Wildcats Selected for All-District Honors
Three Wildcats Basketball Players made the All-District Team selected recently by the district’s coaches. Freshman Keaston Willis won a superlative as he was unanimously selected as the district’s Newcomer of the Year. Willis averaged 16.1 points and 4.8 rebounds a game for the Wildcats. He also hit 44% of his three point shots. Sophomore Bryson Lynn was chosen on the Second Team All-District squad. Lynn averaged 8.1...
Wildcats Place 5th in Regional Preview
The Wildcats Golf Team finished fifth in a Regional Preview tournament at Rockwall Athletic Club last Friday and Saturday. Wildcats Golf Coach Ross Funk said his team shot 325 and then 308. He said the better second round allowed his team to move from 8th to 5th place in the 16 team tournament. Coach Funk said Brody Blackmon shot a 74 and 73 but felt he could have done better. Helping the Wildcats move up on day two were Caleb Lewis...
Super Tuesday Ends at 7 p.m.; Vote Center Locations
Time is runnning out for Hopkins County registered voters to cast their Primary Election day ballots at any of the Vote Centers in the county from 7:00 A.M. – 7:00 P.M. Below are voting locations in Hopkins County. During the November 3, 2015 Constitutional Amendments Election, the county reduced the number of polling places from 21 to 14 providing the option to vote at a place nearby instead of having to travel to the assigned...
Paint the Town Run Saturday Funds Summer Work Camp
Sulphur Springs Work Camp has been around since 2007 and organizers are excited to celebrate their 10th camp this summer. Each year kids from area youth groups gather together the first week in June to paint homes for the elderly, disabled, widowed, single moms and those in financial need at no cost to the homeowner. Since its founding SSWC has completed 162 projects. The goal for 2016 is to paint and restore at least 22 homes. Each...
A & M-Commerce Political Science Student One of Ten to Receive Qatar Exchange Fellowship
COMMERCE, TX—The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations recently selected Texas A&M University-Commerce political science and Honors College student Kaylin Taylor as one of ten students from across the U.S. to receive the Qatar Exchange Fellowship. The fellowship allowed Taylor to travel to Qatar with the other fellowship recipients and five faculty members who received the Malone Fellowship. “Kaylin’s receipt of the Qatar...
District 24-A Names All-District Teams
Saltillo Lion basketball senior Lane Bench was named District 24-A Offensive Player of the Year by district coaches during a recent meeting. Jonathon Van Holten, senior, was named to first time all-district. Honorable mention honors went to Walker McGill and Matthew Gurley. Saltillo Coach Bill Giles stated, “Individual awards represent the extra work, determination and commitment of those individuals, plus “team”...
Louisiana Man Arrested For Sexual Assault of Local Minor
Phillip Justin Rhone, 27, of Barksdale, Louisiana was arrested Monday night on charges of Online Solicitation of a Minor and Sexual Assault of a Child. The minor’s parents informed law enforcement officials that their child had not returned home. Officers began investigating and discovered a possible subject in whose presence the minor was at the time. That subject was Rhone. During the investigation officers learned that Rhone...
Winnsboro Police Weekly Report
Winnsboro Police Department responded to 136 calls for service, issued 49 citations and 33 warnings, investigated one accident, and made three (3) arrests during the seven day period, February 22-28. Kristy Bailey, 30, of Winnsboro was arrested Monday, February 22 for driving while license invalid with a previous conviction and on a Wood County warrant. Ronald Caviness, 54, of Yantis, was arrested Thursday, February 25, for evading...
Business History Month: Brumley’s Uniform
Brumley’s Uniforms originated in Pickton, Texas. Brumley’s was founded by Lois Brumley in 1970. Lois was a dairywoman for 30 years before she began working at a local hospital where she saw a need for a uniform store for nurses and other medical personnel in the community. She first began making each uniform in her home and soon the demand became overwhelming. She then began to order uniforms to keep up with supply and...
