Vehicle Pursuit In Sulphur Springs Ends With Controlled Substance, Warrant Arrest
Mar15

Vehicle Pursuit In Sulphur Springs Ends With Controlled Substance, Warrant Arrest

A vehicle pursuit in Sulphur Springs concluded with a wanted man being arrested on controlled substance, evading arrest and two warrants. A traffic stop also resulted in another Sulphur Springs man’s arrest on a Delta County evading arrest charge, according to arrest reports. Vehicle Pursuit Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Justin Wilkerson attempted to stop a westbound silver Hyundai Elantra just before 5 p.m....

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Edits Emphasized at PJC-Sulphur Springs
Mar15

Edits Emphasized at PJC-Sulphur Springs

English Instructor Dr. Ken Haley emphasizes a point to students Briceida Chavez and Gino Medina in his class at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center. Social distancing is being practiced in all classrooms, like Dr. Haley’s lecture shown above. Call PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Campus at 903-885-1232 for more information. Paris Junior College — located in Paris, Texas, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas — has been a part of the...

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Six SSHS Students Qualify For National BPA Competition
Mar15

Six SSHS Students Qualify For National BPA Competition

Six members of the Sulphur Springs High School Business Professionals of America Chapter have qualified for the National BPA Competition in May. The SSHS BPA students competed in the BPA State Leadership Conference the week of March 1-5 in virtual competitions. Six students scored either in the top five in individual category or top 10 in nonjudged events to qualify them to participate in the National BPA Competition, which will be...

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Dinner Bell Menu For March 17, 2021
Mar15

Dinner Bell Menu For March 17, 2021

Cross County Cowboy Church is the COMMUNITY PARTNER It’s ST. PATRICK’S DAY So we are having an IRISH MENU!!! MENU Corned Beef and Cabbage with Potatoes, Carrots and Parsnips Garden Salad Irish Soda Bread Green Sugared Cookies CONTINUE TO KEEP DISTANCES; WASH HAND OFTEN; AND WEAR MASKS.DINNER BELL CARES ABOUT YOUR HEALTH!!! Dinner Bell remains a Grab and Go distribution system for meals. Meals may be secured by driving...

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Small Child Allegedly In Car During FM 1870 Drunk Driving Crash
Mar14

Small Child Allegedly In Car During FM 1870 Drunk Driving Crash

A 21-year-old Cumby man arrested following a FM 1870 drunk driving crash reportedly lied to the trooper investigating the crash. The driver allegedly claimed there was no child in the car seat in the car during the crash, but was later reported to have called someone who removed the child from the crash site before officials arrived, a trooper alleged in arrest reports. Cole William Peterson (HCSO jail reports) Texas Department of...

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March 15-19 Meal A Day Menu
Mar14

March 15-19 Meal A Day Menu

Although the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center remains closed due to COVID-19, volunteers continue to work five days a week preparing and delivering meals to shut-in elderly in the community. The March 15-19 Meal A Day Menu includes: Monday – Hash Brown Beef Casserole, Corn, Green Beans Tuesday – Chicken Spaghetti, Italian Vegetables, Garlic Toast Wednesday – Rope Sausage, Sauerkraut, Black-Eyed Peas, Cornbread Thursday – Chicken...

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Lady Cats Softball Wins Over Longview
Mar13

Lady Cats Softball Wins Over Longview

Lady Cats Softball Team Wins Pitchers Duel With Longview, 1-0 Friday Evening It took a perfect storm of weirdness for the Lady Cats Softball Team to defeat Longview, 1-0 in a district game pitchers’ duel at Lady Cat Park Friday (March 12) evening. Lady Cat Crimson Bryant and the Lady Lobos Reagan Rios just about matched each other pitch for pitch. Here’s the way the Lady Cats scored the games only run in the bottom of the...

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Wildcats Baseball Comes Up Short Against Atlanta
Mar13

Wildcats Baseball Comes Up Short Against Atlanta

Wildcats Baseball Team Ends Up on the Short End of a 4-3 game to Atlanta in Hallsville Tournament Saturday After falling behind 3-0 to Atlanta, the Wildcats Baseball Team tied the game with 3 runs in the bottom of the fourth inning only to see the Rabbits score a decisive fourth run in the top of the sixth in the Reich Builders Classic in Hallsville Saturday (March 13). The 4-3 loss gave the Wildcats two wins and two losses in the...

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Saltillo Lions Basketball Players Named to All-Region Team
Mar13

Saltillo Lions Basketball Players Named to All-Region Team

Saltillo Lions Basketball Players Boekhorst and Redburn Are Named to All-Region Team Saltillo Lions Basketball Coach Casey Riddle announced late Friday (March 12) that Lions senior Chris Boekhorst and junior Andrew Redburn were named to the All-Region Basketball Team. The two players were big contributors to a strong Lions’ team that made it all the way to the Regional Quarterfinals. There the Lions came up short against #1...

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March 13 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 8 New Cases, 7 Recoveries, 148 Active Cases
Mar13

March 13 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 8 New Cases, 7 Recoveries, 148 Active Cases

COVID-19 numbers in Hopkins County are coming down overall as the number of residents receiving COVID-19 vaccinations increases, with more recoveries this month than new cases so far. Unfortunately, the number of COVID-19 fatalities continues to rise in Hopkins County too, according to Texas Department of State Health Services’ March 13 COVID-19 dashboards and reports. Case Counts The new confirmed cases reported so far this...

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