Everyone Counts In The US Census, Which Begins In March
It’s time for the U.S. Census. Everyone who lives in the United States is required by law to participate. The Census Bureau is also required by law to protect all answers. Responses are only used to produce statistics; no personal information is allowed to be disclosed, according to the Census Bureau website. The results of the U.S. Census 2020 are used to determine how much funding local communities receive for key public services....
Wildcats Tennis Player Jonah Kirkpatrick Signs Letter With East Texas Baptist University Tuesday
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez was afraid he might choke up while talking about senior Jonah Kirkpatrick, who signed a letter of intent Tuesday morning (February 25) to attend and play college tennis at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall. Coach Martinez said he began coaching Kirkpatrick in his first year playing tennis in the seventh grade at Sulphur Springs Middle School. Now Kirkpatrick is the captain of the varsity...
Softball and Soccer are on the Schedule on Game Day Tuesday
The Lady Cats Softball Team and the Wildcats and Lady Cats Soccer Teams have games on this game day Tuesday (February 25). The Lady Cats softball game scheduled for Tuesday evening in Mineola has been moved to a dryer Lady Cat Park. There will be a JV game at 5 p.m. and a varsity game at 6:30 p.m. The Lady Cats are off to a slow start going 1-4 in their own Sulphur Springs Tournament. Those games were moved to artificial turf in Grand...
Jewel Valine Caviness Brown
Funeral services for Jewel Valine Caviness Brown, age 93, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Spence Chapel of First Baptist Church with Bro. Fred Lewis officiating and Dudley Hughes III assisting. Interment will follow at Rosehill Cemetery in Pittsburgh with Louis Brown, Aaron Offutt, Matthew Schlabach, Mike Trevino, Sheldon Ginsberg, and Jim Thompson serving as pallbearers. Honorary...
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta Liked the Way the Wildcats Played Against Lufkin Monday
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta admitted the Wildcats have been up and down lately but he said he was pleased to see the team he saw Monday night (February 24) in a 78-55 bi-district win over Lufkin at Tyler Junior College. He said they played at a high level that he knows they are capable of at both ends of the floor. Coach Cipoletta said the Wildcats were locked in and did a good job of executing the game plan He said he...
James “Doug” Douglas Williams
Funeral services for James “Doug” Douglas Williams, age 76, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 29, 2020 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Thompson officiating. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer, TX with Price Griggs, Brandon Jones, Kaleb Thompson, Collin Williams, Blake Holly, and Keller Thompson serving as pallbearers. Visitation will begin at 10:00...
Arkansas Woman Allegedly Gave False Name To Avoid Warrant Arrest
A 25-year-old Pine Bluff, Arkansas woman allegedly gave troopers a false name because she thought she had an outstanding warrant. While a records check did not reveal any Arkansas warrants, the woman did go to jail on marijuana possession and failure to identify charges, according to jail reports. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper reportedly stopped a Nissan Altima driven by the woman’s fiance at 1:17 p.m. Feb. 24 on...
5 SSMS Teams Advancing To State Destination Imagination Contest
Sulphur Springs Middle School will be well represented at the State Destination Imagination Contest April 3-4. Overall, SSMS came home from the regional DI contest in Mesquite Feb. 22 with six teams earning first and second place honors, five of which qualify to compete at state, and four earned special recognition as well. “SSMS had a great weekend at the East Region Tournament in Mesquite. The Technical, Scientific, Fine...
Sophia Mae Courtney
Mrs. Sophia Mae Courtney, age 89 of Tyler, went to be with her Lord, on Monday, February 24th, 2020 at her home in Tyler. She was born on March 23rd, 1930 in Nemo, Texas to the late Thomas Vaughn and Bertha Prescher Vaughn. Sophia Mae Courtney Mrs. Courtney was a longtime member of Sand Springs Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband John L. Courtney; brothers, Floyd, Alvin, Richard and Leroy Vaughn; sisters,...
