Wildcats Baseball Wins Third Straight In Attempt To Get Back Into Playoff Picture
Wildcats Baseball 5, Mount Pleasant 4 The Wildcats’ baseball team shut down Mount Pleasant just in time in the bottom of the seventh inning to take a 5-4 win at Mount Pleasant Friday night, April 19. It was the Wildcats’ third straight district win and improved their district record to 5-8. Mount Pleasant slips to 6-7 and they are now tied with Royse City for third place. The Wildcats are in fifth place just one game back...
Lady Cats Softball Team Hangs On To Defeat Texas High, Wins District Championship
Lady Cats Softball 4, Texas High 3 The Lady Cats’ softball team won the district championship Friday night, April 19, when they hung on to eke by Texas High, 4-3 in Texarkana and then learned that Royse City had upset Mount Pleasant in Mount Pleasant, 4-3. The Lady Cats just held off the Lady Tigers in a tense bottom of the seventh on Senior Night for Texas High in Texarkana. With the Lady Cats clinging to a 4-3 lead, the Lady...
PJC Again Participating In East Texas Giving Day
GIVING DAY Makaela Moseley was one of many PJC students helping at the 2018 Giving Day. PJC student groups will again assist with Giving Day activities. On Tuesday, April 30, Paris Junior College will join over 185 organizations throughout north and east Texas as part of East Texas Giving Day. “From 6 a.m. to midnight,” said Derald Bulls, PJC’s Director of Institutional Advancement and Alumni Affairs, “I invite PJC alumni, former...
Grand Jury Indictments For April 2019: Part 2
The Hopkins County Grand Jury signed 102 indictments during the April session, pushing those cases forward for prosecution. More than 70 individuals were named in the charges, including some individuals named in more than one indictment, according to the indictment list released recently. At least 65 of the indictments were for controlled substance, alcohol, marijuana and other related charges; those indictments include: John Michael...
Erik Wayne Stewart
A memorial service for Erik Wayne Stewart, age 39, of Emory, was held 3:00 pm Saturday, April 20, 2019, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor John Robertson and Jonathan Criswell will officiate. Erik passed away suddenly on Saturday, April 13th. He was born December 4, 1979 to the parentage of Philip and Debra Sue Rowan Stewart. He attended Rains High School. Erik was a construction worker by trade, but his heart was hunting...
Thomas “Tom” Melton Howell
July 15, 1951 – April 18, 2019 Thomas “Tom” Melton Howell, Jr, 67, of Sulphur Springs passed from this life to join his Lord and Savior on April 18, 2019. Tom was born on July 15, 1951 in San Antonio, Texas to Thomas and Dorothy Howell. When Tom was 3, the family moved from San Antonio to Garland, Texas. Growing up in Garland, Tom was the oldest of 5 siblings. His dad, Thomas Sr, would take him and his siblings to their family farm...
Man Jailed After Spitting Snuff on Woman
A 53-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested for simple assault, a Class C misdemeanor offense, for allegedly spitting on a woman early Friday morning, according to arrest reports. A deputy was dispatched to a disturbance on State Highway 154 south just before midnight. Upon arrival at the man’s SH 154 residence, the talked to a 49-year-old woman, the reported victim of the reported assault. She allegedly claimed the man had...
Lady Cats Track Team Wins Area Meet, Six Lady Cats Qualify for Regional Meet
The Lady Cats’ track team won the Area Track Meet Thursday, April 18, at Longview Pine Tree, scoring 96 points and qualified six athletes in eight events for the Regional Track Meet on April 26-27 in Arlington. Sadavia Porter qualified in two events winning the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.109 and finishing second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.211. Porter also qualified as a member of the Lady Cats first place...
Wildcats Track Team Qualified Six For Regional Meet In Seven Events, Finishes Sixth at Area Meet
The Wildcats’ track team finished sixth at the Area Track Meet getting 53 points Thursday, April 18, at Longview Pine Tree. The Wildcats had six athletes qualify for the regional track meet in seven events and two others earned alternate status for regional. Nabian Ramirez qualified with a third place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:03.948. Landon Thornton qualified with second place finishes in both the 1600-meter...
