Game Day: Wildcats Team Tennis Hosts Hallsville, Lady Cats Volleyball Team Gets Night Off
There is Wildcats Team Tennis on this Tuesday, October 13, game day. The Wildcats have a district match with Hallsville at the Wildcat Tennis Complex beginning at 2:30 p.m. The Wildcats have not had a match for two weeks. They are currently 2-2 in district play and 3-2 overall this season. When the Wildcats won at Pine Tree back on September 29, Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said the win assured the Wildcats of a playoff spot....
Yantis ISD Suspending Remote Learning
Yantis ISD is suspending remote learning as of Friday, Oct. 16, according to the superintendent. All Yantis ISD students, with the exception of students who have tested positive for COVID-19 or have temporarily been place in quarantine, will return to the school campus for face-to-face instruction beginning Tuesday, Oct. 20, Superintendent Tracey Helfferich announced in a letter to Yantis ISD families posted on the district social...
7 Additional Positive COVID-19 Results Reported For Sulphur Springs ISD
Seven additional positive COVID-19 results were reported for Sulphur Springs ISD students and employees on Monday, On Oct. 12, the district was notified 5 additional students and one additional staff member at high school had received lab-confirmed positive COVID-19 results. One staff member at Douglass Early Childhood Learning Center also received positive coronavirus results on Monday. That’s 13 high school students and 3...
Hopkins County Jury Returned Guilty Findings In Burglary Trial
A Hopkins County jury returned guilty findings in the burglary trial of Cash Allen Price, officials reported just after 1 p.m. Tuesday. Cash Allen Price Price, 33, was accused on two counts of burglary of a building, a shop/barn and a storage container, on April 5, 2020. Jury selection was held Monday. The trial immediately followed Monday and continued Tuesday morning, Oct. 13, at Hopkins County Civic Center to allow for social...
Ready to Order Your Stew? Here’s Cooks for 96 Pots of Hopkins County’s Finest!
Unless you already have a ticket to the Hopkins County Stew Festival you will have to just Pre Order or Pick up Stew through a Drive through on Saturday, October 28th. Quarts will be $ 10.00 each this year. This is your chance to choose quarts from your favorite cooks or the ones you’ve been dying to try. We are reserving a limited amount for the drive-thru, and we will not be accepting preorders after October...
Aggravated Assault Reported On Main Street
A man reportedly sustained a head injury during an aggravated assault reported on Main Street Monday night, according to police reports. Around 9 p.m. Oct. 12, a man reported opening a door in the 2000 block of Main Street to a female who knocked. Two males, one wearing a mask, were alleged to have stepped up and assaulted the male, striking him with what was through to be a handgun on the back of the head, Sulphur Springs Police...
Candidate Profiles: Cumby City Council Election
Early voting begins Tuesday, Oct. 13, for the General Election. In addition to containing national, county and state races, the ballot for voters who live in Cumby will contain the Cumby City Council and City of Cumby sales and use tax reauthorization elections as well. Sample ballot for Cumby elections Voters who reside within the city limits of Cumby will be asked to choose one of two choices for Alderman Place 1 and Alderman Place...
Oct. 12 Hopkins County COVID-19 Update: 32 New Cases, 119 Active Cases, 2 recoveries
Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials reported 32 new cases but only 2 recoveries, increasing the overall active COVID-19 case count for Hopkins County to 119 on Columbus Day, according to the Oct. 12 Hopkins County COVID-19 update. That’s the most COVID-19 cases reported in one day by HC/SSEM officials since the pandemic, even on Mondays, which since late August have included all case counts reported on...
Wildcats Varsity Football Game At Crandall Friday Is Postponed
With Wildcats Varsity Football players quarantined until October 23, there will be no district opener this Friday night, October 16, in Crandall. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens calls the Crandall game a postponement and indicates he’s hopeful the game can be made up at a later date. Wildcats Football at other levels is continuing this week. The 8th Grade Wildcats will play at Texas High Middle School Tuesday at 5 p.m. The...
Running Shorthanded, Lady Cats Cross Country Team Finish 4th, Wildcats Place 7th At Eustace Meet
Both the Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country Teams had to run shorthanded at a Eustace meet last Thursday. The Lady Cats got 4th place while the Wildcats placed 7th. Once again the Lady Cats were led by freshman Haylee Shultz who finished 3rd with a time of 13:30.20. The Eustace girls race was on a 2-mile course. Sophomore Mattie Bridges was 11th and sophomore Laney Hurst was 12th. Senior Maurie Flecker was 29th. Sophomore Emily Soto...
