Beverly Ann Barton
Beverly Ann Barton, age 84, of Emory, passed away tragically on Sunday, July 21, 2019, in an automobile accident just outside of Greenville. Funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 PM, Friday, July 26, 2019, at Emory Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Emory City Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service at 1:00 PM, at the church. Services will be officiated by Bro. Robert Burns. Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory...
Three Age Groups of Dixie Softball Players Coming to Sulphur Springs For World Series Next Week
The 2019 Dixie Softball World Series will be held Aug. 2-7, at Coleman Park. For the first time since 2006, Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County are hosting the Dixie Softball World Series at Coleman Park, Aug. 2-7. The previous one featured one age group only. This time, three-age groups (9-10 year old Angels, 11-12 year old Pony Tails and 16-18 year old Debs) will be competing at the same time. Joey Martin, president of the Hopkins...
Band Drum Line Camps Lead Into Start of Summer Band Next Week
Jeffrey Garza, the Wildcats’ Marching Band percussion instructor, says the drum line is the heart in the center of any musical group. He says if they are not right, it means trouble for the entire band. To get percussion players on the same page in time for the start of summer band next week, Garza has been holding drum line camp last week and this week, July 22-26. Last week, he worked with the front ensemble including...
Meet Bob Haydon: Local Author, Artist and Musician
On the KSST Good Morning Show on July 24, 2019, Enola Gay’s guest was musician Robert Haydon who shared highlights of some of his music adventures to the bluegrass tunes he presented on his 1956 Mastertone banjo. Robert Haydon was born in Maryland and his family moved to Highland Park in Dallas, Texas in 1957 when Bob was 13 years old. Newly enrolled at Saint Mark’s Catholic School, and with no real friends yet, he made...
3 Jailed On Local Warrants
Three Sulphur Springs residents were taken into custody Tuesday by local officers on warrants, including two women arrested by police at the municipal court on misdemeanor warrants and a man held in another county’s jail on a felony Hopkins County warrant. Dylan Lee Reed Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Steve Shing traveled to San Patricio County Jail and took Dylan Lee Reed, 22, of Sulphur Springs into custody at 3:36 p.m....
Pesticide Private Applicator License Training
Pesticide Private Applicator License Training August 14, 2019A private pesticide applicator is someone who uses or supervises the use of restricted-use or state-limited-use pesticides or regulated herbicides to produce an agricultural commodity on personally owned property, rented property, property owned by his or her employer, property under his or her general control, or the property of another person if applied without...
Update: Two Women Stopped In Cumby In Stolen Vehicle
Brittany Rennea White Misha Michelle Price Two women were arrested Tuesday afternoon at the rest stop just off Interstate 30 in Cumby for unauthorized use of the vehicle they were traveling, a Mazda that’d been reported to Oklahoma City authorities as stolen. One of the woman also was found to be wanted in Montgomery County for theft as well. The 6-month-old in the car with them, determined to be the child of one of the women,...
Jessie “Granny” Price
Funeral service for Jessie “Granny” Price, age 93, of Como will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, July 26, 2019 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with L.D. Baxley officiating. Interment will follow at Emblem Cemetery with Dennis Hunt, Kenneth Dyers, Barry Charlton, Brandon Edwards, John Price and Chris Price serving as pallbearers and Doug Franks, Junior Gregg, Harrell Hettich, Dusty McIllwain, Jimmy Rutledge, Robert Edwards, Scotty...
2019 Wildcat Truck
2019 Wildcat Truck A Special ‘Thank You’ to Jay Hodge Chevrolet for providing SS Athletics with the 2019 ‘Wildcat Truck’! ‘We are excited to team up with Jay Hodge Chevrolet this year. The Wildcat Truck provides us with transportation to various events, including pulling the football trailer to games. In return we hope to be a positive representation and marketing tool for Jay Hodge Chevrolet.’...
Clifford Hall
Funeral service for Clifford Hall, age 80, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, July 26 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Dr. Oscar D. Epps officiating. Interment will follow at East Caney Cemetery with Jeremy Hall, Trey Hall, Jason Hall II, Frank Bradford III and Ray Franklin serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mr. Hall passed away on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at his...
