Fourth Annual Tanner Higgins Warrior Run is Saturday
The 4th Annual Tanner Higgins Warrior Run is Saturday, April 9th at Cooper Lake State Park. The event was created to honor the memory of Sergeant Tanner Stone Higgins killed by enemy forces during a heavy firefight during combat operations in Logar Province, Afghanistan April 14, 2012. Sgt. Higgins, team leader assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, was leading an assault against an enemy compound when he was...
Another Week to Wait
Although Hopkins County Memorial Hospital Board set a called meeting for noon Monday, April 4, hoping to finalize the proposed partnership with CHRISTUS , they will meet again next Monday, April 11 with the same hope. In an executive meeting early last week, the local board addressed 11 questions to CHRISTUS. During a meeting last Thursday, nine of those 11 questions were answered but two remain (see story here). CHRISTUS had not...
Lady Cats Regional Quarterfinal Set for Tuesday
The Lady Cats’ soccer teams third round regional quarterfinal match with Mansfield Legacy has been firmed up. The Lady Cats will play the Lady Broncos at Terrell Tuesday night at 6 p.m. The Lady Cats are the visiting team this time. Lady Cats Coach Jesus DeLeon said Mansfield Legacy was the district champion. They are in the same district as Waxahachie, who finished fourth in the district. As you might expect, Coach DeLeon said...
Freshman Powerlifter Morales Has More State Meets In His Future
Wildcats freshman powerlifter Joe’ell Morales had a tough day at the State Powerlifting Meet in Abilene Saturday. Morales bombed out while lifting in his very first category, the squat, in the 123-pound weight class. Lifters are not allowed to continue after a bomb out. Wildcats Powerlifting Coach Jacob Alford predicted that Morales would return to the state meet, perhaps for three more years. He said Morales would return...
Theft of Trailer One of Three Arrests Over Weekend
A theft of a trailer with a ramp from Atwoods Sunday was a quick recovery for Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies. A report of the trailer stolen and towed away by a Green Jeep Wrangler with a tan top was quickly followed with information that the vehicle was headed north on Gilmer towards the Oak Avenue split. Just so happened, a Hopkins County deputy was in the area of Oak Avenue. He spied a black trailer with no registration tag...
55+ Health Fair At the ROC Tuesday
Over 50 different vendors including Hopkins County Memorial Hospital, nursing and rehabilitation homes, health care agencies and more will provide health information, blood pressure checks and other medical tests during the 55+ Health Fair at First Baptist Church’s Recreational Outreach Center (ROC). The event is set for Tuesday, April 5th from 9 a.m. until noon. Over 25 different door prizes will be given away at 11:45 a.m. KSST...
Truck Toll Discounted For SH 130/SH 45SE Through Austin
The Texas Transportation Commission today (March 30, 2016) voted to give trucks a break on the cost of tolls when they drive on State Highway 130 (from the I-35 exit in Georgetown to US 183 exit in Buda) and State Highway 45SE as part of the Truck Toll Discount Program approved by the 84th Legislature. The truck toll discount will be offered in two phases, beginning April 18 through October 31 and again from November 1 through Aug....
Lady Cats Sweep Longview in District
The Lady Cats’ softball team came into Friday night’s home game against Longview having lost two straight games including a disappointing loss to Pine Tree last Tuesday night after having a 7-0 lead. The Lady Cats apparently took it all out on the Lady Lobos in a 27-2 win. The Lady Cats swept Longview this season. The win gives the Lady Cats a district record of 5-3. They are 21-5 for the season. The Lady Cats will host...
Wildcats Rally Falls Short in Longview
After falling behind 7-0 to Longview on the road Friday night, the Wildcats’ baseball team rallied for five runs in the top of the sixth inning but could get no closer as they lost to the Lobos, 7-5. The Wildcats brought the tying run to the plate in the top of the seventh but could score no more runs. Both teams committed four errors in the contest. Ryan Humphries got the pitching loss giving up seven hits and six runs in three...
