Winners Announced by Lions Club in the 2017 Christmas “Parade of Lights”
According to John Campbell, President of the Lions Club of Sulphur Springs, among the many floats entered, these are the first, second and third-place float winners in this year’s popular Lighted Christmas Parade were: NON-PROFIT CATEGORY 1.Central Baptist Church 2. Trinity Harvest Church 3. Brewer/Rawson SMALL BUSINESS CATEGORY 1. Janet Martin Realty 2. Don Lalos Restaurant 3. Sister Babyz Fashions LARGE BUSINESS...
Main Street Theater Presents “A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas”
For the past few weeks, co-Director Brenda Payne and her cast of nine local actors have been practicing redneck accents and mannerisms for the holiday run of “A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas” on the stage of Main Street Theater December 8-17. Be sure and reserve your seats to enjoy this slightly different but nevertheless warm and wonderful rendition of the Christmas story and a miracle birth among common...
North Hopkins FFA Chapter Does Well at District, Area: Prepares for Stock Show
From November 2017 report by FFA Reporter Breeanna Hicks For the North Hopkins FFA Chapter, this past month has been spent competing in LDEs and preparing for the holidays. Now that LDEs are done with, the chapter can finally take a quick breather before the upcoming stock show in February. In the Leadership Development Events, we had a great outcome with success at both the District and Area Levels. At District competition The North...
Wildcats Defeat North Lamar 48-32
The Wildcats’ basketball team took care of business and defeated North Lamar, 48-32 Tuesday night in Paris. The Wildcats did not allow the Panthers to think about springing an upset as Sulphur Springs jumped out to a 17-7 first quarter lead. The Wildcats increased their lead to 29-14 at halftime. During the last two quarters, the teams basically traded baskets, Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta played all twelve of his players and...
Wildcat Game Day
The Wildcats’ basketball team makes the short trip to Paris to play North Lamar on this Tuesday game day. There will be a freshman game at 4:30 p.m. followed by a JV game at 5:45 p.m. with a varsity contest at around 7 p.m. After a season of games so far against mostly big Class 6A programs, the Class 5A Wildcats face the Class 4A Panthers Tuesday night. Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta says he will approach this game...
Winnsboro Police Report November 27-December 3, 2017
Winnsboro Police arrested two, investigated two accidents, responded to 142 calls for service, issued 37 citations, and wrote 34 warnings during the November 27-December 3, report period. Justin Hunt, 29, of Winnsboro, was arrested November 28th for Possession of Marijuana less than 2oz. Robert Cawthron, 39, of Winnsboro was arrested November 27th on a Franklin County warrant. Winnsboro Police responded to a minor two vehicle accident...
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Boy Scout “Circle of Liberty” Finds a Home in Hopkins County Heritage Park
Rick Wilson, Boy Scout leader and a member of the Hopkins County Historical Society was excited to explain the “Circle of Liberty” relocation to Sulphur Springs during a Good Morning Show interview. On Saturday December 9, Rick and a crew of Boy Scouts and volunteers will begin the process of re-constructing the Boy Scout memorial inside Heritage Park at 468 North Jackson Street. As part of the recent merge of two Boys...
Hopkins County Deputy Arrests Man for Smuggling of Persons
A grey Honda van with 10 passengers was stopped by a Hopkins County Deputy Monday night around 10:30 at the 132-mile marker on I-30. The driver of the van had only a Mexican ID but claimed to have a driver’s license from Alabama and Mexico. A records check revealed the statement false. Rodriguez was placed under arrest for no valid driver’s license. However, the other nine Hispanic males in the vehicle said they had paid individuals...
