State BPA Sees Sole National Qualifier
Fifteen Sulphur Spring High School students competed at the State Business Professionals of America competition. Of those 15, only one student qualified for the National Competition, while another will attend as an alternate. Sean Allemang competed in Java Programming and Network Design. Maro Bausio competed in C++ Programming and Network Design. Lydia Burleson competed in Advanced Word Processing. Natalie Cruise competed in Human...
Carter Blood Care Drive At SSHS Friday
Carter Blood Care held a blood drive at Sulphur Springs High School on Friday, March 11, 2016. Students and teachers that chose to gave blood participated from 8 a.m. until around 2:30 p.m.. Students had to be 16 with parental consent or 17 years of age and picture ID was to be provided. DSC_0647 DSC_0649 DSC_0652 DSC_0653 DSC_0655 DSC_0660...
Mapps Trial Set for August
An August trial date has been set for Tilton Joshua Isaiah Mapps, 21, according to the office the Eighth Judicial District Attorney. Mapps is accused of the murder of Jonathan Trahern Young at Pacific Park on June 8, 2015. He is being held in Hopkins County Jail on a $1.5 million bond for murder and two $20,000 bonds for tampering with evidence. He was arraigned before 8th Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt Monday, October 26,...
Franklin County Capital Murder Trial Set for June
James Crawford of Talco will be tried Capital Murder in Franklin County in June of this year according to the office of Eighth Judicial District Attorney Will Ramsay. Crawford will not face the death penalty but if convicted will face up to a life sentence without parole. Working on a tip, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department arrested 21-year old James Crawford of Talco for a capital murder in Mt. Vernon in September, 2015. The...
Lady Cats Track Finished Third at Aubrey Meet
The Lady Cats track team finished third at an Aubrey meet Thursday evening. Due to wet conditions, all field events were canceled. Lady Cats Track Coach Triston Abron said N’ysa Dugan won the 100-meter dash. Raleigh Potts placed in the race and picked up points. Tahtiana King also competed in the race. Sadavia Porter and Sheretta Hill finished 1-2 in the 200-meter dash. Porter had a time of 26.91 and Hill 27.17. It was...
Like It or Not, Daylight Savings Time Begins Sunday, March 13
For some, it is the day most dreaded. No, not April 15 and the deadline for income tax returns, this one is even worse. It’s Daylight Savings Time and it begins Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 2 a.m. It is officially the hour in which time will “spring forward” and without proper planning you will lose an hour of sleep. Why Daylight Savings Time? The original answer was to save energy costs and to have more daylight for activities during...
Weatherization Program Available to Qualified Residents
The Weatherization Program returns to Sulphur Springs this year and th Ark-Tex Council of Governments seeks to add to the number of homes that will become more energy efficient and provide utility cost savings to the resident. According to Sulphur Springs Mayor Kayla Price, 17 homes were weatherized last year. That number has changed in the past four months. This year, the goal for the program is 50 homes and according to Hank Byrd...
Tira News
By Jan Vaughn Jackson Dailey spent the weekend in College Station at the Student Government Association’s (SGA) conference for all the Texas A&M branches. Jackson will be ending his term as SGA president for the A&M system, as well as the president of the TAMU-C branch, as he will graduate in May. Morgan Joslin flew to Smithville, just south of Bastrop, with another Civil Air Patrol (CAP) cadet, Joe Korona, on the weekend of...
Miller Grove News
By Brandon Darrow This week Kevin and Michelle Tipps welcomed their son, Jacob Floyd-Scott Tipps, into this world Saturday, March 5. He was born at 5:38 am and weighed 5 lbs, 11 oz, and was 18 inches long. After a stay in Children’s Medical City of Dallas, from all reports baby, parents, and sister Rebecca are all doing well. Grandparents with Miller Grove connections are Stevie & Cheri Tipps; great-grandparents Faye and the...
