Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross County Teams Get Glimpse of Main District Foes at Saturday Tri-Meet
Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross County Teams Get Glimpse of Main District Foes at Saturday Tri-Meet The Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country Teams open their season Saturday (August 17) in an unusual fashion. Both teams will run in a tri-meet at Royse City against the host and Mount Pleasant. That means the expected top three teams in the district will be getting an early look at each other. Like in intrasquad meets to open the season in...
Warren Edward King
Funeral Service for Warren Edward King, age 87, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, August 18, 2019 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Rev. Johnny Wheat officiating and Captain John Garrison assisting. Interment will follow at Yantis Cemetery with Coleman Loose, Davis Loose, Matthew King, Will King, Kenzie Adams and Landis Adams serving as pallbearers and Winford Wilson, Kenneth Jenkins, Billy Baker, Eugene...
Bobbie Nell Brown
Bobbie Nell Brown, of Pickton, Texas, passed away on August 15, 2019. Mrs. Brown was born on October 10, 1927, in Pickton, Texas to William Attaway and Lillie (Wilson) Attaway. She was a lifelong resident of Pickton and enjoyed many years out in the country with her beloved husband Ottis. Mrs. Brown was baptized at Caney Baptist Church in Pickton. She loved sewing and especially loved spoiling her grandchildren and great-grandchildren...
Cumby Police Arrest Mount Pleasant Man On Controlled Substance Charge
Harry Cleatis Coleman Cumby police arrested a 40-year-old Mount Pleasant man early Thursday morning after finding a bag of suspected methamphetamine in his vehicle during a routine traffic stop. Cumby Police Sgt. Ray Embro reported a westbound Dodge 1500 pickup caught his attention around 4 a.m. Aug. 15 as it passed him on FM 499 at County Road 4722 because passenger’s side headlight on the truck was defective, as were the...
Man Who Ran From Cumby Police In Hopkins County Jail On Three Charges
August 16, 2019 – The 20-year-old man who allegedly fled from Cumby police to Royse City, where he was arrested inside of a Walmart, has been identified as Jordan Isaiah Cockrum. Jordan Isaiah Cockrum Cockrum was transported Thursday evening to Hopkins County jail, where he remained Friday morning in lieu of $2,000 bond on a resisting arrest charge, $35,000 bond on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge and $15,000...
Meet Dr. Blake Cross, New Family Practice Physician at CHRISTUS Primary Clinic
Although having just settled into their new surroundings in Sulphur Springs this summer, Dr. Blake Cross admits that he and his family “already really like the interesting downtown area and the friendliness of the people”. Dr. Cross began seeing patients on August 5, 2019 in the area of the clinic which was formerly Dr. Miller’s offices. During a KSST Good Morning Show interview on August 16, 2019, Dr. Cross stated...
Sulphur Springs Woman Runs From Police, Found With Meth, Marijuana
Cathy Sue Pichardo A brief vehicle pursuit in Sulphur Springs Thursday night ended with the vehicle’s tires being spiked. The 48-year-old Sulphur Springs woman driving was jailed after marijuana and methamphetamine were found in her pickup. Sulphur Springs Police officers attempted to stop a Chevrolet Silverado at 9:12 p.m. Aug. 15, after noticing the driver failed to signal a turn on Brinker Street at Peach Street, SSPD Officer...
HCSO: Commerce Associate Judge Arrested In Hopkins County On Assault Warrant
Tequila Rochell Johnson A 38-year-old Commerce woman, who is shown in arrest reports to be employed as an associate judge for the City of Commerce, was arrested at 6:30 p.m. Thursday on a Class A misdemeanor assault charge. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office had reportedly been conducting an investigation of her for the alleged assault of her boyfriend in Hopkins County. Based on that evidence, a Class A misdemeanor warrant was...
FDA Cautions Pet Owners Not To Feed Texas Tripe Inc. Raw Pet Food Due To Salmonella, Listeria
Some lots of Texas Tripe brand raw frozen pet food are being recalled due to several samples of Texas Tripe raw pet food testing positive for Salmonella and/or Listeria monocytogenes, bacteria that can cause illness and death in humans and animals. The FDA followed that on Aug. 15 with a caution for pet owners to check any Texas Tripe raw frozen food products before feeding their pets to be sure the food is not among the lot numbers...
Rhonda Jo Ross-Wright
Funeral services for Rhonda Jo Ross-Wright, age 57, of Garland, TX, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 19, 2019 at Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Mel Haven Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation. Rhonda passed away on August 13, 2019. She was born September 11, 1961, in Sulphur Springs, TX, to Leonard and Merlene Ross. She married Samuel James Wright and they had 2 children, Tamara...