Lady Trojans Lexi Busby Qualifies for State Cross Country Race
The Cumby Lady Trojans Cross Country Team ran at the Region II-2A Championships today at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie. Freshman, Lexi Busby, ran a personal best of 12:32.41 placing 8th qualifying her for the State meet to be run on November 4th in Round Rock. Lexi’s team finished 18th overall with freshman teammate Rylee Krotky placed 116th with a time of 15:22.61. Lexi’s big sister, senior Bailey, came in 129th with...
Winnsboro Police Report for October 16-22, 2017
Winnsboro Police arrested six (6), investigated one (1) accident, responded to 196 calls, issued 63 citations and wrote 89 warnings during the October 16-22, 2017. Soler Harvey, 32 of Mt Pleasant, was arrested October 16th on six (6) warrants out of Hopkins and Franklin Counties. John Spencer, 35, of Portland Oregon, was arrested October 16th for public intoxication. Lee Gatlin, 47, of Winnsboro was arrested October 19th for Driving...
Local Musician/Songwriter Earns Guitar Endorsement from Alvarez Guitar Co.
Brad Davis of Commerce, Texas is a 53-year-old seasoned professional musician. He plays guitar plus a number of instruments, owns and operates a recording studio where he engineers, mixes and produces music projects for himself and others. He stays in demand as a sessions player in Nashville. On the client list of his music company, BDM Music, is the likes of Willie Nelson and Billie Bob Thornton. Brad is a Grammy-winner for his...
State Comptroller to Address Rural Transportation Summit at Hopkin County Civic Center
Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar will deliver the keynote address at the 2nd Annual Northeast Texas Rural Transportation Summit Tuesday October 31, at the Hopkins County Civic Center. The event will include several industry partners and transportation providers discussing the strengths and opportunities that work together to strengthen the greater Northeast Texas area. The principle the goal of this Summit is to bring attention...
DBA Awards Special Honor to a Beloved Business
Downtown Business Alliance awarded a plaque to Leota Cone and John Sellers with City National Bank for their dedication to the DBA Fall Decorating Contest. The bank has decorated its downtown location for fall for years and members of the community look forward to seeing the beautiful display of fall decorations each year. City National fall display 2 City National fall display 3 City National fall display...
SSISD Trustee Toliver One of 30 Selected to Participate in Leadership Program
(Austin) –Leesa Toliver, trustee from Sulphur Springs ISD joined 30 other school board members from across Texas October 5-7 at the kickoff session of the Leadership TASB class of 2018. Selected by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), the group is participating in a yearlong education leadership study program. These trustees represent school districts of all sizes, with student populations of 184 to 83,270, and reflect a...
Jewelry and Wine makes for a Really Good Time: Main Street Uncorked
The first annual Sulphur Springs street-wide “Uncorked” wine tasting was held on Saturday Oct. 21st from 2:00 to 7:00 pm. Around 25 vendors were selling wine, jewelry, olive oil, cheese, jams, knives, clothes, home decorating items and much more. With 300+ attendees throughout the day, Uncorked was an event for everyone-tables were set up with crayons and paper for families to color on, while everyone enjoyed the music...
Wildcats 10th; Lady Cats 17th at Region II-5A Cross Country Meet
Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens says the Wildcats’ cross country team finished tenth and the Lady Cats were seventeenth at the Region II-5A Cross Country Meet held Monday (October 23) at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie. The girls race started at around noon Monday and the boys race got underway at around 12:30 p.m.
Team Tennis Ends but Preparation for Spring Tennis Begins; Tennis Complex Site for CANHelp Coat Drive
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez was on KSST and cable Channel 18 TV’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show this past Saturday. The Wildcats’ team tennis season just recently wrapped up. Spring will bring more tennis but it will focused on individual performance. Coach Martinez said players have to choose whether to play singles or doubles. Spring tennis begins in January and Coach Martinez said all of his team tennis players...
