Update: 2 Men Jailed Following High Speed Chase On I-30 Early Friday Morning
Williams Joseph Simpson Two men were arrested after leading authorities on a high speed chase along Interstate 30 west from Cumby to Royse City early Friday morning. Cumby Police Sgt. Ray Embro first noticed a Nissan Altima with a Georgia license plate speeding past him at 88 miles per hour in the 75 mile per hour speed zone on Interstate 30 west at mile marker 111 at 1:22 a.m. Friday. Embro reported catching up to the car at the 109...
Education Bills Address Finance Overhaul, Teacher Certifications, Special Programs
The last two days have been busy ones as far as education goes in both the Senate and House, with bill impacting budgets, special populations, educators’ pay and a variety of other related topics. WEDNESDAY The Texas House passed a bill supposed to be targeted at reforming the school finance system. The bill allocates $6.3 billion of new funding for Texas public schools and students, and dedicates $2.7 billion for property tax...
SSHS Tennis Season Wraps-Up
No Wildcats Advance to Regional at District Tennis Tournament in Sulphur Springs This Week Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said his team did not do as well as they would have liked at the District Tennis Tournament Tuesday and Wednesday at the Wildcat Tennis Complex. No Wildcat was able to advance to regional. Coach Martinez said his #1 boys doubles team of Aaron Lucas and Logan Schumacher lost their first match of the tournament...
SSHS Band Earn Straight One’s
Wildcats Bands Get Straight One’s At UIL Contest and Earn Sweepstakes It’s been a very good week for the Wildcats’ band program. On Tuesday, the non-varsity band, called the Concert Band, attended the Spring UIL Contest and earned the highest score of 1 for their on-stage concert and for sight reading. Wildcats Band Director Spencer Emmert said it was only the fourth time in history for the Concert Band to earn...
Jury Selection Cancelled
Jury selection scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, April 8, in the County Court At Law with Judge Clay Harrison has been cancelled. Jurors do not need to appear, according to Hopkins County Clerk Tracy Smith.
Motorists Cautioned To Watch For Pavement Work On SH 19 In Emory
Local motorists who regularly travel on State Highway 19 south into Rains County will want to make note of and plan to drive more attentively through Emory starting April 22,when work to repave a portion of the highway in Emory begins. Contractor Richard Drake Construction anticipates completing this project in about five working days, weather permitting, TxDOT officials said. The target date for completion of this project is April...
Lady Cat Softball Game Review
Lady Cats Softball Offense Returns in a Big Way Against Texas High Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo asked his team if they were ready to step it up Tuesday night (Apri 2) against Texas High at Lady Cat Park. Team members answered in the affirmative and then went out and stepped it up. After getting only three hits in a loss to Mount Pleasant last Friday night, the Lady Cats collected 16 hits Tuesday night in a 15-5 ten run rule...
Lady Cats Golf Update
Lady Cats Golfer Mariam Tran Finishes Second at District, Qualifies for Regional After finishing second at the District Tournament to a senior last year, Lady Cats’ golfer Mariam Tran was hoping for a district championship this year. A move in player at Texas High ended up taking first. Tran finished second again but gets another trip to the Regional Tournament. Tran shot 82 on Monday (April 1) and 81 and Tuesday (April 2). She...
SSHS Wildcat Golf Update
Wildcats Golf Overcomes Flu Bug to Finish Second, Qualify for Regional Wildcats Golf Coach Chris Owens was extremely proud of his team for the way they pulled together as a team overcoming adversity to qualify for the Regional Tournament at the District Tournament Monday and Tuesday (April 1-2) at Paris Country Club. Coach Owens said he found out for sure early Monday morning that two of his players could not play Monday due to the...
