Senior Style Mardi Gras Party
Feb. 16, 2023- Sulphur Springs Senior Center will be hosting a Mardi Gras party on Feb 21 at 11am. The Senior Center will be having jambalaya, dirty rice and king cake for all participants. Games and prizes will also be available at the party. This event is being planned, prepared and executed by the FCCLA of North Hopkins Highschool for the seniors to enjoy. The Sulphur Springs Senior Center is located at 150 Martin Luther King Jr...
Woman Arrested On 1600 Block State Highway 154 South
Feb. 16, 2023- Deputy T. Patterson conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle going 10 miles over the speed limit. The driver was identified as Lindsey Michelle Kimball, upon communication with the driver Deputy Patterson noticed Kimball’s pupils to be dilated even without looking at direct light. During the course of the stop Deputy Patterson learned that Kimball had not been truthful about her criminal history. A request to search...
Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast
Feb. 15, 2023- Kiwanis members met Wednesday to discuss their upcoming annual pancake breakfast. The pancake breakfast will be taking place on Feb. 18 from 7am to 1pm at the Sulphur Springs Civic Center, members of Kiwanis will be cooking it up for all those who are coming down to fill their bellies. Members of the Sulphur Springs High School Key club will also be helping out with the breakfast. Tickets will be sold at the door and...
Wildcats Soccer One Game Away From Perfect First Half of District Play
Wildcats basketball isn’t the only team celebrating perfection. Coach Alexi Upton and his team are one road contest away from a perfect first half of district play. Sulphur Springs is 5-0 heading into their round-one finale at North Lamar. The soccer squad won yet another district match-up Tuesday at home, dispatching Pittsburg 2-1. It took until the second period for the Wildcats to score on the Pirates, but Edgar Salazar made...
Wildcats Basketball Goes Perfect 10-0 During District Season
Coach Brandon Shaver and his team are thrilled following Tuesday’s senior night win over Pittsburg. Sulphur Springs with the win Tuesday wraps up a perfect 10-0 district season. Tuesday saw both teams struggle to score early, but that changed heading into the second as the Wildcats basketball team lead 21-7 after one quarter. From there Sulphur Springs cruised to a 55-34 win on Senior Night. Jumping out to a commanding 21-7 lead...
Wildcats Golf Finishes 4th in Season-Opening Meet, Back in Action Monday
The men’s golf team got their spring season off to a great start on Monday, Feb. 13. Coach DeLorge watched Monday as his team placed fourth overall in a crowded group of talented and big programs. Their point total from their spring opener, shooting 323, is not too far off from a tournament-best. “Every single one of them, from 35th down… getting into that position out of 94 kids? I told [the team] I couldn’t...
NETLA Show February 23-25, 2023, by Mario Villarino
Feb. 14, 2023- Texas is unmatched in youth livestock project ownership and participation. Students engaging in this project gain invaluable life skills such as work ethic, responsibility and accountability. Supporters of these exceptional youth invest nearly $100 million annually in the futures of these young agriculturalists. What can become lost in a barn full of livestock, exhibitors, trophies, banners, buckles, premiums and...
Retired Teachers Meeting Feb 14, 2023
Feb. 14, 2023- The Retired Teachers Association saw North Hopkins Cosmetology students today at their annual meeting today as students and their teacher talked about their ever growing cosmetology classes. The students discussed their love for the class and the experiences that they gain within the classes. The students of the cosmetology class were asked many questions by the members of the meeting from prices to their experiences....
Chamber Connection – Feb. 15
Those who have tickets to the sold-out Chamber of Commerce’s annual Membership Banquet on Thursday will want to get there early to look at, at potentially purchase, artwork that will be displayed. This year’s theme of “A Night at the Gallery” will include dozens of works of art, some of which will be for sale by local professional and amateur artists. The Chamber will help facilitate their sale after the banquet has concluded. The...
Lady Cats Basketball Team Hits First-Round Roadblock in Bi-District Loss to Van
Coach Bryan Jones and his team faced intense pressure all day long in their Bi-District game, falling to Van 71-35 on Monday, Feb. 13. Coach Bryan Jones and his team trailed marginally 11-8 heading into the second quarter, but things changed in a big way when the Lady Vandals started to heat up. From that three point deficit for the Lady Cats basketball team, Van went on to outscore Sulphur Springs 60-27 en route to a big...
