Wildcats Football to Play Second Game of 2016 in Orlando, Florida
Wildcat football will take a road trip to Orlando, Florida for their second game of the 2016 season. Wildcat Head Coach announced the opportunity at a press conference, Wednesday, January 13. The Sulphur Springs High School football team has been invited to play Sept 2, 2016 in Florida at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex located in Orlando. Along with the football team, the cheerleaders and athletic trainers will be participating...
Pilot Club Announces Three Projects on Morning Show
Talk about a busy start to the New Year! Members of the Pilot Club of Sulphur Springs have at least three projects about to begin, and you’re invited to get involved! Veteran member Jane Goldsmith joined me on the Morning Show. Coming up is the Pilot Club’s “Caregiver of the Year” award which will be presented during the Chamber of Commerce Banquet in February. If you know a Hopkins County individual caring for...
North Hopkins FFA Update
North Hopkins FFA Report Reported by: Samuel Stanley; Submitted by Jan Vaughn The North Hopkins FFA has been extremely busy with numerous activities and contests the last couple of months. The October month the chapter hosted their monthly FFA meeting called All About FFA with the motto FFA isn’t just about cows, sows and, plows. They talked about everything the FFA had to offer other than actual farming such as LDE’s, CDE’s,...
Hallsville Defense Overcomes Lady Cats, Wildcats
Lady Cats: The Lady Cats’ basketball team saw a big lead evaporate in the fourth quarter as Hallsville stormed back to take a 49-47 win in Wildcats Gym Tuesday night. After Lady Cats leading scorer Kaylee Jefferson fouled out, it appeared the Lady Cats would rise to the occasion and they built a double digit lead about halfway through the final quarter. Then Hallsville turned up the pressure forcing turnovers and started hitting...
Starbucks Signage Variance Approved By ZBA
Sulphur Springs Zoning Board of Adjustments approved a sign ordiance variance for property located at 1320 South Boardway. The approval opens the door for further steps to be taken to build a Starbucks, purveyor of coffee, in the city. The property owners at 1320 South Broadway sought the variance to the city sign ordinance. They are wanting a sign 85 ft high. The city sign ordinance allows signs to be only 24 feet high. City staff...
Sulphur Springs FFA to Ag Mechanics Shows
by Allison Bledsoe, Intern Sulphur Springs High School FFA will compete at the Fort Worth Ag Mechanics Show on January 15-18. At this particular show, Kris Nottingham will show a shop table and Morgan Mayers and Brenton Burnside will show a tailgate bench. Those same students will show their same projects in San Antonio on February 26-28 and in Houston on March 18-20. In addition to those, Hunter Stonaker will show a 26′...
Pine Tree Invitational Assists SSHS Academic Team Prepare for District
“With the district UIL Academic meet just over two months away, the Pine Tree UIL Invitational was a great meet for the SSHS UIL team to see where we stand among our district competition,” stated Gina Wilder, Coordinator for the Academic UIL Team at Sulphur Springs High School. She said, “ I’m very proud of how all of our competitors performed. They are really stepping up to the plate in preparing to go to state in May!” The UIL...
Food Safety Important to BEF Foods
BEF Foods (Bob Evans Farms) recently took down certain lines at the facility in Sulphur Springs to allow for sanitation, repairs and maintenance on those lines. The work should be completed and production resumed this week, according to a spokesperson for the corporate offices of BEF. Food safety is important to BEF Foods. According to the spokesperson, there have been no layoffs as a result of the lines being down. The majority of...
Chronic Wasting Disease Ante-mortem Testing Symposium Live Stream
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Animal Health Commission are conducting a Chronic Wasting Disease ante-mortem testing symposium on Tuesday to explore alternatives for CWD monitoring in Texas deer breeding facilities. The symposium focuses on scientific research and techniques that may assist in development of future CWD testing protocol for Texas. Experts from around the country will speak during the event. Live stream...
Winnsboro Police Activity for January 4-10
Winnsboro Police arrested five (5) individuals, answered 146 calls for service and issued 35 citations and 32 warnings during the seven day period of January 4 – 10, 2016. No accidents were reported. George Lenox, 59, of Winnsboro was arrested Monday the 4th for assault causing bodily injury. Christopher Ross, 44, of Nampa, Idaho, was arrested Wednesday the 6th for possession of marijuana under 2 oz. Stephen Pyron, 24, of Winnsboro...
