Cat Blake Ross
Memorial service for Cat Blake Ross, age 68, of Sulphur Springs will be held at a later date. Mrs. Ross passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Rock Creek Health and Rehab. Cat was born on August 28, 1952 in Sacramento, CA to Gay and Ruby Weir. She married Jimmy Ross on March 20, 2019 in Peerless, TX. Cat was a homemaker, housewife and worked as a bartender. She was of the Christian faith. She is survived by her husband, Jimmy;...
Lady Cats and Wildcats Soccer Teams Have Fun Alumni Scrimmages Planned for Saturday
Some high school soccer programs like to supplement their preseason scrimmage schedule with Alumni Scrimmages. Both the Wildcats and Lady Cats Soccer Teams have done these in the past and plan to do so again this season. On Saturday (January 2), the Lady Cats and Wildcats JV and Varsity Teams will be taking on former players. For the Lady Cats, they get things started Saturday at Gerald Prim Stadium with their JV players against the...
Lester Paul “Pat” Flora, Jr
Graveside services for Lester Paul “Pat” Flora, Jr., age 78, of Como, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 2, 2021 at Cypress Cemetery with Bro. Stephen Smith and Bro. Ray Wilson officiating. Pallbearers will be Sam Miller, Richard Lovorn, Delton McBride, Kyle Williams, Mike Flora, and Eddie Flora. Visitation will be held from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m., prior to service, at West Oaks Funeral Home. Pat passed away on Tuesday,...
Tira News: Enjoying Family On Christmas, Wishing All A Happy New Year
By Jan Vaughn Joyce Dodd reports that the Tira Methodist Church had a candlelight service on Wednesday, Dec. 23. Yvonne Weir reports, “All of our kids and grandkids were here on Christmas Eve. We rented a bounce house and they had so much fun! Everyone left early, except Dacy’s family. Mike and Eli were hunting.” She adds, “Dustin and Natalie and their family stopped in on their way from Missouri on the 29th. Destri, Eben, and family...
Recently Elected, Appointed Hopkins County Officials To Be Sworn In Jan. 1
Recently elected and appointed Hopkins County officials are to be sworn in Jan. 1 during a special meeting of Hopkins County Commissioners Court. Once the oath of office is administered to the elected and appointed officials the Commissioners Court will then be asked to consider approving the bonds for those individuals. Taking the oath for the first time will be John Brian Beadle as Constable for Precinct 2. After Precinct 2...
Crime Stoppers Tip Results In 2 Arrests, Location Of Guns, Clears Burglaries
A Crime Stoppers tip resulted in two arrests, location of a four firearms and cleared multiple recent burglary cases, according to arrest and sheriff’s reports. JUSTIN “JC” CARTY Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office investigators and patrol deputies Wednesday morning, Dec. 30, received a Crime Stoppers tip stating a potential person of interest in multiple recent theft/burglary cases was Justin Carty. The officers...
Hopkins County COVID-19 Hospitalizations Pass 30% As Year Comes To End
In a grim reminder of how awful 2020 has been, the latest report from the Hopkins County Emergency Management Team showed 30 Covid-19 patients are currently in the Covid Unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. With 96 staffed hospital beds at the local campus, that pushes the Covid Hospitalization Rate locally up to 31.25%. The Texas Department of State Health Services tracks this hospitalization rate but as a...
J. B. Webb
Graveside services for J. B. Webb, age 81, of Cumby will be conducted at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, December 31, 2020 at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Cumby with Rev. Mark Crumpton officiating. Pallbearers will be his grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be Wade Eppears and Ricky Petty. There will be no formal visitation. J. B. passed away on Tuesday, December 29,2020 at Hunt County Regional Hospital in Greenville. J. B. was born on December...
Annual SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training Class To Be Conducted Virtually
The annual SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training Class will be conducted virtually this year, according to the National Weather Service and Sulphur Springs Police Department. The class is offered free for Delta, Fannin, Hopkins and Lamar Counties at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26. SKYWARN® is a citizen volunteer program with 350,000-400,000 trained severe weather spotters, citizens volunteers who help keep their local communities safe by providing...
Dec. 30 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 8 New Cases, 30 In COVID Unit
Texas Department of State Health Services and Hopkins/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management’s Dec. 30 COVID-19 updates showed 8 new COVID-19 cases, 11 recoveries, 1 fatality, 39 additional vaccines for Hopkins County on Wednesday. A patient count in the hospital COVID unit reached a new high, and while fewer COVID-19 patients were in Trauma Area F hospitals, the overall patient counts rose. Dec. 30 COVID-19 Case Counts DSHS; Dec....
