Lady Cats Softball Rescheduled for Friday Due to Weather
The scheduled Lady Cats’ softball game against Texas High, originally planned for Thursday evening, April 18, has been postponed due to rainfall Wednesday and Thursday in Texarkana. The game has been rescheduled as a varsity only game on Friday at 6 p.m. at Texas High. The Lady Cats will come into the Friday game with a 7-2 district record and they are tied for first place with Mount Pleasant. If the Lady Cats win Friday, they...
Wildcats Baseball Game Rescheduled For Friday At Mount Pleasant
The scheduled Wildcats’ district baseball games at Mount Pleasant have been rescheduled until Friday, April 19. The varsity game will be at 7 p.m., following a JV game at 4 p.m. The Wildcats come into the game in fifth place in the district standings with a 4-8 record. They are 12-10 for the season. Mount Pleasant is two games ahead of the Wildcats in third place with a 6-6 record. Royse City holds down the fourth and final...
Area Track Meet Underway at Longview Pine Tree
The Wildcats’ track team sent nine athletes and the Lady Cats’ track team 13 athletes to the Area Track Meet Thursday at Longview Pine Tree. The meet got started at 10 a.m. with the running of the 3200-meter race. Participating in that race for the Wildcats are Landon Thornton and Christian Palomino. Lady Cat Sydney Washburn is also running in the 3200-meter race. Field events got underway at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Wildcats...
And the Winners Are..
The three winners of 4 Ranger Baseball tickets to one of this weekends (April 20th and 21st) games are… Game dates are awarded on a first come, first served basis.
Rodeo is Coming to Town!
Hopkins County Rodeo Committee President Oscar Aguilar has helped put on local rodeos associated with UPRA for past 25 years If you are looking for rodeo excitement, don’t look any further than this weekends’ Spring Rodeo put on by the Hopkins County Rodeo Association. This event is held under the sanction of UPRA, or United Professional Rodeo Association, which covers a 5-state circuit. A long-time friend of Sulphur...
2 Jailed On Marijuana Charge
A traffic stop at 4:10 p.m. April 17 on Tate Street by police resulted in the arrest of a Winnsboro man, 17, and Emory woman, 19, for possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana in a drug-free zone. The officer reported smelling a strong odor of marijuana emitting from the Pontiac Grand Prix upon contact with the occupants during a traffic stop. A probable cause search of the car allegedly yielded a plastic bag containing a green...
Firefighters’ Quick Response To Blaze Limits Damages to FM 3019 Home
Firefighters’ quick response to a structure fire is credited with limiting damages to a FM 3019 home Wednesday. The blaze was reported to emergency dispatchers shortly after 3:30 p.m. April 17. Hopkins County, Brinker, Saltillo and Pickton-Pine Forest firefighters were dispatched to what was reported as as single story structure fire with smoke visible from outside the single story residence. “Pickton-Pine Forest Volunteer...
Heritage Park and Museum Opens ‘Winiford Place’, a New Multi-Purpose Building
On April 16, 2019 at noon, along with a ribbon cutting ceremony by the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce, Winiford Place was presented a flag and a plaque from Jennie Ash, a staffer of Texas State Representative Dan Flynn’s office. According to the plaque, the Texas flag had “flown over the Capitol of the Sovereign State of Texas”, the perfect note for a park which celebrates our local history upon land near the...
Grand Jury Indictments For April 2019: Part 1
The Hopkins County Grand Jury signed 102 indictments during the April session, pushing those cases forward for prosecution. More than 70 individuals were named in the charges, including some individuals named in more than one indictment, according to the indictment list released recently. The charges range from improper sexual activity with a person in custody, aggravated assault and child endangerment to firearms, theft, fraudulent...
Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison On DWI Charge
Two people were taken into custody after being sentenced to time in prison in the Eighth Judicial District Court Tuesday. Brian James Chism Brian James Chism, 47, of Sulphur Springs was taken into custody in the district courtroom after being sentenced to a 15-year commitment in Texas Department of Criminal Justice on a felony driving while intoxicated charge. Chism was jailed locally on Sept. 5 and released on bond Sept. 7 for third...
