Melvin ‘Ace’ Wiginton
Funeral services for Melvin “Ace” Wiginton, age 79, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 3, 2021, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Gary Jordan and Bro. Steve Holmgren officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Brandon McKnight, Wade Cooper, Dustin Cooper, Lupe Diasdado, Robert McKnight, and Michael Wiginton serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held at 10 a.m., prior to...
Sulphur Springs High School to Hold Their Annual Plant Sale April 3rd
Sulphur Springs High School 2021 Plant Sale
Wildcats Tennis Team Has Some Success at Pleasant Grove Tourney Last Friday
The Wildcats Tennis Team played their sixth tournament of the semester last Friday (March 26) at Pleasant Grove. The Wildcats are playing to earn the highest seed they can get for the District Tournament coming up April 13-14 in Texarkana. Wildcats Coach Tony Martinez said his girls’ doubles team of Mykylie Meador and Jeauxleigh Cantu got all the way to a semifinal match Friday before losing to a Lindale team. Coach Martinez...
Wildcats Soccer Area Playoff Among Game Day Events on Tuesday
When the Wildcats Soccer Team pulled a bi-district upset over Whitehouse, 2-1 last Friday (March 26) in Whitehouse, Coach Alexi Upton’s Wildcats did something that a Wildcats’ soccer team had not done for 7 years. They won a bi-district game. Back in 2014, the Andy Holt-coached Wildcats won a bi-district contest over Carrollton Newman Smith. Now the present day Wildcats have an Area contest with Red Oak Tuesday at 6 p.m....
Paul Ray West
Paul Ray West, age 69, of Sulphur Springs, passed away on Monday, March 29, 2021 at Christus Mother Frances Hospital. There will be a visitation held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, April 2, 2021 at West Oaks Funeral Home. Paul was born on March 4, 1952 in Sulphur Springs, the son of Audie L. and Marie Milner West. Paul was a very gregarious man with many talents. He worked as a floral designer for many years. He was an avid gardener...
Teen Found In Truck Stolen Using Keys Taken In North Jackson Street Burglary
Authorities arrested a 19-year-old Sulphur Springs resident found in the county in a truck stolen using keys taken during a North Jackson Street burglary about an hour before. Brayden Lynn Brown (HCSO jail photo) The North Jackson Street resident reportedly received information Monday that Brayden Lynn Brown had stolen a vehicle from their home. Brown phoned someone to indicate he was in the pickup and wanted to become involved in a...
HC Chamber of Commerce Report for March 31, 2021
Current Chamber President and CEO Lezley Brown Chamber Connection- March 31, 2021 by Lezley Brown Please don’t forget that tomorrow is the day! You are invited to welcome our new President/CEO to the Chamber on Thursday, April 1 st from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Chamber is located at 110 Main Street in Sulphur Springs. Please make plans to stop by and welcome Butch Burney to the Chamber family. We look forward to seeing you! The annual...
Rochelle Frances Walker
Graveside service for Rochelle Frances Walker, age 79, of McKinney, TX will be held at 12:00P.M. on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at Restlawn Memorial Park in Sulphur Springs, TX. Mrs. Walker passed away on March 25, 2021 at Medical City Plano. Rochelle was born on December 14 ,1941 in Amarillo, TX to Bobby Price and Martha Frances Doud Russell. She married her husband Jerry Max Walker, of Sulphur Springs, on May 8, 1970 in Dallas TX. They...
Local Senior Joins Governor’s Century Club With 100-Year Honor
Hopkins County resident Frances Anderson turned 100 years old in 2021, and has received a Certificate of Award from Texas Governor Gregg Abbott. According to Karon Weatherman, Director of the Sulphur Springs Seniors Center, Frances and her daughter Sandra stopped by the Center to pick up her Certificate Of Award. Frances turned 100 during March. Frances was originally from South Mayde, Texas near Sherman, born in March 1921. She spent...
