Former Wildcat Football Player And Defensive Coordinator Has Paul Pewitt In State Semifinal Game
Triston Abron Former Wildcat football standout and Wildcat assistant coach and defensive coordinator Triston Abron is in his second year as Head Football Coach for the Paul Pewitt Brahmas. It will be Brahmas versus Brahmas Friday night, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m., as Paul Pewitt plays East Bernard at Waco ISD Stadium in a State Semifinal Game in Class 3A, Division II. In a radio interview by phone with Coach Abron Thursday morning, he...
The NETBIO Cattle Sale Was Held Wednesday
Sulphur Springs Livestock CommissionPublic Information Services Producers sold 5,062 head of pre-conditioned cattle at the December Northeast Texas Beef Improvement Organization’s (NETBIO) Pre-conditioned Calf and Yearling Sale held Wednesday (Dec. 11) at the Sulphur Springs Livestock Commission. A total of 208 producer/members consigned cattle to sell in the sale, and despite the chilly weather, a good crowd of buyers, sellers and...
On Thursday Game Day, Wildcats Basketball In Tourney, Lady Cats Soccer Has Home Scrimmage
There are basketball and soccer games scheduled on this Thursday, Dec. 12, game day. The #3 ranked Wildcats Basketball Team opens play Thursday in the three-day 2019 Forney ISD Winter Classic with a pair of pool play games. The Wildcats play Ennis at 4:30 p.m. and then meet Rockwall-Heath at 7:30 p.m. Both games will be at Forney High School. Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta says Ennis is athletic and will play a zone defense that the...
DBA's 'Jingle Mingle' Ladies Night on Thursday Dec. 19 is a Holiday Shopping Event!
The Sulphur Springs Downtown Business Alliance always encourages ‘shopping at home’ from local shops and restaurants. The December 19 ‘Ladies Night Out Jingle Mingle’ is an invitation to anyone and everyone to windowshop, shop and dine. As you go, sign up for prizes inside each store and enjoy the numerous in-store discounts, snacks and refreshments between 5:30 and 7:30 that evening. The more stores you visit,...
Dike Woman Arrested For DWI Following I-30 Crash In Sulphur Springs
A 46-year-old Dike woman was reportedly jailed on a drunk driving charge Wednesday afternoon, following a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 30 in Sulphur Springs. The woman allegedly had an almost empty pint of brandy when troopers contacted her, and tested twice the legal limit on breath tests, according to arrest reports. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper reported responding at 5:10 p.m. Dec. 11 near mile post 126 on I-30...
Merger of Two Volunteer Fire Departments, Fundraising for New NH-SS Substation
NH-SS VFD Chief Bobby Harris Earlier in 2019, the North Hopkins Volunteer Fire Department led by Chief Bobby Harris and the South Sulphur Volunteer Fire Department led by Chief Jim Rich merged into one department. It is now called the North Hopkins-South Sulphur Volunteer Fire Department. NH-SS VFD serves the fire region stretching from Hwy 11 West northward and northeasterly all the way to Hatchetville Road, east of Hwy. 19 North. A...
Chamber Connection For Dec. 12, 2019
Attention All Chamber Members: Membership Directories are being prepared NOW! Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Lezley Brown Chamber members, we are going to print with the 2020 Membership Directory. We are going to have it ready for distribution the first part of January, so we need you to do a few things … Please go to www.HopkinsChamber.org and click in the directory search. Please check to make sure that we have the...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed On 2 Warrants
December 12, 2019 – Officials contacted David Lynn Petrea, 49, of Sulphur Springs in the 200 block of Hinnant Street. A records check showed him to be wanted on two warrants for violation of probation, which he was on for criminal mischief resulting in $1,500 worth or more but less than $30,000 worth of loss, according to arrest and jail reports. David Lynn Petrea Petrea was taken into custody and transported by Hopkins County...
