Business History Month: IdziBitsy Bakery
IdziBitsy Bakery is a hometown, “Hopkins County owned, Hopkins County grown” custom bakery in downtown Sulphur Springs, Texas owned by Michelle Idzi. Michelle Idzi’s great great uncle owned a bakery in Louisiana and when he decided to retire in the early 1980s, her grandmother then bought the business deeming her grandmother a second generation baker. While Michelle’s mom was in school full-time her youngest...
South Sulphur River Flood Warning Continues Through Friday Morning
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a Flood Warning until Friday morning or until the warning is cancelled for the South Sulphur River affecting Delta and Hopkins Counties. At 3:15 p.m. Thursday, the river stage was at 16.76 feet. Flood stage is 16 feet. A few rural roads will begin to flood when the stage is over 16 feet. Farm and ranch land adjacent to the river will also flood. Minor flooding is occurring and is...
Hearts of Life Presents Diego for Adoption
Wednesday afternoon, Hearts of Life Animal Shelter gave Diego a quick trip to KSST Channel 18 Studios so that he could be presented to the community for adoption. Diego has had surgery to repair his...
Lady Cats Delay District Game Until Monday
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo said Thursday that the Marshall district game originally planned for Lady Cat Park will now be played Monday afternoon in Marshall. A JV game is set for 1 p.m. with the Varsity game to follow at 2:30 p.m. Both schools have spring break next week. Coach Carrillo said Marshall’s field is currently covered with a tarp. He said if rain ended over the weekend, it wouldn’t have the field...
Wildcats Open Season at Texas High Tuesday; No Tourney Due to Rain
For the second year in a row, the Texarkana baseball tournament has been rained out but things look different to Wildcats Coach Jerrod Hammack this year. Last year he had a senior-laden team that started district play off strongly despite losing the tournament games. This year’s team has only one returning starter and is loaded with underclassmen. Coach Hammack said he still had decisions to make and he could have used four more...
Bryant Sentenced to 15 Years; Oboyle to 5
Thursday morning, March 10, 2016, in Eighth Judicial District Court, Caleb James Bryant, 21, entered a guilty plea to engaging in organized crime and to retaliation. In the plea agreement, Brant also took responsibility for his activity in possession of a controlled substance. He was sentenced to 15 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. On Monday, November 17, 2015, an undercover buy-bust created the necessity for the...
Teen Arrested For Assault Of A Family Member
Clayton Ryan Hanson, 18, of Sulphur Springs was arrested on Tuesday, March 8th after being involved in a dispute that resulted in assault of a family member. Cumby Police Chief Paul Robertson responded to a call of an assault in Cumby that occurred early Tuesday afternoon. Upon arrival, Hanson was found on the property located on the 300 block of Frisco Street in Cumby. Hanson was transported to the Hopkins County Memorial Hospital to...
Business History Month: Shoe Inn Etc.
The Shoe Inn began exactly where it is now: The Windsor Plaza. The Shoe Inn first opened it’s doors in February of 1986 as one of the first businesses in the plaza, offering the best location to be had in Sulphur Springs at that time. “Everything was new in our shopping center,” Owens said. “That created a lot of curiosity for people, and people just came to check us out and they’re still with us.”...
Wildcats Baseball, Lady Cats Softball Cancelled; Track Still a Go
Rainfall has washed away all Wildcats baseball and Lady Cats softball action scheduled on Thursday and Friday. For the second year in a row, the Texas High baseball tournament in Texarkana has been cancelled due to rain. The Wildcats were supposed to play games there Thursday through Saturday. The Lady Cats home softball game against Marshall Friday evening has been postponed. They will try to reschedule the game for Monday if Lady...
Dixon Changes Plea to Guilty; Sentenced to 40 Years Without Parole
March 9, 2016 – Hunter James Dixon, 21, will serve 40 years without possibility of parole according to a plea agreement between Dixon and the District Attorney’s office. Wednesday morning in Eighth Judicial District Court the prosecution played a video of Hunter James Dixon’s interview with Hopkins County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigators. Investigator Dennis Findley was on the witness stand. Having begun the day’s court...
