Frances “Nanny” Wilks
Funeral service for Frances “Nanny” Wilks, age 86, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Pastor Quentin Long officiating. Interment to follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 PM onMonday, October 19, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Frances Evelyn was born on January 8, 1934 in Hopkins County, TX to Tommy and Florence...
FM 71 Traffic Stop Results in Controlled Substance Arrest
A FM 71 traffic stop resulted in a 49-year-old Sulphur Springs man’s arrest on a controlled substance charge Friday night. Richie Wayne Porter (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Justin Wilkerson attempted to stop a Ford F-150 at 7:38 p.m. Oct. 16 after discovering the registration on the westbound truck expired in September of 2016. Wilkerson alleged the driver, identified in arrest reports as Richie...
Lady Cats Win Fourth Straight, Dominating 3-0
Another district match for the Lady Cats, another win. This time their victory came at the hands of the Hallsville Lady Bobcats. Lady Cats Volleyball vs Greenville — Sep 2020 The game started out close, tying six separate times throughout the entire first set; 4-4, 5-5, and later, 19-19, 21-21, 22-22, and 23-23. After being tied at 23, though, the Lady Cats scored twice in a row to take the first set. To say that the Lady Cats escaped...
Oct. 16 Hopkins County COVID-19 Update: 82 Antigen Tests, 10 In COVID Unit
For the first time in a very long time, Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials on Oct. 16 reported receiving no new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. While Texas Department of State Health Services reported no additional COVID-19 fatalities were reported on Oct. 16 for Hopkins County, Texas Health and Human Services reported 1 additional nursing home resident died as a result of COVID-19. DSHS/HHS COVID-19...
4-H Project Show Results
By Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County National 4-H Week Best of Show ribbon The Hopkins County 4-H Project Show took place during National 4-H Week, and the results are in! Twenty-six projects were registered for judging. Art:William Ebel, Junior – Blue ribbon, Best of Show; Red ribbonJayci McClung, Junior – Red RibbonJohni McClung, Junior – Red ribbonPenelope...
Volleyball: Lady Cats Host Hallsville Lady Bobcats
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team has a big district match at home on this game day Friday, Oct. 16. The Lady Cats host the Hallsville Lady Bobcats. The Lady Cats’ varsity will play first starting at 4:30 p.m. in the Main Gym on the campus of Sulphur Springs High School. That match will be followed by a JV Blue contest at around 5:30 p.m. with a JV Gold match at around 6:30 p.m. The Lady Cats varsity enters tonight’s big...
Hopkins, Delta Counties Had The Lowest September Unemployment Rate In Area
While unemployment rates across the state and Northeast Texas increased 1.3 percent in September, the unemployment rate in the Texarkana/Northeast Texas area as a whole only increased 0.6 percent. Hopkins and Delta Counties had the lowest September unemployment rate (5,8 percent) in the area, according to LAUS, local area area unemployment statistics reported by Texas Workforce Commission in the Texas Labor information report. Texas...
Veda Jo Underwood Sellers
Veda Jo Underwood Sellers passed away from Covid pneumonia on October 12, 2020 at Providence Hospital in Waco, Texas at the age of ninety-four. She was born August 28, 1926. Her youth was spent in Denton, her adult life centered in Sulphur Springs, and her most senior fourteen years resided in Waco. Veda was preceded in death by her parents, Pickney Thomas and Jimmie Beatrice Strong Underwood, her husband of sixty-five years, Henry...
Mary Branch
A Memorial service for Mary Branch, age 78, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at a later date. Mary passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2020 Sunny Springs Nursing Home. Mary Branch was born February 19, 1942 in Sulphur Springs, TX to Harleen Russel Beatles and Alma Irene Archer. She worked as a Home Health Provider and a member of the Richland Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Michael David Branch; sons, Jerry Wayne Clift...
Mary Alice Fleenor
Funeral service for Mary Alice Fleenor, age 86, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 2:30 P.M. on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at First Baptist Church- Spence Chapel, Sulphur Springs with Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. Interment to follow at Brigham Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to theservice. Mrs. Fleenor passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2020 at Broadmoor Medical Lodge, Rockwall, TX. Mary Alice was born on January 21,...
