Juanita Kay Wood
Funeral services for Juanita Kay Wood, age 60, of Ben Wheeler, TX, formerly of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Hilliard Funeral Home in Van, TX. Graveside services will follow at 1:00 p.m. at Rockdale Cemetery in Sulphur Springs. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday evening at Hilliard Funeral home. Juanita Kay Wood Juanita Kay Brown Wood was born December 3, 1959 in...
Margie Gage
Mrs. Margie Gage, 76, of Wise, VA/Dewitt, MI, passed away Sunday February 16, 2020 from the Burcham Hills Retirement Community in East Lansing after a brief illness. Margie was a Christian of the Old Regular Baptist faith. She was born December 6, 1943 in Shelby Gap, KY to the late Manuel and Elsie Vanover. She was a former employee of General Motors, having lived several years in Lansing, MI. before moving to Wise, VA. Margie was a...
Ballot Order Drawn For Opposed Places For May 2 Sulphur Springs City Council Election
The official drawing for order of candidate names in the opposed places on the May 2 Sulphur Springs City Council Election ballot was conducted Thursday morning, Feb. 20. Names for opposed places will appear on the ballot as follows: Place 1 Jay W. JulianMark BradleyVanessa DiosdadoJustin M. Brown Vanessa DiosdadoJustin M. Brown Place 5 Ricardo ChavarriaGary Spraggins Ricardo ChavarriaGary Spraggins The names of the four unopposed...
Herb Thomas
Funeral service for Herb Thomas, age 85, of Cumby will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Monday, February 24, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Ronald Davis officiating. Interment with Military Honors will follow at Miller Grove Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation. Mr. Thomas passed away on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at Senior Suites Care and Rehab. Herb Thomas Arrangements under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home....
Emory Woman Jailed For Suspected DWI On Substance Other Than Alcohol
A 28-year-old Emory woman was arrested for driving while intoxicated after reportedly crashing her vehicle off FM 275 Wednesday morning. She allegedly admitted to smoking marijuana prior to driving, but denied using any other substances for 11 months, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County sheriff’s deputies, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers, and Hopkins County and Miller Grove firefighters were dispatched at 6:45...
SSHS Treated For Bed Bugs
An exterminator treated Sulphur Springs High School Monday for bed bugs, according to Sulphur Springs Independent School District Superintendent Michael Lamb. There have been no findings at any other district campuses. When the potential problem was noted in limited areas at the school, the plant operations director was contacted. Pest and Termite The areas were isolated and Terminix contacted. “Terminix was brought in Monday....
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said Two Doubles Teams and One Singles Player Shined at Tyler Lee Tourney Last Friday
Valentine’s Day last Friday, at a Tyler Lee tennis tournament in Tyler, began with temperatures near the freezing mark but then warmed up and turned into a beautiful day according to Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez. He said two of his doubles teams and a girls’ singles player had good days against a tough field. The Wildcats boys doubles team of Aaron Lucas and Logan Schumacher lost their first match of the day in the...
Lady Cats Golf Team Manages to Get in One Day at Scheduled Two Day Tournament This Week
The Lady Cats Golf Team got a chance to play at Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club this week on the course where the regional tournament will be played this year. Lady Cats Coach Whitney Spirener said on Monday (February 17) temperatures were great although she said it was windy. Tuesday was a different story. She said the Lady Cats had played about 14 holes when a storm and lightning wiped out the second round. The tournament was...
Wildcats Golf Team Finishes Sixth at Rockwall Tourney This Week
The Wildcats Golf Team finished in sixth place out of 11 teams at a regional course preview at Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club this week. It was supposed to be a two-day tournament Monday and Tuesday (February 17-18). The golfers got day one in on Monday, which featured nice temperatures but strong wind. Wildcats Golf Coach Jeremy Delorge said his team got about 12 or 13 holes in Tuesday before a storm washed out the round. Tournament...
Wet Weather Forces Sulphur Springs Softball Tournament Games Out of Town and Impacts Track Meet
Wet weather has played havoc with the annual Sulphur Springs Softball Tournament. The Lady Cats are not playing on Thursday (February 20), the first day of the three-day tourney, but some other teams are on artificial turf at Emory Rains and Grand Saline. The Lady Cats will play some games Friday at one of both of those sites. Games continue Saturday in the tournament at Emory Rains, Grand Saline and Mount Pleasant. Meanwhile the...
