Controlled Substances, Weapons Found During Two Traffic Stops
Controlled substances and weapons found during two traffic stops resulted in two felony arrests. Two others were also arrested on controlled substance charges Wednesday, including a man Special Crimes Unit Investigators reportedly caught making a drug transaction, according to arrest reports. South Broadway Street Traffic Stop Sulphur Springs Police Cpl. Chris Rosamond reported stopping 38-year-old David Aaron Soto of Sulphur Springs...
Mexican Dinner Fundraiser for the Mexican Children’s Refuge, a Mission of Sue and Jerry Machetta of Yantis
Fundraising event: Friday November 13, 2020 from 4:30 til 8pm at Lake Fork Baptist Church Family Life Center, 9483 FM 515 at Alba, Texas. You are invited to a fundraiser Mexican dinner benefiting a children’s charity which is near and dear to the hearts of a Yantis couple, Jerry and Sue Machetta. Along with other volunteers, the couple travels to Nuevo Progreso, Mexico a few times each year to give one-on-one help to the...
New Band Trailer A Big Hit During Ceremonial Reveal
Semi Dedicated To Past Staff, Students, Administrators Who Built The SSISD Band Program The Sulphur Springs ISD Band program’s new trailer was a big hit during the ceremonial reveal Wednesday evening. Lead by a police car, the blue and gold semi trailer rolled down Houston Street and into the visitor parking lot at Gerald Prim Stadium Wednesday evening, where it received applause and cheers from an ecstatic gathering. SSHS...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Analyzes Lady Cats Loss at Hallsville Tuesday
Perhaps the Lady Cats winning the first set at Hallsville Tuesday night might not have been such a good thing after all. The Lady Bobcats then won the next three sets to take a 3-1 win that broke the Lady Cats 9-game winning streak in district games. Lady Cats Coach Bailey Dorner said the team might have become complacent after an easy set one win. She said a good team like Hallsville takes advantage of that. Coach Dorner said it was...
2020 Veterans Day Observance In Sulphur Springs
The 2020 Veterans Day observance on Celebration Plaza Wednesday was set to begin at 11:11 a.m. Nov. 11. Veterans Day commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at 11 a.m., the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. Veterans Day observance on Celebration Plaza An invocation with a prayer for departed veterans was given. The Pledge...
Wildcats Basketball Will Have Second Scrimmage Wednesday Minus Quarantined JV Team
Wildcats Basketball Freshman and Varsity Teams will be involved in a scrimmage at Frisco Lebanon Trail beginning at 5 p.m. on this game day Wednesday. The Wildcats JV Team has been quarantined due to coronavirus. The Wednesday scrimmage will be the first for the Freshman Wildcats. JV games, against Tyler Legacy on Saturday and North Lamar on Tuesday have been canceled. The Lebanon Trail scrimmage will be the second for the Wildcats...
Elvin Edward Harry
Funeral services for Elvin Edward Harry will be conducted at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, November 14, 2020 at West Oaks Funeral Home with Rev. Wayne Sweely officiating. Interment will follow at Union Cemetery with Jeremy Thompson, Eric Goggans, Ty Goggans, Tony Harry, Tim Harry, and Kevin Beck serving as pallbearers. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m., prior toservice time. Elvin Harry was born in the Beckham Community of Hopkins County...
Gerald Burnett
Funeral service for Gerald Burnett, age 73, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 15, 2020 at Trinity Harvest Church of God, Sulphur Springs. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Arrangements under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.The online register can be signed at www.murrayorwosky.com With our condolences.
Charlene Glenn
Funeral services for Charlene Glenn, age 93, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 3:00 p.m., Friday, November 13, 2020 at Greenpond Baptist Church with Bro. Terry Bolton officiating and Bro. Jimmy Rogers assisting. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Lee Glenn, Jim Glenn, Tim Glenn, Matthew Glenn, Billy Bob Messer, Jacob Glenn, Dakota Brown and Matt Pogue serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held at...
Lady Cats Senior Volleyball Player Sadie Washburn Signs Letter To Play At Dallas Baptist
Lady Cats Volleyball star Sadie Washburn signed a letter of intent to play volleyball for Dallas Baptist University during an signing event Wednesday morning in the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School. Washburn has been on the varsity for three years. Sadie Washburn signs to play volleyball for DBU, Nov. 11, 2020 She said she talked with a lot of colleges but she said her dad recommended DBU. Washburn said the DBU coach saw her...
