Blue Blazes Drill Team Preparing For Football Season Performances
The 58th line of the Blue Blazes Drill Team of Sulphur Springs High School is working to get ready for this fall’s football game performances. Christie McCullough is beginning her 14th year as Blue Blazes director. Ms. McCullough said the Blazes attended their annual camp the week of July 28-August 2. She said the Blazes are in their second week of practices at high school. There are 36 Blue Blazes this year and about half of...
Coach Owens Said The First Day Of Football Practice Monday Was A Good One
Sulphur Springs Wildcats Wildcats Head Football Coach Greg Owens said the Wildcats had a good first day of practice Monday, August 12, inside and outside the Multipurpose Building. After some meetings, the Wildcats spent just a few minutes indoors before heading out to the practice field under a broiling sun with high nineties temperatures. Actually Coach Owens said things felt pretty good on the outside grass. A breeze helped. Coach...
City Council Special Meeting Agenda For Aug. 13
CITY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXASSPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 13, 2019, 5:30 P.M. A special meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 in the Council Room at 201 North Davis. The following items will be discussed: Call to order.Pledge and invocation.Discussions on proposed fiscal year 2019-20 budget.Discussion/action on motion to place a proposal to increase total tax...
Deputies: Woman Claims Substance Found In Her Bag Is Gag Gift, Not Meth
Rosemary Boone Springer A 63-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was arrested early Tuesday morning near a South Broadway Street eye care business after officers found a baggy with a crystal-like substance she claimed wasn’t methamphetamine, but a gag gift. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies Lance Burdick and Zack Horne spotted the woman, identified in arrest reports as Rosemary Boone Springer, walking at 2:10 a.m. Aug. 13, on...
Wildcats Varsity And JV Football Teams Begin Practice Monday Evening
The Wildcats Varsity and JV Football Teams will have their first practice of the season Monday evening, August 12, at the Multipurpose Building. After several meetings, the teams were expected to take the field, either indoors or out, beginning at around 6 p.m. Practice is expected to go until around 9 p.m. The Wildcats are starting a week later than some because they had spring football practice. Because of spring ball, they lose not...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner Was Generally Pleased With Her Team At First Tournament of Season
Volleyball on Wood Floor Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner said the Lady Cats played tough teams and looked good against them during the Garland ISD Volleyball Tournament this past Friday and Saturday, Aug. 8-9. Coach Dorner said she would be tweaking some things in practice but he added her team had an overall good weekend and stepped up their play. The Lady Cats went 1-2 in pool play Friday defeating Kilgore while losing to...
Emory Man Accused of Disorderly Conduct, Making Terroristic Threat
Allen Ray Stuart A 60-year-old Emory man was arrested during the noon hour Saturday at Starbucks after alarming patrons at two businesses by making “alarming” statements regarding the recent shooting at the El Paso Walmart, according to police reports. Sulphur Springs officers’ first contact with Allen Ray Stuart Saturday was at Walmart, where store management told police a person had been reported for “making...
