Sunday Forecast
60% chance of showers and a possible thunderstorm; High 48; Low: 39; Wind: East, southeast around 5 mph becoming north, northeast 5-15 mph, gusting to 20 mph
Crum Found Guilty of Murder; Sentencing Hearing to Begin Monday Morning
Saturday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court a Hopkins County Jury found Aaron Tyler Crum guilty of the first-degree murder of Joshua Paul Cowling. Deliberation took approximately one hour to reach the verdict. The jury was picked Monday, November 5, 2018, and began hearing testimony Tuesday morning. The trial continued each day with a 10 a.m. start Friday morning and again, Saturday morning. District Attorney Will Ramsay...
Sulphur Bluff Bears Win Big Friday Night
The Sulphur Bluff Bears’ basketball team got a big win over CHESS Friday night (November 9), 86-45. The Bears were led by Trayton South who poured in 21 points. Brandon Branom added 13 points. Montana Hurley scored 12. Hunter Wallis had 9 points. Shane Johnson, Dewitt Brookins and Blake Hume had 6 points each. Hunter Carpenter scored 5 points. Dylan Flowers, Jon Brown and Brennon Newell scored 2 points each. CHESS was led by...
Lady Cats Scrimmage Saturday
After a planned Saturday morning (November 10) game with Emory Rains was canceled, Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell booked Mount Vernon for an early morning Saturday scrimmage. Coach Tisdell explained that Rains coach canceled the game Friday due to a rash of players injuries and illnesses. After the scrimmage, Coach Tisdell said the Lady Cats came out ahead of Mount Vernon. There was no attempt to embarrass the game Lady...
Eight Lady Cats Named to All-District Volleyball Team; 11 Receive Academic All-District Honors
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team was well represented on the All-District Volleyball Team with two superlatives and six other players earning first team, second team or honorable mention recognition. The team, released by Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness Saturday (November 10), was selected by the district’s coaches who could not vote for their own players. Eleven Lady Cats also qualified for Academic Autumn Tanton...
Wildcats Bi-District Playoff: Time, Location Set
The Sulphur Springs Wildcats will travel to the Ford Center at The Star, 9 Cowboy Way, Frisco to face the Frisco High Raccoons Thursday night, November 15th at 7:30 p.m. The Wildcats finished third in 5-A, Division II, District 8. Frisco defeated Lovejoy 48-45 Friday night at Lovejoy to claim second place in District 7.
Saturday Forecast
Freeze watch in effect for early Saturday morning and patchy frost possible. Temperature Saturday morning, low 30″s or High 20″s; High: 49; Saturday night Low: 40; Wind: North, northeast 5-10 mph
Wildcats Cold in Loss to North Forney; Will Travel to Frisco for Playoff
by Butch Burney FORNEY — A quirky first half turned into an irksome second half for the Sulphur Springs Wildcats Friday night against the North Forney Falcons, but it won’t keep the Wildcats at home next week. Sulphur Springs saw a 17-17 halftime tie turn into a 39-24 loss to North Forney on a cold, blustery night in the regular...
Leatrice Dotson
Leatrice Dotson of Cooper passed away Monday evening, November 5, 2018 in Cooper. Leatrice was born in Ralls, Texas, on June 7, 1944, to Cleo Underwood and James Earnest Dotson. She was a High School graduate, continuing on to Abilene Christian College. Survivors include her sons: Peter Gregory Dotson of West Hills, California and Earnest Dwain Morales of Ben Franklin, Texas, her daughters: Sabrina Leatrice Morales of Sulphur...
