Free Airplane Rides at the Young Eagles Rally
The Sulphur Springs Aviation Association and the Civil Air Patrol are hosting a Young Eagles Rally and giving students FREE airplane rides on Saturday, April 16th from 9:30 until noon at the Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport. Students must be age 8 through 17 and must have a parent or guardian present to sign permission forms. Students 18 and older must call for an appointment.Participants will receive a signed Young Eagle Pilot...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
Floyd and Martha Payton enjoyed a visit with their daughter, Regina. She arrived on Wednesday evening before Easter. Martha says, “We caught up on some small problems with an i-Pad, made a trip to the library and had lunch in Sulphur Springs. Floyd hasn’t been feeling well lately, so we stayed close to home. Brad Payton from Keller came on Wednesday and visited with us until Saturday afternoon, also our grandson, Eric arrived...
SSHS FCCLA Teams Compete At State
The Sulphur Springs High School Family Career and Community Leaders of America Program, or FCCLA, sent two teams to state competition over the weekend; one for Culinary Arts and another for Job Interview Skills. FCCLA Sponsor Debbie Stribling said that competition was stiff with 30 teams competing in Culinary Arts and 29 teams in Job Interview. The Culinary Arts team consisted of Autumn Hammans, Diego Perea, America Luna, Tyler...
Memorial Hospital and Clinic Served by 42-Volunteers
by Lakan Johnson We have 42 volunteers who worked at total of 11,361 hours in the last fiscal year. Our volunteers work in such areas as the Gift Shop, OB, Day Surgery, Wound Care and also at Memorial Clinic, the Information Desk and the Outpatient Desk filling important roles supporting our staff members and assisting our customers. The amount for Texas (average) that a volunteer’s time is worth is $24.66 per hour so the total...
PJC a National Leader in Student Success
Paris Junior College Regent Ginna Bowman recently traveled to the tenth annual Board of Trustees Institute to demonstrate to other colleges from around the nation how PJC is leading the way to further student success. She, along with PJC President Dr. Pam Anglin, presented on a panel sharing what PJC is doing in the American Association of Community College’s Guided Pathways Project. The Greater Texas Foundation pays for trustees from...
Lady Cats JV Undefeated in District Play
A weekend tournament in Hallsville ended with Lady Cats Junior Varsity defeating Texas High 1-0 and secured the tournament championship and first place in the junior varsity district race. The JV Lady Cats remain undefeated in District Play. The JV Lady Cats scored the only run in the championship game when Macee Hollins singled to centerfield late in the game against the Texas High pitcher some call the toughest pitcher in the...
Lady Cats Edge by Texas High
The Lady Cats’ softball team picked up a huge district softball win on the road Friday night as they edge by Texas High, 4-3 in eight innings. The Lady Cats opened the game with two runs in the top of the first inning. The Lady Tigers tied the game in the third. Texas High then took their first lead of the game with a run in the bottom of the fourth. It stayed that way until the Lady Cats tied the game in the top of the seventh....
Texas High Remains Unbeaten at Wildcats Expense
The Texas High Tigers remained unbeaten in district play as they defeated the Wildcats, 8-0 at Eagle Stadium Friday night. It was the fifth straight district loss for the Wildcats who are now 2-6 in district play. They are 5-11-1 for the season. The Tigers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. They added three more runs in the fourth inning and two more in the fifth. The Wildcats managed only two singles against the...
Gotcher Sentenced to Five Years Without Parole
Kerry La Terry Gotcher, 28, was sentenced Friday April 08, 2016, in Eighth Judicial District Court to five years in the Texas Department of Corrections for two third degree felony charges. He was indicted in March of this year for possession of a controlled substance under 4-grams. In November of last year, Gotcher was indicted for delivery of marijuana—five pounds—in a drug free zone. In the plea agreement, he will serve the entire...
