TxDOT Wants You to Help #EndTheStreakTX
We can halt the string of daily deaths on Texas roadways By Noel S. Paramanantham, P.E., Texas Department of Transportation, Paris District Engineer Noel S. Paramanantham PARIS – Nov. 7, 2019 marked a sad anniversary for Texas. The last deathless day on Texas roadways occurred 19 years ago on Nov. 7, 2000. Since then, at least one person has died each day in highway crashes in Texas. Sadder still, crash statistics show us that, on...
Saturday Basketball! Lady Cats Open Season at SSMS Versus Mineola, Wildcats Scrimmage at McKinney Boyd
The Lady Cats Basketball Team opens the regular season at home Saturday morning (November 9) with a game against Mineola. Head Coach Brittney Tisdell is in her second year with the Lady Cats. Due to the Veterans Program in the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School on Monday, the Lady Cats Saturday game will be played in the main gym at Sulphur Springs Middle School. There will be a JV game starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. The varsity...
Wildcats Football Team Wraps Up Season With Senior Night on This Game Day Friday
The Wildcats 2019 football season concludes Friday night (November 8) at Gerald Prim Stadium with a significant date on any team’s schedule, Senior Night. There are 20 seniors listed on the current Wildcats football roster and they will be recognized as well as seniors in band, cheerleaders, Blue Blazes, athletic trainers and other groups. Recognition will take place prior to kickoff of the Wildcats district game with North...
TxDOT Urges Drives To ‘End The Streak’ Of Daily Deaths
November 7, 2019 marks grim anniversary of the last deathless day on Texas roadways TxDot Logo AUSTIN — Julian Ekpanya will someday smile while reeling in his first fish. He will experience the joy of hitting his first Little League home run, learn to ride a bike and eventually take a prideful walk across a graduation stage. But his father won’t be there for any of it. Julian’s father, Endy, was a Pearland police officer responding to...
Economic Outlook Conference 2019 To Be Held At Civic Center Dec. 4
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce and Sulphur Springs-Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation present Economic Outlook Conference 2019 at from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 4, at the Hopkins County Civic Center. The keynote speaker will be Christopher Slijk, assistant economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. As a member of the Research Department’s regional group, Slijk’s work focuses on economic growth in Texas and the...
Lady Cats Volleyball Team Gives Forney All They Want In Heartbreaking Area Loss Thursday Night
In the end, Forney just made a few more plays than the upstart Lady Cats Volleyball Team as the Lady Rabbits survived an Area game, 3-2 at Canton Thursday night, Nov. 7. The Lady Cats won the first two sets, 25-22 and 30-28. Forney then took the next two, 25-11 and 25-19. The fifth and deciding set was close right until the end. Forney only led 12-11 before putting away the last three points to take the match with the 15-11 set five...
CPS Investigation Leads To Methamphetamine, Sulphur Springs Woman’s Arrest
Sulphur Springs Police Department patrol vehicle Sulphur Springs police arrested a 37-year-old Sulphur Springs woman after finding suspected methamphetamine at her residence Thursday afternoon, according to arrest reports. Sulphur Springs Police and Special Crimes Unit officers were requested shortly before 3 p.m. by Child Protective Services personnel, who requested their assistance in an investigation at a Helm Lane residence. Upon...
1 Arrested in Hopkins County For Dallas County Trailer, Auto Parts Thefts
Hopkins County sheriff’s deputies and investigators Thursday recovered this trailer, which had been reported stolen earlier this month in Dallas. A 46-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested at a rural residence, where sheriff’s officers reported finding at least $14,000 worth of property that was reported earlier this month to Dallas Police Department as stolen, according to arrest reports and investigators. Hopkins...
Kay Nowicki
Kay Nowicki received her wings from heaven on November 4, 2019. She was born on March 24, 1948 in Pittsburg, Texas to Bonnie L. and Lucy Johnson Quinn. Kay grew up in the immediate area and last resided in Naples, Texas. She was a former member of the Assembly of God in Winnsboro. Ms. Nowicki is preceded in death by her parents and one grandchild. Kay is survived by her daughter Vanessa Broom; sons James Broom and Richard...
