Two Big Cattle Sales Set for March
The Sulphur Springs Livestock and Dairy Auction will host two big cattle sales events in March. The first will take place Monday, March 6, when a special stocker cow consignment sale will be held during the regular Monday Stocker Sale. This special offering will include more than 250 head of calves, heifers, mixed breed cows and bulls, and will sell at 3:30 p.m. Included in the sale will be 80 young cows, mostly Black Angus. Forty...
Ten Wildcat Powerlifters Qualify for Regional
Ten Wildcats’ powerlifters have qualified for Saturday’s regional meet in Lindale. The qualifiers are Alex Rodriguez and Oscar Yanez in the 114 pound weight class, Cason Goodson in the 132 pound weight class, freshman George Greenway V in the 148 pound weight class, Carson Bridges in the 165 pound weight class, Cor’Tavius Pruitt, Vincent Morales and Isaiah Neal in the 181 pound weight class, D’idrec Dugan in...
Library Hosts Will Presentation Thursday
The Sulphur Springs Public Library and local attorney Joel Sheffield present “Why do I need a Will?” on Thursday, March 2, 6-8pm. Refreshments will be served and the drawing for a family pack of tickets to Scarborough Fair will be held after the program. Writing a will isn’t the most pleasant of tasks. After all, by doing so you’re not only acknowledging your own inevitable demise but actively planning for it. That might...
A & M-Commerce Celebrates Centennial March 10
By Scott Cason and Mary Grace Rodriguez COMMERCE, TX—On March 10, Texas A&M University-Commerce will celebrate its centennial as a public institution of higher education. The small, private college originally known as East Texas Normal College began as a privately funded teacher’s college in Cooper, Texas. Through the visionary efforts of founder William Leonidas Mayo, the college’s appeal to become a state institution was granted...
Winnsboro Police Report February 20-26, 2017
Winnsboro Police made three arrests, responded to 132 calls for service, and issued 23 citations and 32 warnings during the February 20-26, 2017 report period. Sarah Harless, 34, of Roswell, New Mexico was arrested February 26 for Public Intoxication. Kendrick Craddock, 40, of Mt Pleasant was arrested February 26 for Possession of Marijuana less than 2 oz. Dwayen Gerloff, 33, of Mt Vernon was arrested February 26 for Possession of a...
Homeless Man Fires Weapon Near School
Gunshots fired in the vicinity of Douglas Intermediate School Tuesday resulted in a soft lockdown of the school and Sulphur Springs Police and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies seeking the individual who fired the weapon. Police responded to a call that identified the individual as a male “…wearing a white T-shirt and black beanie running down Putman Street.” SSPD Sgt. Matt Glenn found the man on Jennings Street. In his possession...
63 Year Old Man Arrested for Possession of Cocaine Rock
A traffic stop by Sulphur Springs Police Wednesday at 2:57 a.m. in the 700 block of Whitworth Street resulted in the arrest of David Lincoln Alsobrooks, 63. Alsobrooks was a passenger in the vehicle. The officer noted drug paraphernalia in the vehicle and found a cocaine rock in Alsobrooks’ pocket. Alsobrooks is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, less than 1-gram. He is being held...
A Reminder to Obey DPS Trooper’s Warning
A 22-year old female from Arkansas was arrested by DPS Tuesday evening at the 131-mile marker on I-30 for not following instructions. The charge was a misdemeanor. The woman was a passenger in a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation. During the stop it was found that neither the driver nor the passenger had a driver’s license. The trooper wrote a citation and told the two to call someone with a driver’s license. He also informed...
Saltillo Lions Advance to Regional Semi-Final
Saltillo Lions basketball (20-14) will face number 8 in 1-A Graford (26-8) in the Regional Semi-Final game at Mansfield High School Friday at 7 p.m. following their Regional Quarter Final win over Slidell Tuesday night at Blue Ridge High School Gym. The Lions outscored Slidell in the fourth quarter to win 58-56. Saltillo and Slidell were evenly matched in scoring throughout the game. At the end of the first quarter the two teams were...
Wildcat Soccer Defeats Texas High 7-0
The Wildcats’ soccer team scored a goal against Texas High at home in the game’s first 1 minute and 21 seconds and continued to score in a 7-0 win Tuesday night. Josh Whitten-Edwards scored the first goal. Bryan Roque and Julio Robles also scored in the first half as the Wildcats led, 3-0. There were four more goals in the second half from Chris Espinoza, Johnathan Lopez, David Guitierrez, and Omar Ramirez, who scored the...
