Wood County Sheriff’s Report May 8-14, 2019
May 8th Deputies spoke with the reporting party, at approximately 12:59 a.m., in reference to a disturbance on CR 4627 near Winnsboro. Deputies gave the reporting party advice and cleared the incident.At 2:02 a.m., cows were reported out on HWY 37 near Winnsboro.Deputies were dispatched to CR 2320 near Mineola, at approximately 6:22 a.m., in reference to a possible assault. Parties were separated for the day.Deputies responded to a...
Wildcats Spring Football Culminates With Annual Spring Game Friday Evening At The Prim
After 18 days of spring football practice after school and during the school athletic period, spring football will wrap up with the annual Spring Game Friday night, May 17, at 6 p.m. at Gerald Prim Stadium. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said the game is for the players and gives them a competitive end to this year’s spring football. He said some players with injuries will not play. Coach Owens said his biggest concern about...
Porter, Tanton, Dodd And Thornton Are Named Forrest Gregg MVPs At Assembly Thursday Night
At the SSHS Awards Ceremony Thursday night, the annual Forrest Gregg MVP Awards and the James Cameron Fighting Heart Awards were announced for Lady Cats and Wildcats. Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young announced the Forrest Gregg MVP’s. For the Lady Cats, winners were SaDavia Porter and Autumn Tanton and for the Wildcats, Austin Dodd and Landon Thornton. Porter excelled in both basketball and track. As a senior...
Haggerty, Baier, Willis and Tyson Are Named James Cameron Fighting Heart Award Winners
At the SSHS Awards Ceremony Thursday evening, Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens announced this year’s recipients of the James Cameron Fighting Heart Award. Winners for the Lady Cats were Bailey Haggerty and Abbi Baier and for the Wildcats Keaston Willis and Landry Tyson. Haggerty, a Lady Cats’ softball pitcher, was described as a person of character and a competitor and fighter who always answered the call. She...
Armed Forces Day 2019
A single Hopkins County Marine Corp League Detachment member will post the 2019 Armed Forces Day poster at the foot of the large United States Flag at the center of Celebration Plaza. The poster will be similar to the one posted on Peace Officers Day, minus the wreath. The poster will be on display all day Saturday weather permitting. The MCL will also work with the Hopkins County Military Coalition to present the color at the Branded...
SSHS Seniors Awarded More Than $3.3 Million In Scholarships, Awards At Ceremony — Part 1
More than $3.3 million in scholarships, military and other monetary rewards were presented to seniors at the Sulphur Springs High School Awards Ceremony Thursday evening, May 16, at SSHS Auditorium at Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. Top graduates, UIL scholars, students who have earned Medical Assistant Certifications, Forrest Gregg MVP and James Cameron Fighting Heart Award recipients were also recognized during the program....
CHRISTUS Stroke Team Offers Free “Stroke Awareness Lunch and Learn” at noon Wednesday May 22
RN Byron Prince and RN Cassidy Cameron of the Stroke Team Within ongoing efforts to become designated a “Primary Stroke Center”, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital of Sulphur Springs has begun an Acute Stroke Program. Facilitating this program is a special “Stroke Team” of professionals who can assess and assist persons experiencing stroke symptoms at the hospital Emergency Room. Because time is so important to...
‘Chicks For Charity’ Non-Profit Makes SS Symphony League it’s Final Recipient
Some of the organizers pictured during an earlier KSST interview L. to R. Dee Elliott, Mandy Kennedy, Peggy Deitze, Jane Sargent and Pennye West Chicks for Charity, a 501c3 non-profit charity organization operating in Hopkins County, has officially been dissolved as of May 16, 2019. This follows Chicks donations of several thousands of dollars which have made a large impact upon worthy local causes since it’s 2010 inception. The...
Jefferson Man Jailed On Dallas County Warrant
Brian Scott Greenhill A traffic stop by Cumby police early Thursday morning resulted in a 42-year-old Jefferson man’s arrest on a Dallas County forgery charge. Cumby Police Sgt. Ray Embro reported stopping a Chevrolet Aveo at 1:51 a.m. May 16 on Interstate 30 west at mile marker 108 for defective taillights. On contact, the driver was identified as 42-year-old Brian Scott Greenhill of Jefferson. A records check showed Greenhill...
