Winnsboro Police Department Report for July 1-7, 2019
Arrests Howard Weems, age 61, of Winnsboro, was arrested on 07/01/2019 for Possession of Controlled Substance PG1>=4G<200G Tanner Harrison, age 23, of Gilmer, was arrested on 07/05/2019 for Driving While Intoxicated. Accidents No Accidents to Report. Calls for Service The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a total of 122 calls for service during this reporting period. Citations The Winnsboro Police Department issued 28...
DCTF Predicts Football Wildcats to Finish Sixth in Their District
Sulphur Springs Wildcats By Don Julian Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine is out and they have picked the Wildcats to finish in sixth place in their nine team District 8-5A in Division II. Some also picked the Wildcats sixth in preseason last year but the Wildcats finished third and made the playoffs. The Wildcats finished the season at 6-4 including a bi-district loss to Frisco. They were 5-3 in district play. This season,...
Good Start for The Edge Monday During an Unusual Week
An unusual, week five of The Edge conditioning program got off to a good start Monday, July 8, according to Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young. After 4th of July week, Monday’s attendance at The Edge continued right where it has been with 60 showing up. Coach Young said only two or three players did not show up out of the top 25 varsity football players. He said that was one of their best attendance days since...
54th Annual Ladonia Rodeo and Frontier Days ticket give away
The 54th Annual Ladonia Rodeo and Frontier Days is to be hosted on Friday and Saturday, July 12th and 13th. The event will be located at the Eastman Area in Ladonia, Tx starting at 8:30 on both dates. The Ladonia Rodeo will feature nine events total, everywhere from team roping and steer wrestling to bronc and bull riding. There will also be a dance after the event on Saturday night featuring Grant Gilbert. KSST Radio wants to send...
Student Accident Insurance, Budget, TASB Delegates Top July 8 SSISD Board Meeting
School Health Advisory Committee composition, student accident insurance coverage and conference delegates are among the items Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees will be asked to consider approving during their regular monthly meeting tonight, July 8. The trustees too are scheduled to hold a budget work session during the 6 p.m. meeting. At the regular June meeting, SSISD Business Manager Sherry McGraw...
Connally Street Water Main Installation Complete; Drainage Improvements, Contract Work Planned
Connally Street construction continues with drainage improvements, excavation, stabilization and concrete paving still to go. Work to rebuild Connally Street progresses, with a contractor hired to excavate, stabilize and pave the street following the next phase of construction. With water main installation complete, city crews in the last week began connecting residences to the new water main. Sulphur Springs’ Construction...
Sulphur Springs Woman Turns Self In Sunday To Serve State Jail Sentence
July 8, 2019 – Ashlei Nichole Thomas, 35, of Sulphur Springs turned herself in at the sheriff’s office and was escorted at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 7, by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Chaney into the county jail to serve time for abandoning or endangering a child-criminal neglect, according to arrest reports. She was slated to appear at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, for a trial before the court on a motion to...
1 Man Arrested At ER On Parole Charge, Another Turned Self In On Warrant
Two men were jailed over the weekend on felony warrants. A 55-year-old Sulphur Springs man was taken into custody at the hospital and the other turned himself in, according to arrest reports. Eddie Charles Evans Sulphur Springs Police Officer Chad Norris reportedly came into contact with Eddie Charles Evans, 55, of Sulphur Springs at 12:08 a.m. Monday, July 8, at the CHRISTUS Mother Francis Hospital emergency room. Aware the man was...
