SSHS Band Director Spencer Emmert Comments on All-Region Concert and Winter Guard Competition
Wildcat Band Director Spencer Emmert said Sulphur Springs was one of two schools that sent so many students to the All-Region Band Clinic and Concert over the weekend (January 17-18) that they had to use a bus to get students to Mount Pleasant. 19 Wildcat Band members qualified for All-Region Band in competition back in December. Emmert said clinicians at the Mount Pleasant event were Phillip L. Clements, Director of Bands and...
Wildcats Tie for Third, Lady Cats Take Fourth at Emory Rains Powerlifting Meet Saturday
Wildcats and Lady Cats Powerlifting Coach Casey Jeter said his teams had a very good meet Saturday (January 25) at Emory. It was the second meet of the season for the teams. The Wildcats tied for third place and the Lady Cats, despite having only three lifters, placed fourth. All three Lady Cats lifters placed. Addy Lamb was second in the 123-pound weight class. Coach Jeter said she squatted 240 pounds, bench pressed 90 pounds and...
Tuesday Game Day Includes Wildcats and Lady Cats Basketball and Lady Cats Soccer
There is Wildcats and Lady Cats Basketball and Lady Cats Soccer happening on the game day Tuesday (January 28). The Lady Cats and Wildcats Basketball Teams play back to back games at Royse City in district play Tuesday evening. The Lady Cats play at 6:15 p.m. with the Wildcats game will follow at around 7:30 p.m. There will be sub-varsity games starting at 5 p.m. in the main gym and auxiliary gyms at Royse City. The Wildcats, ranked...
Florence C. Dyer
Florence C. Dyer, of Winnsboro, Texas passed away on January 27, 2020 in a Tyler hospital. Mrs. Dyer was born on November 22, 1945 in Breese, Illinois to Louis and Regina (Kampwerth) Seiffert. Florence is dancing up in heaven with her beloved husband Buddy who passed away in 1995. She was also preceded in death by her parents; grandson Dennis Patrick; brother Herman Seiffert and brother-in-law Rick Peery. Mrs. Dyer is survived by son...
Patsy Nadine Boyd
Mrs. Patsy Nadine Boyd, age 85, a long-time resident of Mineola, Texas, passed away Thursday, January 23, 2020 in Dallas where she had lived since 2010. Patsy was born July 17, 1934 in New Hope, Texas to the late Alvis Austin Wilson and the late Eula Valentine (Hayes) Wilson. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church, the Mineola Study Club, and the Mineola Garden Club, and a devoted wife and mother to her family. She...
Dinner Bell Menu For Wednesday, January 29th, 2020
City National Bank is the Community Partner Whether sunny or cloudy this Menu will surely comfort and please you. Hamburger Steak with Brown Onion Gravy Mashed Potatoes Oven Roasted Root Vegetables Garden Salad Buttered French Bread Assorted Cookies (sugared and lightly sugared) Same time (11:45 a.m.). Same place (Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church).The makings for hot chocolate will be available. Come early and...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed In Arkansas On Hopkins County Felony Warrants
Samuel Joseph Martin, 36, of Sulphur Springs was transported from the Arkansas Department of Corrections in Malvern, Arkansas to Hopkins County jail, where he was held for bond forfeiture on a credit or debit card abuse charge and bail jumping and failure to appear. A $10,000 cash-only bond was set on the credit/debit card abuse charge and a $25,000 bond was recommended on the other, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Elijah Fite...
Protect Yourself From Social Security Scams
Here are some facts about the recent outbreak of Social Security Scams Scammers are pretending to be government employees. Scammers will try to scare you and trick you into giving them your personal information and money. They may threaten you or your family and may demand immediate payment to avoid arrest or other legal action. They may threaten you with a warrant for your arrest. Sample Social Security Card DON’T BE FOOLED! IF...
City Of Cumby Hosting Clean-Up For Residents
The City of Cumby has slated a three-day city-wide clean-up this weekend, to allow residents to dispose of unwanted items in the designated dumpster, according to a post by Alderman Julie Morris on the City of Cumby Facebook page. “Plans for cleanup are to have a dumpster delivered quarterly so if you have plans this weekend and aren’t able to clean, there will be another dumpster in April, July and October,” Morris...
