Mary Jo Franklin
Funeral service for Mary Jo Franklin, age 89, of Longview will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Bro. Ricky Lawler officiating and Chris Vidacovich assisting. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with the Grandsons and Great Grandsons serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Franklin passed away on...
Lady Lions Win Playoff Warm Up; Begin Area Thursday
The #20 ranked Saltillo Lady Lions’ basketball team handily won a playoff warm up game against #23 ranked Iredell, 62-23 on Saturday (February 9). The Lady Lions jumped out to a 17-5 lead after one quarter and added to the lead throughout the game. Anna Reeder led the Lady Lions with 28 points. Maddy Smith had 11 points. Chandler Bain had 9 points. Jocelyn Ochoa scored 7 points. Brittney Peeples had 2 points. The Lady Lions had...
Rayford W. Dodd
Rayford W. Dodd, 68, of Paris, passed away Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, at his home while surrounded by loved ones. Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13th at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with James McLeod officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Graveside services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16th at the Garden of Memories Memorial Park in Lufkin....
THESA Softball Pitcher Courtney “Corrie” Gaddis Signs With Enterprise State, Alabama
David Carrillo, Chis Voorheese, Traci Harrison, Courtney “Corrie” Gaddis (seated), Kevin Ward, Jake Williams. Sulphur Springs’ senior softball player Courtney “Corrie” Gaddis, who plays with THESA, Texas Homeschool Educators Sports Association, and with the Texas Blaze traveling team, signed a letter of intent to play college softball at Enterprise State Community College’s Boll Weevils in Enterprise, Alabama....
Iola Wright Lindley
Iola Wright Lindley was born February 20, 1935 to Orange Wright and Ada Young Wright. She married Wilbert Wills and to this union: Barry L. Wills, Ronald “Squirrel” Wills (Penny), and Elizabeth Ann Wright (Melvin). She later married Fred Lindley Sr. and to this union: Fred Lindley Jr., Paul Lindley (Teresa), and Archie Lindley. She also leaves to cherish her memories: 8 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces and...
A&M-Commerce Launches Pride Promise PLUS Tuition Assistance Program
COMMERCE, TX—A&M-Commerce recently launched Pride Promise PLUS, a tuition assistance program intended to help remove financial barriers and make a college education accessible to all students. The program pays tuition that is not covered by other forms of financial aid, including grants, scholarships, exemptions, benefits and waivers. Pride Promise PLUS is open to freshmen and transfer students with a 3.0 or greater GPA and...
TxDOT to Begins Upgrade on Two State Highways in Sulphur Springs
PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation officials today announced that mill and inlay work to upgrade portions of two state highways in Sulphur Springs, Texas, is slated to begin the week of Feb. 18. Contractor RK Hall, Paris, Texas, was granted 107 working days, weather permitting, to complete this project valued at more than $5.2 million. The target date for completion of this work is late June 2019, officials said. The...
Monday Commissioners Court: Congressman Honors County Judge; Sulphur Bluff Volunteer Fire Department Honored by County
Before a packed Hopkins County Commissioners’ Courtroom Monday morning, Robbin Bass, Deputy District Director for Congressman John Ratcliff, presented County Judge Robert Newsom a flag that was flown over the U. S. Capital Building in Newsom’s honor. Commissioners also issued a proclamation honoring the Sulphur Bluff Fire Department for past and current service to the county. In honoring Judge Newsom, Bass stated that the...
Local Man Arrested for Hindering Arrest of Wanted Felon
A Hopkins County Deputy was seeking the arrest of a wanted felon at an apartment building on Bill Bradford Road. When he knocked on the door, the occupant of the apartment, Creston leon Weatherall, 29, would not answer the door. After the deputy left the address, Weatherall’s girlfriend, the one wanted on the parole violation, exited the back door and started walking away from the residence. An unidentified tipster called the...
Arrest for Parole Violation Leads to Arrest for Possession of Meth
A Crime Stop tip led a Hopkins County Deputy to an address on North Davis Street where he found Maranda Louise Miller, 36, of Sulphur Springs, exiting a vehicle. She was wanted on a Parole Violation. Driving the vehicle was Jonathan Lee Farris. In the vehicle, the deputy found methamphetamine. Neither Miller nor Farris were aware of the meth according to their statements to the officer. A search of the vehicle that revealed t he...
