Game Day: Wildcat Baseball Senior Night
It’s a big Friday night (April 27) for the Wildcats’ baseball team. The Wildcats are hoping to end the night in a tie for first place in the district standings. The Wildcats play Hallsville at 7 p.m. at Wildcat Park. There will also be a JV game at 4 p.m. In varsity competition, Hallsville comes into Friday night’s game in first place with a 9-2 record. The Wildcats are tied for second with Texas High as both have...
Taylor Qualifies for State; Regional Track Meet Update
The Regional Track Meet at Maverick Stadium at UT Arlington got underway Friday morning (April 27) and a Lady Cat has already qualified for the State Track Meet. In competition early Friday morning, Imani Taylor finished second in the long jump to qualify for state. Taylor will also be competing in the triple jump later in the Regional Tournament. She will also be a part of the Lady Cats 4 X 100-meter relay team with Sadavia Porter,...
Saltillo Man Dies in One Vehicle Crash
Jimmy Don Goldsmith, 58, of Saltillo, died in a one-vehicle crash on U.S. 67 just east of the FM 900 intersection just before 8 a.m. Friday. Sheriff’s deputies said the vehicle driven by Goldsmith ran off the highway into some trees and brush and struck a tree. Goldsmith was transported from the crash scene to CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs emergency room where he was pronounced dead on arrival by Justice of...
Second Drug Charge Filed on Sicard
A second charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, more than 4-grams but less than 200-grams has been added for Justin Blaine Sicard, 28, of Winnsboro. Sicard is in Hopkins County Jail for the first charge of selling methamphetamine. He was called to book in where the second charge was added. His first arrest took place when the Special Crimes Unit initiated a traffic stop in the 300 block of Oak Avenue and the...
Endangering a Child Added to Charges for Huffman
April 27, 2018 – When Jeremy Michael Huffman, aged 29, of Sulphur Springs was arrested for two charges of delivery of a controlled substance April 16, 2018, a child was observed in the Hodge Street residence. At that time Child Protective Services initiated an investigation with the Special Crimes Unit assisting. A drug screen showed both Huffman and the 5-year old child tested positive for methamphetamine. Huffman was in care,...
City Council Early Voting Continues; 346 Votes Cast Through Thursday
A 12-hour day for early voting and 122 took advantage of the opportunity to cast early votes in the Sulphur Springs City Council election. The total votes cast in early voting stand at 346 going into Friday. Places 1, 2, and 3 are on the ballot and each Place has two candidates. Early voting continues through May 1st in the second floor Conference Room at City Hall 201 North Davis Street. A handicap ramp and elevator are available to...
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies, Posse Observe National Drug Take Back Day Saturday
Saturday is National Drug Take Back Day and Hopkins County Deputies will be in the parking lot at Atwoods, 817 Gilmer Street, to take back any prescription medications you may have in your home that you wish to discard. Deputies and Sheriff’s Posse members will be at the location from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is the 15th opportunity in 7 years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired,...
DPS Troopers Foundation Plans Bass Tournament on May 12 on Lake Fork
DPS Senior Trooper Joe Hogue now works in an administrative position in the Tyler, Texas headquarters, but you may remember him from the seven years he was assigned to the Interstate 30 corridor in Hopkins and Franklin Counties as a Trooper and Canine Unit handler. Joe is one of 4,200 members of the Department of Public Safety Officers Association (DPSOA) which, since 1977, has advocated on behalf of Troopers, Agents, Rangers,...
Lady Cats Win First in Best-of-Three in Bi-District: Game 2 at Lady Cat Park Friday
The Lady Cats’ softball team batted around in two innings and collected fifteen hits in a 15-4 ten-run rule victory over Lovejoy Thursday (April 26) at Lovejoy that gave the Lady Cats a 1-0 lead in a best two out of three bi-district series. Game two is Friday at 7 p.m. at Lady Cat Park. Things did not start out all that well for the Lady Cats as they left the bases loaded in the first inning without scoring a run. Lovejoy then...
