Sulphur Springs Among 28 Sites Selected To Host The Wall That Heals In 2021
Sulphur Springs has been named as one of 28 sites across the country selected to host the Wall That Heals, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Replica Wall and Mobile Education Center, in 2021. County Judge Robert Newsom at noon Thursday issued a proclamation announcing the honor and encouraging citizens to join the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund in continuing to pay tribute to Vietnam veterans and their families by honoring the legacy of...
THSCA Academic All-State Honors For Seven Wildcats Football Players
Seven Wildcats Football Players earned Academic All-State Honors according to a list compiled by the Texas High School Coaches Association. Senior safety Wiley Bennett, senior offensive lineman Alfredo Olavide and senior defensive lineman Koben Wyly made Second Team Academic All-State. Senior outside linebacker Landry Meskimen, senior running back Caden Davis, senior center Raydon McCormack and senior B-back Langston Bridges were all...
Jordan Holland Works on a TIG Welding Project at Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Center
Jordan Holland of Birthright, a welding student at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center, works on a TIG welding project under the close observance of Welding Instructor John Plemons. Call 903-885-1232 for information about classes at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Welding Center. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs weld Holland
Sandra Kay Scherer
Graveside services for Sandra Kay Scherer, age 58, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 11, 2020 at Reilly Springs Cemetery. Sandra passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 in Sulphur Springs. She was born on September 28, 1962 in Hugo, OK, the daughter of Dempsey and Jimmie Langley Simpson. She married Richard Scherer on September 30, 1987 in Reno, NV. Together they owned and operated Red Barn Café....
December 2020 Hopkins County Grand Jury Indictments
The Hopkins County Grand Jury during the December 2020 session signed 54 indictments, pushing those cases forward for prosecutions. Approximately 75 percent of the cases were for controlled substance offenses, and the other 25 percent included stolen vehicle, evading arrest, theft, aggravated robbery, abandoning or endangering a child, money laundering and indecency with a child offenses. Fourth-seven people are named in the...
Texas Education Agency: No A-F Ratings, But STAAR Still On For 2020-21 School Year
STAAR Testing Will Proceed To Gauge What Students Have Learned, Impact Of Pandemic On Education Texas Education Agency announced Dec. 10 that A-F ratings would be paused for 2020-21 school year due to the ongoing disruptions associated with COVID-19. Students will still have to take the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exams, however. According to TEA, 2020-21 STAAR testing will “provide critically...
Tira Community Center Closed Due To COVID-19
North Hopkins FFA Help Spruce Up Community Center Flower Beds By Jan Vaughn, Tira News correspondent The Tira City Council meeting, which was scheduled for Sunday, December 6, 2020, was cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions. At this time, the Community Center is not open for gatherings until further notice. Members of the North Hopkins FFA cleaned out the flower beds in front of the Tira Community Center. We want to express our...
Robert Morris
A memorial Service for Robert Morris, age 91, of Emory, Texas will be held at a later date. Mr. Morris passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Robert was born on January 4, 1929 in Rives, Tennessee to Charles Raith Morris and Martha Campbell Morris. He married Barbara Cash in Searcy, Arkansas on September 10, 1950. She preceded him in death in 1999. After he...
Sulphur Springs Man Accused Of Stalking
Police arrested a 62-year-old Sulphur Springs man accused of stalking. Wednesday afternoon was the second time in less than a week and fifth time this year Rocky Allen Wilson has been booked into Hopkins County jail on warrants for or related to two harassment charges. Wilson is registered on the Texas State Public Sex Offender Website. Rocky Allen Wilson (HCOS jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Department Special Crimes Unit Sgt. Joe...
Jim Fiedler
Jim Fiedler, age 78, of Paris, TX passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at Medical City Hospital in Denton, TX. Mr. Fiedler was born September 27, 1942 in Fulda, MN to John and Martha (Schmidt) Fiedler. He married Lois Patricia Webb in Paris, TX on July 5, 1986. He was a truck driver for most of his life, but most recently, Jim was a groundskeeper for the Paris Golf and Country Club. He is survived by his sons, Curtis Fiedler and...
