DSHS Reconfigures COVID-19 Dashboard To Improve Functionality
Probable Cases, Antigen Test Positivity Rate Added To Reports Just when you get used to the where and how the state reports COVID-19 information, they switch things up. Another COVID-19 reporting change was announced by Texas Department of State Health Services on Friday. The latest update revamped the COVID-19 data dashboard with a goal of posting additional information and improving functionality. The updated COVID-19 dashboard...
GSC Enterprises Acquiring Selected Brenham Wholesale Grocery Assets
December 11, 2020 – Mickey McKenzie, Chairman of the Board of GSC Enterprises, Inc., Friday announced the acquisition of selected assets of Brenham Wholesale Grocery Co., Inc., located in Brenham, Texas. The anticipated closing is scheduled for January 29, 2021. “Brenham Wholesale has been in the grocery business for over 100 years, and we are excited to carry the torch forward from their rich legacy,” McKenzie stated. Brenham...
Cumby Man Allegedly Caught Stealing Cooler
A 23-year-old was allegedly caught stealing a cooler Thursday, according to police reports. Cumby Police Chief Paul Robertson reported spotting the Cumby man around 11 a.m. December 10, 2020 outside a West Main Street residence struggling to remove a cable attaching a cooler to the bed of a pickup. Robertson in arrest reports wrote that he recognized the man as a “known thief and drug user.” The police chief noted the man...
Blue Santa Receives $2,000 Boost From BT Medical, District 7 Masons
Blue Santa received a $2,000 boost from B.T. Medical Supplies LLC and District 7 Masons and to ensure all Hopkins County children have gifts to open Christmas morning. “The needs this year are greater. The response that we get through our normal toy collection and means has not been the same. We’ve had a downturn the past several years. As the needs are great, the funds are less. It kind of puts us in a situation,”...
Shop Delicious Variety of Cheese Gift Crates from SW Dairy Museum thru Dec. 18
Christmastime calls for delicious Cheese Gift Crates from the SouthWest Dairy Museum in Sulphur Springs. These personalized gift crates come in several sizes for gifting or for keeping all for yourself! Select from cheeses of all types made by SW dairy farmers, add in sausage, cheesecake mixes, mulling spice and drink and dip mixes packaged to fill your personalized order. Pick up your cheese crates in person or have the staff ship...
Lady Cats Soccer Team Drops First Scrimmage At Home, 2-1 to Royse City
The Lady Cats Soccer Team scored first in their scrimmage game with Royse City Thursday night, December 10, at Gerald Prim Stadium. The Lady Bulldogs answered with two goals of their own in the second half to take the scrimmage game, 2-1. Lady Cats sophomore Rebekah Stanley scored the Lady Cats goal at the 24:14 mark in the first half. Senior Janine Yamaguchi assisted on the goal. The Lady Cats went into the halftime break with a 1-0...
Dec. 10 COVID 19 Update: 1 Fatality, 5 New Cases
Another COVID-19 fatality was reported for Hopkins County on Thursday, along with five new COVID-19 cases and an increase in the patient count in the COVID-19 unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs, according to the Dec. 10 Texas Department of State Health Services COVID-19 dashboard and Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials’ Dec. 10 COVID-19 update. Dec. 10 COVID-19 Case Counts...
Lady Cats Soccer Opens Scrimmage Season Thursday, Wildcats Follow on Saturday, Both at The Prim
The Lady Cats Soccer Team opens the scrimmage portion of their season Thursday evening (December 10) against Royse City at Gerald Prim Stadium. Plans call for a JV scrimmage at 5:30 p.m. with a varsity scrimmage to follow at around 7:15 p.m. This is the first scrimmage of six planned for the Lady Cats this season. For the past several seasons, Royse City has been a top of the district type team. When the pandemic intervened last...
Sulphur Springs Among 28 Sites Selected To Host The Wall That Heals In 2021
Sulphur Springs has been named as one of 28 sites across the country selected to host the Wall That Heals, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Replica Wall and Mobile Education Center, in 2021. County Judge Robert Newsom at noon Thursday issued a proclamation announcing the honor and encouraging citizens to join the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund in continuing to pay tribute to Vietnam veterans and their families by honoring the legacy of...
THSCA Academic All-State Honors For Seven Wildcats Football Players
Seven Wildcats Football Players earned Academic All-State Honors according to a list compiled by the Texas High School Coaches Association. Senior safety Wiley Bennett, senior offensive lineman Alfredo Olavide and senior defensive lineman Koben Wyly made Second Team Academic All-State. Senior outside linebacker Landry Meskimen, senior running back Caden Davis, senior center Raydon McCormack and senior B-back Langston Bridges were all...
