Commissioners Approve Equipment Purchases, Bridge Replace Program Agreement
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Steps to attain equipment for road maintenance and fund bridge repairs were among the actions take by Hopkins County Commissioners Court this week. Precinct 3 Commissioner Wade Bartley will be getting Kubota Tractor with side boom mower, a Ford F250 Ford pickup and Mobank wood chipper to help workers keep county roads in Precinct 3 brush cut, and ditches cleared and brush cut back. The equipment will...
Sixty Entering Eighth and Ninth Graders Show Up Tuesday for Wildcats Football Camp
Tuesday, July 30, marked the opening day for the three-day Wildcats Football Camp for SSISD students only entering the 8th and 9th grades. Camp hours are 9:30 a.m. until noon each day through Thursday. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said camp for younger boys took place in late May and he said that change seemed to help increase numbers for that camp. With hot weather Tuesday morning, Coach Owens was glad to have the indoor field...
Peggy McDougall
Peggy McDougall Peggy McDougall, age 94, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 28, 2019. The daughter of Sterling Ishmael and Willie Johnston Ishmael born January 17, 1925 in Hopkins County in Sherley, Texas and given the name Lula Odeal Ishmael. Mrs. McDougall was nicknamed Peggy, by Sulphur Springs high school friends who said she looked like a “Peggy” and went by it for the rest of her life. Mrs. McDougall was preceded in death...
Wildcats Marching Band Hits Practice Field Tuesday To Begin Preparing For Fall Halftime Show
The 120-member Wildcats Marching Band hit the steamy hot practice field Tuesday morning, July 30, to begin preparation for this falls halftime shows and contests. Band Director Spencer Emmert said the on-field work occurred after about an hour of team building and bonding. Emmert said he was excited about three things occurring this year. First, the band will have the opportunity to advance this year. That happens only every other...
Wildcats Football Season Ticket Renewals Continue At A Very Steady Pace Tuesday
Lynette King, one of those working on Wildcats football season ticket week, said Tuesday morning, July 30, that current ticket holders were coming in to renew their seats at a very steady rate. She said about half of the season ticket holders renewed their seats on Monday, which she said was pretty close to normal. Current ticket holders have until 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to get in and renew their seats or they will lose them. Wednesday is...
Tracy Berry
Tracy Berry Funeral Services for Tracy Berry, age 97, of Sulphur Springs, will be held on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 1:00 PM at Cherry Grove Baptist Church in Birthright with Rev. Johnny Harris officiating and Rev. Phillip Harrison will be assisting. Interment will follow at North Caney Cemetery with military honors. Serving as pallbearers will be Gayland Berry, Eric Berry, Dewayne Berry, Rodney Harris, Harold Berry and LaRoyce...
South Broadway Street Is Open To Traffic Again
South Broadway Street was temporarily closed from Drexel Drive to McCann Street Tuesday. The block of South Broadway Street shut down Tuesday from Drexel Drive to McCann Street in the area of Sonic and Alliance Bank was once again open to traffic by about 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jason Ricketson. “We hit the gas service while doing a small sewer project. We had called for locates and they failed...
Traffic Impacted By Multiple Crashes on I-30 In Brashear
Wrecker crews work to remove a disabled truck from Interstate 30 in Brashear, an area where multiple vehicle crashes occurred Monday afternoon. Traffic on Interstate 30 between Sulphur Springs and Cumby was hampered Monday afternoon following a series of crashes and vehicle issues in Brashear. While no life-threatening injuries were reported, traffic was impacted along that stretch for more than 5 hours as law enforcement,...
Meet Eli Pettit, Lady Farrier
Elizabeth “Eli” Bass Pettit of Diamond E Horseshoeing Elizabeth Bass Pettit has recently moved to Hopkins County and she brought her established career skills with her, trimming and shoeing horses. Admittedly, it’s thought of as a man’s industry, but there is the exception to every rule, and she is that exception. Eli has made her living for the past 30 years caring for possibly the most dangerous part of a...
