Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta Says He’s Proud of His Team After Close Playoff Loss
Seasons end so abruptly in the playoffs. An exciting Wildcats’ basketball season came to a conclusion Tuesday night (March 3) in a regional quarterfinal game at Rockwall Heath against #1 ranked Lancaster, 44-38. Sulphur Springs fans packed the stands on the home side and rose at the end of the game to gave their Wildcats one more standing ovation this season. Afterward many of the fans stayed around to congratulate Coach Clark...
A&M-Commerce Students Shine at SAEA Quiz Bowl
A&M-Commerce students shine at SAEA Quiz BowlCOMMERCE, TX— Nine students from Texas A&M University-Commerce showed their smarts in economics at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association’s annual Quiz Bowl in Louisville, Kentucky, in February. The team, which consisted of members Shayna Cooper, Emily Jennings, Haley Marshall, Kelley Smith, Emma Lawson, Madison Oats, John Woodard, Parker Aguilar and Yves Kacou, are advised...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report Feb. 24, 2020-March 01, 2020
Arrests Fernando E. Treminio, age 20, of Spring, TX was arrested on 2/27/20020 for Assault Causing Bodily Injury- Family Violence.Denny Mize, age 49, of Lindale, was arrested on 2/28/2020 for Possession of Controlled Substance PG1>=1G<4G and Van Zandt County SO warrant for Probation Violation- Child Neglect.Joseph Sabedra, age 29, of Leesburg, was arrested on 2/28/2020 on a Franklin County SO warrant for Injury to a Child.Asa...
Hopkins County Jury Sentences Alleged Gang Member To 20 Years In Prison On Firearm Charge
A Hopkins County Jury convicted a 29-year-old alleged gang member of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, and sentenced him to the maximum allowable punishment on the charge Tuesday, local officials reported. The trial of Mario Ladane Cozine, who listed a Commerce address at the time of his arrest in Hopkins County in 2018, began with jury selection and testimony Monday. The trial continued with closing arguments Tuesday...
Meal A Day Needs Help On Wednesdays, Thursdays
Meal A Day is in desperate need of help on Wednesdays and Thursdays, according to Karon Weatherman, who serves as program director of the Senior Citizens Center, where the Meal A Day program is headquartered. The program needs a Wednesday driver and a couple of cooks for Wednesday and Thursday. The route is in-town and should take only about an hour, if anyone is interested in donating their time to deliver meals prepared at the...
Runoff Expected Between Flynn, Slaton For District 2 State Representative
The Republican Texas Representative, District 2, election appears to be headed to a May runoff. Although incumbent Dan Flynn finished 9.24 percent ahead of Slaton and 14.18 percent head of Dwayne “Doc” Collins, none of the candidates received over 50 percent of the overall votes, according to the unofficial counts posted by the Secretary of State’s office. Dan FlynnBryan Slaton Overall, Flynn received 14,044 votes or...
Beadle Edges Ahead Of Humphries In Election for Constable 2 With 51.45 Percent Of Overall Votes
The only opposed county-level election in Hopkins County, for Constable 2, was close, but when the final unofficial tallies came in Tuesday night, John Brian Beadle had edged ahead of Charles Humphries with 51.45 percent of the Republican ballots cast in in the March 3 Party Primary. John Brian Beadle When the early voting totals were in, only 28 votes separated the two Precinct 2 Constable candidates, with Humphries receiving 469...
Wildcats Basketball Team Plays Lancaster Close But Their Season Ends With Regional Quarterfinal Loss
The #10 ranked Wildcats Basketball Team kept hanging around close to #1 ranked Lancaster, but never could get into the lead ending up with a 44-38 loss in a regional quarterfinal game at Rockwall Heath Tuesday night, March 3. The only Wildcats lead was 2-0 as Cameron Kahn scored the game’s first basket. Lancaster led 11-5 after the first quarter. The Wildcats trimmed a point off the lead at the half but still trailed 26-21 The...
