Hopkins County EMS Video Among Top 30 Competing in CBS Special “Lip Sync To The Rescue”
Hopkins County EMS is one of 30 emergency response departments from across the country selected to compete in an upcoming CBS reality special called “Lip Sync To The Rescue,” based on department’s #LipSyncChallenge video. For those unfamiliar, the #LipSyncChallenge began as a fun way for police, sheriff, fire department and EMTs to engage with their communities by creating lip sync music videos and challenging. The Lip...
Two Wildcats Football Players and Lady Cats Track Athlete Sign With Colleges
Sulphur Springs Wildcats DQ Pitts and Jermond Bryant-Amos signed with RPA College in Arlington, and SSHS Lady Cat Abbi Beggs signed with Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne, Indiana. DQ Pitts and Jermond Bryant-Amos signed with RPA College in Arlington. RPA is next door to UT-Arlington. It’s a prep school that plays a JUCO schedule and focuses athletes on their studies. Players that attend will have all of their college eligibility left...
Local Football Legend Forrest Gregg Passed Away Early Friday
Football legend Forrest Gregg died Friday at his Colorado home at age 85. Forrest Gregg, a true local football legend, passed away Friday at his home in Colorado Springs. He was 85. Gregg was originally from Birthright and he played high school football at Sulphur Springs High School. He played in college at SMU. Gregg spent 15 years in the National Football League as an offensive lineman, almost all of it with the Green Bay Packers....
Texas Undergraduate Research Day – Madeleine Morris
COMMERCE, TX—Madeleine Morris Represents A&M-Commerce at Undergraduate Research Day Senior biology major Madeleine Morris represented A&M-Commerce in Austin on April 1 at the Texas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol. The biennial event allows Texas’ top student researchers to showcase their projects for Texas legislators and the public. Morris’ presentation was one of approximately 75 research projects displayed at the...
Saltillo Softball Team Drops Game to Solid Sulphur Bluff Team Thursday
Sulphur Bluff has a reputation for playing good softball and they showed it in a 12-4 win over the Saltillo Lady Lions Thursday. Saltillo scored four runs in the top of the second inning to take a brief 4-3 lead. The Lady Bears scored the last nine runs in the game Chandler Bain took the pitching loss for Saltillo. She had five strikeouts and three walks. For Saltillo, Bain was 1 for 3 wih a double. Raegan Speir was 3 for 4 with three...
Home Baseball and Softball on Friday Game Day
There is home baseball and softball on this game day Friday (April 12). The Wildcats’ baseball team hopes to begin a winning streak that will land them in the playoffs. The Lady Cats are trying to hold on to first place and win a second straight district championship. The Wildcats finish off their three game district series with Greenville at Wildcat Park. There is a lot at stake Friday night. Both teams have won once so far....
Monty Lee Harry
Monty Lee Harry Funeral services for Monty Lee Harry, age 66, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Monday, April 15, 2019 at First Baptist Church with Bro. Tommy Johnston officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Larry Blount, Charles Westbrook, Steve Moss, Dustin Harry, Ben Newcom, Marty Moss, and Derek Harry serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the Employees of Tolliver Ford....
Esta Lou Feely
Esta Lou Feely Funeral services for Esta Lou Feely, age 87, of Quitman, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, April 15, 2019 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Brad Brittain and Rev. David Hamm officiating. Interment will follow at Yantis Cemetery with her grandsons serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be her great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., Sunday, April 14, 2019 at West Oaks...
Edna Rawson
Edna Rawson Memorial Service for Edna Rawson, age 86, of Little Elm, will be held on Sunday, April 14, 2019 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Buddy Wiggins officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Mrs. Rawson passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at Medical City Denton. Edna was born on September 18, 1932 in Sulphur Springs, TX to Henry Fred and Cora Belle Underwood. Edna was a financial bookkeeper and of the Baptist...
