Meal A Day Menu For April 5-9, 2021, 2021
The Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center reopens this week, after being closed for more than a year due to COVID-19 precautions. Thanks to all of the volunteers who continued to donate their time on weekdays to prepare and deliver meals to shut-in elderly and senior adults in the community during the closure. The Meal A Day Menu for April 5-9, 2021, includes: Monday – Broccoli Chicken Divan, On a Bed of Rice, Candied Carrots and...
Sign Up Online For April 5-7, May 5-7 Sulphur Springs ISD New Student Registration For Kindergarten Through Third Grades
Sulphur Springs ISD New Student Registration Round-up will be in held April 5-7 and May 5-7 for students who will be in kindergarten-third grade in the 2020-2021 school year, with online registration for an appointment ongoing. District administrators emphasize this registration is for new students who did not end the 2020-2021 school year in Sulphur Springs ISD. Parents/guardians of current pre-k and Head Start students will complete...
Both Varsity and JV Commerce Track Teams Win Quitman Relays
In their last invitational of the year, both the Varsity and JV Commerce Tigers track and field teams won the Quitman Relays. The Varsity boys won the meet, thanks in large part to a great team effort that got the Tigers 162 points in Quitman. In field events, Aidan Crowder took third in long jump and Omarhi Davis got fourth in shot put. Davis did win discuss though, and Richard Jackson took silver in the event. Ty Hoffman got third...
Paris District Road Report for the Week of April 5, 2021
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district during the week of April 5, 2021. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel through work zones. They should also avoid distractions such as...
Appointments For The Second Dose Announced For Those Attending Recent COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics
NEWS RELEASE Appointments for the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for those individuals who received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at one of the three clinics hosted last month in Hopkins County or the clinic held Delta County have been announced by Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials Saturday. The first follow up is slated next week. “If you had your first dose at any of the vaccination...
Saltillo Softball Falls to Como-Pickton, 10-1
The Saltillo Lady Lions softball team fell behind early and could not recover, losing at Como-Pickton on Friday, Apr. 2 by a score of 10-1. Saltillo put a run on the board to start the game, taking a 1-0 advantage against the home Lady Eagles. But Como-Pickton struck back, and with fierce tenacity, scoring three runs of their own in the bottom of the first to take a 3-1 lead after one frame. The Lady Eagles were not done there,...
2.5 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Headed To Texas, 200 Allocated To Hopkins County
More than 2.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped to providers across Texas next week. The Texas Department of State Health Services is allocating 1,094,920 first doses to 2,011 providers in 200 counties, including 200 doses destined for Sulphur Springs pharmacies. Brookshire’s and Walgreens Pharmacies each are slated to receive 100 doses of the Johnson & Johnson 1-dose COVID-19 vaccine during the week of April...
Traffic Snarled By Truck Trailer Mishap On East Shannon Road
Traffic along East Shannon Road between South Broadway Street and Mockingbird Lane became snarled Friday afternoon by a truck trailer mishap. According to police reports, the driver of the truck and with enclosed trailer pulled over off Shannon Road with the intent of going inside one of the restaurants to get something to eat. Unfortunately, he pulled off the road too far his trailer overturned into the ditch between the service road...
Walks and Errors Combine to Do In the Wildcats Baseball Team in an 8-1 Loss to Hallsville
A district baseball summit battle of the top two teams ended poorly for the Wildcats due to walks and errors in an 8-1 loss to Hallsville at Wildcat Park Thursday night (April 1). Wildcats’ pitchers held the Bobcats to just 5 hits but 11 walks and 5 errors made the hits effective. Meanwhile the Wildcats also struggled with the bats collecting only 4 hits and scoring only 1 run. Wildcats pitcher Hayden Hurst took the loss. He...
Woman Jailed For DWI Following Minor Crash
A 22-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was jailed for DWI following a crash early Friday morning, according to arrest reports. Sulphur Springs Police contacted the woman in connection with a minor crash reported around 12:20 a.m. April 2, 2021, on North Davis Street at Atkins Street. Officers reported smelling alcohol on the woman, who allegedly admitted to consuming four alcoholic beverages at a local bar about an hour before. She had...
