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Lady Cats Basketball Team Takes Silver Bracket Consolation Game at Bells Tournament Saturday
Nov17

Lady Cats Basketball Team Takes Silver Bracket Consolation Game at Bells Tournament Saturday

The Lady Cats Basketball Team won a defensive struggle, 32-22 Saturday (November 16) over Whitesboro to capture the Silver Bracket Consolation Final Game at the Bells Invitational Tournament. Points were hard to come by, especially during the first three quarters. The Lady Cats led the Lady Bearcats, 5-3 after the first quarter, 9-5 at the half and 17-10 after three quarters. The Lady Cats outscored Whitesboro, 15-12 in the fourth...

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Wildcats Basketball Team Opens the Regular Season With Two Point Win in Overtime
Nov17

Wildcats Basketball Team Opens the Regular Season With Two Point Win in Overtime

Last Year’s Wildcats’ Basketball Team had the knack of winning lots of close games down the stretch. They started the 2019-2020 season in the same way. The Wildcats, ranked #5 in Class 5A, battled Decatur, ranked #7 in Class 4A, into overtime before eking out a 73-71 win Saturday (November 16) in the Cowtown Showdown at North Crowley. The Wildcats got a huge game from senior Sadaidriene Day Day Hall, a IUPUI commit, who...

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Haywood Shern Taylor Jr.
Nov17

Haywood Shern Taylor Jr.

Funeral Service for Haywood Shern Taylor Jr., age of 65, of Texarkana, TX will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday November 19, 2019 at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel with Shane Carrington officiating. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Haywood Shern passed away on Friday,November 15, 2019 in Dallas. Shern was born on July 14, 1954 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Haywood Shern Taylor Sr. and Genevieve White Taylor. He...

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SSHS National Honor Society Induction planned Nov. 18
Nov16

SSHS National Honor Society Induction planned Nov. 18

Sulphur Springs High School, 1200 Connally St. The Sulphur Springs High School Annual National Honor Society Induction Ceremony will be held Monday, Nov. 18, at 6:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria.  Approximately 51 students will be inducted this year into the Gladys Alexander National Honor Society chapter. Students are chosen based on scholarship, service, leadership and character. All NHS members students are encouraged to...

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Wood County Sheriff’s Report For Nov. 6-12, 2019
Nov16

Wood County Sheriff’s Report For Nov. 6-12, 2019

Wood County Sheriff’s patrol vehicle November 6 Deputies were dispatched to Highway 80 near Mineola, at approximately 1:11 a.m., in reference to a dispute. Deputies spoke with all parties involved and cleared the incident.Deputies responded to a suspicious vehicle at Lake Winnsboro dam; at approximately 3:02 a.m. Deputies located the vehicle and everything was OK.Deputies responded to a suspicious person on Goode Street in...

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Police Arrest 3 Following 2 Early Morning Complaints
Nov16

Police Arrest 3 Following 2 Early Morning Complaints

Two early morning complaints, one of a rolling disturbance and another of a person sleeping in a pickup at a truck stop, resulted in three misdemeanor arrests by police within two hours Saturday. Sulphur Springs police first responded around 12:20 a.m. Nov. 16 in the area of Davis Street in reference to a complaint of a rolling disturbance in a white sport utility vehicle. Officers stopped a white GMC Suburban in the 200 block of...

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Man Jailed Following I-30 Crash East of Sulphur Springs Friday Night
Nov16

Man Jailed Following I-30 Crash East of Sulphur Springs Friday Night

One man was arrested following a crash in which one of the two vehicles involved overturned onto its side in the ditch just off interstate 30 west Friday night. State troopers arrested two Sulphur Springs residents overnight Friday, one following a traffic stop and the other following a two-vehicle crash. At 7:13 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Christopher Sorley; Hopkins County Sheriff’s Sgt....

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Sulphur Springs Teen Accused Of Trying To Hide 2 Bags Of Marijuana During Routine Traffic Stop
Nov16

Sulphur Springs Teen Accused Of Trying To Hide 2 Bags Of Marijuana During Routine Traffic Stop

Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle A 17-year-old Sulphur Springs resident was arrested early Saturday morning after allegedly trying to hid bags of marijuana during a traffic stop. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Drew Fisher reported stopping a red Chevrolet pickup for a defective head lamp at 1:40 a.m. Nov. 16 in the 100 block of East Shannon Road . On contact with the driver, Fisher alleged he detected a...

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Paris District Weekly Road Report for November 18
Nov15

Paris District Weekly Road Report for November 18

Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district during the week of Nov. 18, 2019. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel through work zones. They should also avoid distractions such as...

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Hopkins County Records For Nov. 15, 2019
Nov15

Hopkins County Records For Nov. 15, 2019

Applications for Marriage Licenses Darrell John Millard and Shelbe Suzette Thomas Rodney Alan Herron and Sandra Kay Herron Land transactions Brittney Yager and Tana Yager to Angela Raney and Matt Raney; tract in the Flanagan Hastings survey Clayton Homes #136 as CMH Homes Inc. to Kevin Williard; tract int he James Lee survey James Ross Jr. and Tonya Miller Ross to Brent Price McClendon and Lacey Deann McClendon; tract in the W. Jewell...

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