TxDOT Closes I-10 Tuesday Morning Due to Flooding
TxDOT announced that I-10 is closed as of Tuesday morning due to flooding. For those traveling to Louisiana, I-20 is now the route to take. Earlier TxDOT in Beaumont had stated that TxDOT was expected to close I-10 between Texas and Louisiana around 7 a.m. Tuesday morning, March 15. Many state highways, farm roads, as well as some county roads are closed in Southeast Texas due to flooding or washout. Any interstate travel between...
Business History Month: Good News Bookstore
In 1974 Thee Christian Bookstore, originally known as Words of Life Bookstore, was opened by Harlan Harred, Mark Miller, and Bill Watts at 319 Main Street. The three were Christian businessmen who saw the need for a Christian bookstore in the city of Sulphur Springs and began pulling their money together to make it happen. The store was nonprofit and the men had one paid employee, their store manager, Bobbie Galligher. In 1976, Gena...
Lady Cats Win Monday at Marshall; Host Texas High in First District Home Game Tuesday
The Lady Cats’ softball team improved their district record to 2-0 with a solid 14-3 win at Marshall Monday afternoon. The game, originally scheduled for last Friday evening, was moved to Marshall after hard rain fell on Lady Cat Park last week. When the teams meet again, that game will be scheduled for Lady Cat Park on April 5. The Lady Cats also improved their season record to 18-2. They have won ten games in a row. The Lady...
Wildcats Soccer Seek Playoff Spot
For the Wildcats’ soccer team, all signs seem to point toward a winner take all battle at Hallsville that will end district play Friday night. The Wildcats and the Bobcats are tied for the fourth and last playoff spot and both teams have winnable games on the schedule Tuesday night. The Wildcats on Tuesday will play Texas High at Gerald Prim Stadium and it will be senior night for five Wildcats seniors: Tanner Ramirez, Scott...
Last Two District Games Determine Lady Cats Soccer Playoff Position
The odds are pretty good that the Lady Cats’ soccer team will make the playoffs after two big games this week. The Lady Cats are currently in fourth place, the last playoff spot. Lady Cats Soccer Coach Jesus DeLeon, on KSST and Channel 18 TV’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show, said if the Lady Cats win both games this week and other things happen, the Lady Cats could end up as high as second in the district. On the other...
Wildcats Track Finishes Third at Aubrey Meet
The Wildcats’ track team finished third at an Aubrey track meet last Thursday. The field events were canceled because of wet conditions. The Wildcats racked up about 70 points in running events. Wildcats Track Coach Matt Young said Eli Sellers finished second in the 800-meter run. Jacob Gatewood won the 3200-meter run and Payton Vickery was third. Gatewood also won the 1600-meter run with Sellers third and Will Fain fifth....
Five Arrests in Seven Day Report for Winnsboro Police
Five arrests, 177 calls for service, 52 citations and 48 warnings were reported by Winnsboro Police during the seven day period of March 7 to March 13, 2016. Dalton Goode, 20 of Flint, was arrested Monday the 7th for driving while license invalid with previous conviction. Michael Roberts, 65 of Winnsboro, was arrested Wednesday the 9th on a Wood County warrant for possession of a controlled substance more than 1 gram but less than 4...
Vandergriff Keynotes I-30 Corridor, TEX-21 Meeting
TEX-21 and the I-30 Corridor Task Force will meet Friday, March 18, 2016, at Texarkana College in the Patman Room of the Truman Arnold Student Center to consider updates on freight movement, the effect of the Panama Canal Expansion on freight movement on Interstate 30, and hear an update on transportation funding. Keynote speaker for the event is Texas Transportation Commissioner Victor Vandergriff. TEX-21 is a statewide organization...
Business History Month: Tire Town
Tire Town opened in 1981 with Sam and Pam Word. Their business had the goal of providing a place where customers can purchase tires at the best value available in Sulphur Springs. Four years later in 1985, Mike Gilmer, the current owner of Tire Town, joined the company and ran the retail portion of the business while Sam ran the wholesale business. With the two working together, the business quickly expanded beyond the City Limits....
*UPDATED* Avila Arrested for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child
March 13, 2016 – Jesus Avila, 39, of Saltillo was arrested Saturday for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child under the age of 14. Hopkins County Sheriff Deputies received a call from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office informing them that Avila, who was accompanied by a child, turned himself in on previous sexual assault incidents. Both Avila and the child voluntarily came to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office to be...
