Selma Woman Arrested After Suspected Marijuana Found In Spare Tire Compartment
A routine Interstate traffic stop Sunday night resulted in location of hidden marijuana, a bottle of pills and an arrest. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper stopped a Honda Accord at 3:27 p.m. Sunday at mile marker 132 on I-30 after observing it traveling 86 miles per hour in a 75 mph speed zone. On contact, a 30-year-old Selma woman was identified using her driver’s license, according to arrest reports. The trooper...
Cumby Police Arrest Dallas Pair Reportedly Traveling In Stolen Car
Cumby Police arrested a Dallas pair, stopped Sunday morning in what turned out to be a stolen vehicle. Marc Anthony Martinez, 23, and Infant Venzor, 20, were taken to jail by Cumby Police Officer Zack Steward for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. According to arrest reports, Cumby Police Sgt. Ray Embro saw a blue Mitsubishi sedan with a defective tail light in the area of Frisco Street and the north Interstate 30 service road at...
Update: Police Release Name Of Woman Killed In Friday Crash On Loop 301
Police have identified woman who died Friday as a result of a two-vehicle crash on East Loop 301 Friday evening as 82-year-old Sylvia Hodges Mohler of Sulphur Springs. Local dispatchers were alerted about 6:15 p.m. Friday of a major crash on East Loop 301 at Church Street. According to police, a Buick and Chevrolet Avalanche were involved in the crash, one traveling southbound on Church Street and the other traveling west across East...
Miller Grove Track Results
Update from Miller Grove ISD Administration This weekend we had athletes competing at the regional track meet in Whitney. It was a great weekend for us. We qualified 4 athletes for the state meet. Girls state qualifiers – Jorja Bessonett regional champion in both the 3200 and 1600. Jolee Fox third place in the 3200 with a photo finish but got the wild card for the state meet and fourth in the 1600. Boys state...
Thurman Family Agricultural Endowment to Benefit Agriculture Students
The Thurman Family Agricultural Endowment at Texas A&M-University Commerce has been established by Steve Thurman and Kelly Thurman. The endowment will benefit students majoring in agribusiness and those participating on the Livestock and Meat Judging Teams. “The endowment is our small way of supporting Texas A&M University-Commerce as the university equips men and women for the challenges of an agriculture career,” Thurman...
Early Voting Continues In Municipal, School Elections
Early voting continues Monday-Tuesday, April 29-30, in Como-Pickton and Yantis school board elections, Sulphur Springs City Council and special proposition elections and the Miller Grove ISD bond election. Voting hours are extended Monday, April 29, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Yantis ISD Board of Trustees Election. Early voting by personal appearance will resume from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, in the Early Voting Room inside...
Miller Grove, Saltillo, Sulphur Bluff Athletes Qualify For State At Regional Track Meet
Athletes from Miller Grove, Saltillo and Sulphur Bluff qualify for State at Regional Track Meet, including 800-meter gold medalist Sienna Collins of Saltillo.Photos by Cindy Roller Track athletes from Miller Grove, Saltillo and Sulphur Bluff qualified for the State Track Meet at the Class A Region III Track Meet last week in Whitney. In boys’ competition, Isaiah Billingsley and Kobe Robertson both from Miller Grove, qualified...
Sulphur Springs City Council Candidate Profiles
Voting in the May 4 Sulphur Springs City Council and special charter proposition elections continues with early voting from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 29-30. Election Day voting will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 4. All voting in city elections is being conducted in the second floor conference room at City Hall. Voters are asked to consider approving 13 changes to the Sulphur Springs Home Rule Charter and to...
North Hopkins Golf Team Places 3rd At Region Tourney, To Play At State
The North Hopkins Golf Team placed third at the Regional Golf Tournament that was played at the Old Brickyard Golf Course in Ferris, Texas, and will be playing at the State Tournament at the Roy Kizer Municipal Golf Course in Austin, May 20-21, reports Head Coach Danna Lewis. They had a two-day total of 689. Evan Lewis places fifth with a two day total of 151. He shot a 76 and 75. The team includes Cooper Adams, Ryan Reed, Evan Lewis,...
North Hopkins Baseball Team Evens Big District Series With Como-Pickton Saturday, Deciding Game Monday in SS
The North Hopkins Panthers baseball team came from behind to defeat Como-Pickton, 10-6 Saturday at Como-Pickton to even the district championship deciding series at one game apiece. The deciding game of the series will take place Monday at 7 p.m. at Sulphur Springs’ Wildcat Park.Saturday night, the Panthers jumped out in front with two runs in the top of the second. The Eagles moved ahead with a grand slam home run in the bottom...
