Wildcats Freshmen Team Gets Attention This Week With Varsity And JV Idle Until Monday
Wildcats Freshmen Football players are on center stage this week, Aug. 5-9, as they are practicing while the Varsity and JV have to wait until Monday to get going since they had spring practice. After practice Thursday, Freshman Head Football Coach Jason Meskimen said this week has been a very productive one for the ninth graders. He said as a group they don’t have a lot of numbers, but he said they are a great group, adding...
Rains County Tabbed To Become The 4th Served by Hopkins County EMS
PTO Buyback Policy Receives Hospital District Board Approval Hopkins County Emergency Medical Services personnel could soon expand its coverage into Rains County, making it the third county outside of Hopkins served by the local service. Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors, following an executive session Friday, agreed to the expand Hopkins County EMS services into Rains County, if Rains County Emergency Services...
Lady Cats Volleyball Has Pool Play In Garland ISD Tournament Friday
Volleyball on Wood Floor The Lady Cats Volleyball Team began play in the two-day Garland ISD Volleyball Tournament Friday morning, Aug. 9. The Lady Cats opened pool play against host Rowlett at 9 a.m. Friday. The Lady Cats played against Kilgore beginning at 11 a.m. Later Friday, the Lady Cats had one last pool game against Wylie East at 2 p.m. Based on how the Lady Cats do in pool play, they will either go into the championship...
Hospital District Board Gets Slight Name Change, Appoints New Board Member
Heather Smith administers the oath of office to Kristi Shultz, who had just been appointed Friday to serve Suzanne Thomas Bankston’s unexpired term on Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors. Bankston moved out of the county and, thus resigned from HCHD. Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors during a special called meeting Friday approved a slight name change, accepted a resignation and appointed a new...
PJC Welding Class From the Sulphur Springs Campus
PJC welding class from the SS campus CUTTING METAL Under the supervision of PJC-Sulphur Springs Welding Instructor John Plemons, left, structural welding student Colten Nolan practices cutting metal during his summer II class at the campus. This and other workforce education courses are offered at the PJC-Sulphur Springs campus.
Kenneth Spencer
Graveside service for Kenneth Spencer, age 83, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, August 11, 2019 at Restlawn Memorial Park with Damon Wilks officiating. Mr. Spencer passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2019 at Christus Mother Frances Hospital. Kenneth was born on March 15, 1936 in the Divide Community to Herman and Silita Spencer. He married Willie Spencer in 1968 and she preceded him in death in 1993. Kenneth was...
Winnsboro Man Arrested On Felony Hopkins County Theft Warrant
Calum L. Foldenauer A 22-year-old Winnsboro man was jailed Thursday night on a Hopkins County warrant for theft of aluminum, bronze, copper or brass material. Hopkins County Sheriff’s staff reportedly contacted Winnsboro police to seek assistance in serving a felony warrant in that city. WPD official notified HCSO that Calum L. Foldenauer had been located and was in custody on the Hopkins County charge, the deputy noted in...
Truck Driver Hits Car Within View Of DPS On I-30, Stopped 4 Miles Down Road
A Houston truck driver was reportedly stopped for hitting a Nissan Altima near a trooper on Interstate 30, then not stopping to check on the driver and share insurance information. A trooper arrested the 44-year-old man 4 miles west of the crash site according to arrest reports. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper alleged the 44-year-old Houston man changed lanes on Interstate 30 west when unsafe, striking the front right side...
Summer’s Not Over at Cooper Lake State Park!
Steve Killian, Cooper Lake Park Complex Manager loves it when visitors to the parks say “We didn’t know you offered all this!” There are actually two separate parks which welcome visitors, the South Sulphur Unit in Hopkins County and the Doctor’s Creek Unit in Delta County. Both offer RV and tent camping, screened shelters and lakeside cabins. You can rent a pavilion for a group event. There’s also...
