Hopkins County Teen Jailed For Allegedly Threatening Family Members With Knife
A Hopkins County teen allegedly threatened his family with a knife and ended up in jail on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge, according to sheriff’s reports. Brayden Lynn Brown Hopkins County sheriff’s dispatchers received a 911 call at 7:07 p.m. Feb. 25 in which a FM 1536 resident’s 18-year-old son was reported to be suicidal and to have run away. The 18-year-old was reported to have a knife while...
Cumby, Como-Pickton Students Earn Top Awards At NETLA Ag Mechanics Show
The NorthEast Texas Livestock Association Ag Mechanics Show featured 29 projects from six schools, some team and some individual projects. Cumby and Como-Pickton students went home with the top awards presented at Tuesday’s event. Grand Champion went to Cumby FFA members Fabian Camargo and Logan Miller for their hay bunker and Reserve Champion to Como-Pickton FFA members Jason Monk, Canyon Thomas and Braden Miller. Baylee Bowen,...
Lady Cats Soccer Team Ends First Half of District With 3-2 Record After Royse City Loss Tuesday
The Lady Cats Soccer Team lost to Royse City, 3-1 Tuesday night, February 25, at Gerald Prim Stadium. soccer ball The Lady Cats trailed at the half, 1-0, then fell behind 2-0 in the second half, got a goal to cut the deficit to 2-1 and were putting on some heat to tie the game when disaster struck. In a scrum in front of their goal, the Lady Cats were called for a foul in the box resulting in a game-changing penalty kick for the Lady...
Wildcats Soccer Team Wins Second Straight Game In Overtime Edging Royse City, 1-0
The Wildcats Soccer Team squeezed by Royse City, 1-0 in overtime Tuesday Night, February 25, to end the first half of district play with a 4-1 record. It was the Wildcats second straight overtime win to narrowly avoid point robbing penalty kick shootouts. Wildcat Omar Hernandez got the unassisted goal for the Wildcats. Hernandez recovered rapidly after it appeared he might have injured a knee last Friday against Texas High. Wildcats...
Lady Cats Softball Team Breaks Drought With A Flood Of Runs Winning 12-2 over Mineola
After a very slow start to the 2020 season for the Lady Cats Softball Team, things changed drastically Tuesday night, February 25, in a 12-2 win over Mineola at Lady Cat Park. The game was moved from Mineola because things were drier at Lady Cat Park. After Mineola took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, the Lady Cats answered with 3 runs of their own. The Lady Cats scored in every inning and pounded out 14 hits. The Lady Cats...
Wildcats Basketball Team To Face Red Oak In Area Game Later This Week
With Wildcats Basketball coaches watching, Red Oak won their bi-district game against West Mesquite Tuesday night, February 25, in DeSoto. Red Oak, ranked #12 in Class 5A, will now play the Wildcats, the #10 ranked team in Class 5A, in an Area game later this week. At last report late Tuesday, Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta said nothing was set in stone yet. Red Oak, the district champion of District 14-5A, was a perfect 12-0 in...
Thursday Night at the Library
Please note the date this week of our last Hopkins County Reads program for our current book selections. Hopkins County Reads Program 1 We will welcome Ken Hanushek, PJC History professor, to talk about past Olympic inspirational moments along with the wonderful book, Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown. All this will happen at the library Thursday night February 27 at 6pm. Don’t miss it! Hopkins County Reads Program...
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...
