to 137 calls for service, issued 45 citations, and wrote 37 warnings during the report period July 16-22, 2018. Kenny Hass, 49, of Winnsboro was arrested July 19th on Winnsboro Municipal Warrants Stephanie Ferguson, 52, of Lindale was arrested July 19th on a Hopkins County Warrant. Mason Monday, 31, of Winnsboro was arrested July 21st on a Wood County...
Local Fall Soccer Signup Ends Monday, July 23
Sign up for Sulphur Springs Fall Soccer ends Monday, July 23. Signup is online at http://sulphurspringssoccer.org/
Memorial George Dorner 42 Tournament is a Five Year Tradition at Sulphur Bluff
According to Patrica Dorner, her late husband George loved to play 42 but he loved the youth more, including church youth, the students of Sulphur Bluff as well as in all the schools in the county. He was a Christian mentor for them, and at his passing five years ago, his family decided to organize the annual George Dorner 42 Tournament, with proceeds set aside to purchase Bibles for the graduating class of Sulphur Bluff High School....
