Former Wildcat Triston Abron is New AD and Head Football Coach at Pittsburg
Sulphur Springs native Triston Abron has been hired as head football coach and athletic director at Pittsburg. The Pittsburg School Board approved the hiring of Coach Abron at a special meeting Thursday (March 25). Coach Abron comes to Pittsburg after one season at Mexia. Coach Abron’s Black Cats made the playoffs and made it into the Area round before they had to end the season due to coronavirus. Coach Abron spent two years at...
March 26 TASB Legislative Update On Education-Related Bills Left Pending
House State Affairs Committee Hears Lobbying Bill By Texas Association of School Boards AUSTIN, Texas – March 26, 2021 – The House State Affairs Committee on Thursday morning heard the two following bills, which were left pending: HB 749 (Middleton) would prohibit political subdivisions, such as school districts, cities, and counties, from hiring individuals who lobby or paying associations that employ lobbyists. Residents...
3 Arrested On Controlled Substance And Related Offenses
Three men were arrested Thursday on controlled substance and related offenses, according to arrest reports. Houston Street Traffic Stop Michael Anthony Williams (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Officer Francisco Castro stopped a Pontiac Grand Prix around 10:45 p.m. March 25 on Houston Street at Mulberry Street for a traffic violation. Upon contact with the 52-year-old Commerce man driving, Castro recognized him as Michael...
Sulphur Springs ISD Head Start Program To Apply For Grant Continuation And Refunding, Transportation Waiver
Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees during the regular monthly meeting this week gave the Head Start program director the go-ahead to apply for grant continuation and refunding, as well as a Head Start transportation waiver application. Transportation Wavier Sulphur Spring ISD Head Start program Director Angela Edwards asked trustees to approve a request for a transportation waiver for the Head Start program. She noted the SSISD...
Wildcats Tennis Players are Playing Tournaments For Seeding in Upcoming District Tourney
Unlike Team Tennis in the fall, tennis in the spring semester is more about individual accomplishments by members of a team. Singles and doubles players on the Wildcats Tennis Team are playing in tournaments attempting to receive the best seeding possible for the upcoming District Tennis Tournament. Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez hopes some of his players find a path to the Regional Tournament at the District Tournament. He has...
Brinker VFD To Hold Crawfish Boil April 3
Brinker Volunteer Fire Rescue Department is hosting its first annual crawfish boil on Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Brinker VFD Station 12, located at 1415 FM 69 south. Brinker VFD patch Department member anticipate preparing 1,000 pounds of crawfish, which will be served starting at 2 p.m. and will continue to be available until 7 p.m. or until they run out of crawfish, whichever comes first. Teac and water will be offered, or bring a...
COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Offered March 29; Registration Required
For those who still want to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, but were unable to register for the two-dose Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Thursday at the hospital or during shot administrations, the state will be hosting another COVID-19 vaccine clinic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. this coming Monday, March 29, in Sulphur Springs at the Hopkins County Civic Center. The vaccine will be the Pfizer, also a two-dose vaccine which requires a second dose in...
60-Year-Old Man Allegedly Hid Methamphetamine In A Soda Can
Marijuana Found In Truck Where Man Was Sleeping In Como Deputies arrested a 60-year-old who allegedly hid methamphetamine in a soda can and a a 25-year-old sleeping in his truck at a Como business Wednesday, March 24, on Main Street on possession charges, according to sheriff’s and arrest reports. An Alba woman turned herself in Tuesday night at the county jail on a controlled substance related charge, according to arrest...
Inmate Allegedly Threatened Retaliation Against Father
A Hopkins County jail inmate allegedly threatened retaliation against his father for reporting him to police, an investigator noted in arrest reports. Brandon Darel Roach (HCSO jail photo) Brandon Darel Roach has been in Hopkins County jail since his arrest Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, following a disturbance in which the 39-year-old allegedly threatened to burn down a residence with his nephew inside if the nephew and his family did not...
Disturbance Involving A Brick Results In Arrest
A disturbance involving a brick resulted in a felony arrest Wednesday morning, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office communications operators dispatched Deputy Jason Lavender to County Road 3643 in Dike, where a disturbance was reported around 9 a.m. March 24, 2021. Upon arrival, Lavender contacted the complainant and the suspect, who was identified by a Louisiana driver’s license as 20-year-old...
