Services Set for Hopkins County’s Oldest Citizen, Corine C Snow
Funeral services for Corine C. “Mam Ma” Snow, age 112, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 10, 2016 at Spence Chapel, First Baptist Church with Rev. Fred Lewis and Bro. Tommy Johnston officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Robert Brower, John Brower, Joe Brower, Bill Baber, Jeff Coppedge and Brandon Baker serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 1:00 to 2:00, one hour prior to...
Special Offering of Heifers, Bulls and Mixed Cow/Calf Pairs at Auction
by Paul Bailey The Sulphur Springs Livestock and Dairy Auction will close out 2016 with a special offering of heifers, bulls and mixed cows and cow/calf pairs along with their regular Monday, Dec. 19 livestock sale. The special offering of cattle will begin around 3:30 p.m. and will include 25 big Simmental/Angus heifers — all bred Angus bull “Special Focus” for March calves. Also being offered at the sale will be 15 Brangus heifers,...
Upcoming Information Meeting For New Foster/Adoptive Parents
Anyone interested in becoming a foster or adoptive parent is invited to an information meeting at The Way Bible Church located at 674 FM 2560 in Sulphur Springs, Texas on January 9th, 2017 at 5:30 PM. This will be a collaborative meeting with Azleway Child Placing Agency. “In our local community there is a tremendous need for foster parents… Our children need your help and anything you can do will be much...
Lady Cats Soccer Opens Season With Paris Scrimmage December 29
Lady Cats Soccer Coach Jesus DeLeon is in his eighth year as head coach of the Lady Cats. His prospects for this season look very bright. He returns all of his starters except one off of last year’s 19 win team that won two playoff games before bowing out in a regional quarterfinal game. Coach DeLeon talked Lady Cats’ soccer on KSST and Channel 18 TV’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show. He said he expects his team to...
Starbucks is Hiring
Starbucks is how hiring as the pre-Christmas opening date nears. Those interested in applying for a job can go to https://www.starbucks.com/careers for more information.
“Updated” Durant Sentenced to 10 Years for Possession of Child Pornography
Monday morning in Eighth Judicial District Court, Dathan Artemus Durant, 58, was sentenced to 10 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for Possession of Child Pornography, a Felony 2. Durant was charged in June, 2014. He, along with another Cumby man, was arrested in a child pornography sting operation. The two cases were not related. Durant’s case was developed through the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force....
She Told Officer Syringe Used to Shoot Up Meth
At a local truck stop, a female sitting in a pickup truck and moving her jaw uncontrollably with sores on her face attracted attention to a possible need. Local law enforcement responded. Noting a green pouch and what appeared to be a syringe in the driver’s seat, the officer sought consent to search the vehicle. She told the officer that she used the syringe to shoot up methamphetamine. In his search he found two syringes in the...
Alliance Bank Employees Donate Canned Food to Meal A Day
Alliance Bank Employees participated in a Canned Food Drive for Meal A Day located at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center on Martin Luther King Blvd. Monday morning, Kevin Monk and Jessica Kurtgen dropped off the food collected.
