Wildcat Spring Football Begins Monday; Ends With May 18th Spring Game
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens put out some more information on spring football this week. It begins next Monday (April 30) and will run Monday through Friday for three weeks. It ends with the spring game tentatively set for Friday, May 18. Coach Owens says all the dates for spring ball are tentative due to other events and activities. He says the Wildcats will have two opportunities to work out each day: during the school day...
North Hopkins Stew and Auction
The annual North Hopkins Stew and Auction is to be held on April 26th in the NH Cafeteria. Complementary stew will be served starting at 6 pm followed by the live auction. The auction will feature items built by students throughout the year as well as items that were donated by local businesses in support of the schools FFA program. Over the course of the year the students have worked diligently to complete many projects and are...
HC Master Gardeners Present A Basic Home Vegetable Gardening Workshop through the Extension Service
Gardening is for everyone. Learning to do it right gives high yields in produce and in satisfaction! Hopkins County Extension Agent Mario Villareno and Master Gardener Robert Suson will be on hand as Master Gardener Susie Faltachek presents the program to interested persons assembled at the Extension office on April 24, 2018 at 7pm. Cost of the workshop is $10. The most seasoned gardeners are usually the ones who consistently use...
One Dead, Three in Critical Condition Following Accident Monday Afternoon
April 24, 2018 – One man is dead, as of Tuesday morning, and a mother and two children are in critical condition following a one vehicle accident on State Highway 19 north of Sulphur Springs and just north of the White Oak Creek bridges, according to Justice of the Peace Brad Cummings. Cummings told KSST News that as the accident was investigated it was thought there would be four fatalities but the quick work of EMS and the...
While Winning, Losing Benitez Represented SSHS Wildcat Tennis Well
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said senior Alex Benitez represented Sulphur Springs very well at the Regional Tennis Tournament last week in Allen. Coach Martinez said Benitez did that while winning and losing. Other than Benitez, only a girl from Greenville won a first round match while Texas High and Hallsville came up empty. In round two, Benitez was paired up with Michel Zobel, a German exchange student, with Midlothian and...
Coach Talk: Hammack on Wildcat, Carrillo on Lady Cat Verses Mt Pleasant
Hammack on Mount Pleasant Win Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack said he always feels good when Ryan Humphries is on the mound for the Wildcats. Coach Hammack was on KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show last Saturday (April 21). Humphries got his third district shutout last Friday, 7-0 over Mount Pleasant. He has shut them out twice this season. Coach Hammack said the offense got off to a slow...
Six Year Sentence when Probation Revoked
Tina Valerie Darlin Boles, 38, was sentenced to six (6) years when her probation was revoked Monday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court. Boles was on probation for a 2012 conviction of Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, more than 1-gram but less than 4-grams, a Felony 3. Boles was also sentenced to six years by Wood County District Court last month.
Probation Revoked and a Five Year Sentence
April 23, 2018 – Monday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court, Shelby Lynn Lyons, 34, was sentenced to 5 years when her probation for Tamper/Fabricate Physical Evidence with Intent to Impair, a Felony 3 was revoked. The charge dates back to January, 2016.
Former University of Memphis, University of Tennessee Basketball Player Sentenced in Eighth Judicial District Court
Former University of Memphis Tiger and University of Tennessee Volunteer basketball player, Cornelius “Scooter” McFadgon, 35, of Memphis, Tennessee and Dallas, Texas will serve 20 years for possession of Marijuana and 20 years for Possession of Cocaine following his plea in Probation Revocation cases heard in Eighth Judicial Court Monday. The sentences will run concurrent. McFadgon was arrested in June, 2014 when 2.5 pounds of cocaine...
