Wildcats Track Team Finishes Third and Lady Cats are Second at the Lindale Blackberry Relays Friday
Mar20

Wildcats Track Team Finishes Third and Lady Cats are Second at the Lindale Blackberry Relays Friday

The Wildcats Track Team scored 125 points and finished third and the Lady Cats Track Team tallied 186 points and finished in second place at the Lindale Blackberry Relays Friday (March 19). For the Wildcats, Kaden Eaton was third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.756 and Malachi Roland was fourth at 11.806. In the 200-meter dash, Weston Fields was third with time of 23.446 and C.J. Williams placed sixth with a 24.080. In the...

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Wildcats Soccer Team to Face Whitehouse in Bi-District Playoff Match
Mar20

Wildcats Soccer Team to Face Whitehouse in Bi-District Playoff Match

Friday night (March 19), Wildcats Soccer Coach Alexi Upton announced that the Wildcats will face District 16-5A Champion Whitehouse in a Bi-District match next Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Whitehouse. He said Whitehouse won their last district game Friday to wrap up first place. The Wildcats are the #4 seed from District 15-5A. They were 6-6 in district play and one of the wins was a shootout. The Wildcats season record is 15-10-1....

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Lady Cats Softball Cruises Past Texas High, 9-1
Mar19

Lady Cats Softball Cruises Past Texas High, 9-1

The Lady Cats Softball team started off strong and never looked back, soundly beating district foe Texas High in Texarkana 9-1 on Friday, Mar. 19 The bats came alive early and often for Coach David Carrillo’s softball team, as the Lady Cats quickly jumped out to a 2-0 lead at the beginning of the first.  After the leadoff hitter, Jayden Harper was able to single, Grace Magnuson was able to notch another hit against Texas High...

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Hopkins County Records – March 19, 2021
Mar19

Hopkins County Records – March 19, 2021

Land Deed Transactions Record books at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office Eric Reed to John Perez Jr. and Kimberly Perez; tract in the Daniel Halbrooks surveyAndrew Wayne Otwell and Janice Otwell to Candace Espinosa and Sean Espinosa; tract in the Nacgdoches University surveyMadison Park Investors Texas LLC to CHRISTUS Hopkins Health Alliance; tract in the Elizabeth Melton surveyMary K. Houchard trustees for the Charles H. Williams...

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Friday Game Day Includes Baseball, Softball, Track and Tennis
Mar19

Friday Game Day Includes Baseball, Softball, Track and Tennis

The Wildcats Baseball Team continues district play on this game day Friday (March 19) at a place where they have had a relatively hard time winning, Texas High in Texarkana. There will be a JV game at 4 p.m. The varsity game is scheduled for 7 p.m. The Wildcats are 2-0 in district play with a home win against Longview and a road win at Mount Pleasant Tuesday night, 15-6. The Wildcats are 5-10 for the season but it’s the district...

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James Smith
Mar19

James Smith

A graveside service for James Smith, age 84, will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Restlawn Memorial Park with Byrd McCracken officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be Tim Shaw, Spiro Alexandrides, Dustin Smith, Sterling Alexander, Graham Auer, Shiloh Smith and Darryl Schad. A visitation is scheduled for 1:00 PM, one hour prior to the service, at Tapp Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Smith died on March 17, 2021 at Van...

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Congressman Pat Fallon Plans ‘Tele-Town Hall’ Monday
Mar19

Congressman Pat Fallon Plans ‘Tele-Town Hall’ Monday

Congressman Pat Fallon plans to hold a “Tele-Town Hall” session Monday, March 22, for those interested in dialing in to hear what he has to say. “We’ll be getting constituents throughout the district on the phone to brief you on the latest news from Washington and answer any question you have about how your office can help you,” Fallon said in an announcement for his first planned “town hall”...

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SSPD: 72-Year-Old Woman Jailed Following Drunk Driving Crash
Mar19

SSPD: 72-Year-Old Woman Jailed Following Drunk Driving Crash

A 72-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was jailed following a drunk driving crash Thursday evening, police alleged in arrest reports. CHESTER,LAJUANA LANELL MINTY, March 2021, (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cameron Robinson responded at 5 p.m. March 18 in the 1200 block of Brinker Street, where a woman was alleged to have been involved in a motor vehicle crash. Lajuana Lanell Minty Chester appeared to Robinson to have...

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Cumby Man Back In Jail For Second Time This Week
Mar19

Cumby Man Back In Jail For Second Time This Week

A 21-year-old Cumby man is back in jailed for the second time this week, according to arrest and sheriff’s reports. Cole William Peterson (HCSO jail photo) Cole William Peterson was jailed Sunday, March 14, for driving while intoxicated with a child passenger younger than 15 years of age in the vehicle, abandoning or endangering a child-criminal neglect and tampering with evidence. He was accused of crashing the vehicle he was...

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Larry Kirk Barney
Mar19

Larry Kirk Barney

Graveside services for Larry Kirk Barney, age 65, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March 20, 2021 at North Hopkins Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation. Larry passed away on March 18, 2021 at his residence. He was born on August 2, 1955 in Shreveport, LA, the son of Lawrence Kirk Barney and Ruby Marie Milligan Barney. He married Lorraine Pace on October 28, 1999 in Sulphur Springs. He attended Sulphur...

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