Joy Terry
Funeral Service for Joy Terry, age 90, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 22, 2018 at First Baptist Church, Spence Chapel, Sulphur Springs, TX with Rev. Fred Lewis officiating and Bro. Jim Moore assisting. Interment will follow at Elm Cemetery, Emory with Jason Terry, Brandon Terry, Brett Terry, Garrett Terry, Geoffrey Terry, Adam Cooper, Jeff Lawrence serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be...
Items Taken in Burglary Recovered; Local Man Arrested
Numerous items were taken from a residence off Highway 11W in a burglary Monday. Conner James Bradley, 21, of Hopkins County , was arrested in Wood County for the burglary. All items were recovered. Coner James Bradley Hopkins County Criminal Investigators Corley Weatherford and Dennis Findley along with Bo Fox, Southwest Cattle Raisers’ Special Ranger began an investigation that led to a man that had been in the area a few days...
Tuesday Forecast
High: 94 with heat index as high as 99; Low: 75; Wind: South, southwest around 5 mph
Sexton Sentenced to 30 Years for Aggravated Robbery
Monday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court, Tracy Sexton, 52, of Springdale Arkansas, was sentenced to 30 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Sexton pled guilty to Aggravated Robbery, which took place at Jon’s Mini Mart on Hillcrest Dr. in Sulphur Springs. The weapon used in the robbery was a pellet gun. Sexton admitted to the crime and was booked into Hopkins County Jail by Sulphur Springs Police Detectives...
Owens Said Wildcats Kept Their Heads With Pressure On Against Terrell
On KSST and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coach’s Show, Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said he was proud of his team for how they reacted when the Terrell Tigers challenged them in the third quarter. The Tigers scored twice in the quarter and seemed to have the Wildcats back on their heels a little and trailed Sulphur Springs just 22-20. The Wildcats responded with 20 straight points to put the game away. Coach...
Lady Cat Volleyball to Play Two Tuesday; Games Begin at 4:30 p.m.
There are some changes to Tuesday’s (September 18) Lady Cats’ volleyball schedule. The Varsity will be starting earlier and will now play a pair of games back to back. Beginning at 4:30 p.m. in Wildcat Gym, the Lady Cats’ varsity will play Pleasant Grove. That game will be followed by a 6 p.m. match pitting the varsity against Nevada Community in Wildcat Gym. In the Auxiliary Gym at 4:30 p.m., the Lady Cats JV will...
SSHS Cash Vititow and “CC” Capture Grand Champ at 4 States Fair Livestock Show, Entire Show Team Does Well
Report by John Holland, FFA Instructor at SSHS Cash Vititow and his heifer CC bring home Grand Champion Red Brahman from the 4 States Fair Livestock show!!Last Thursday the Sulphur Springs FFA show team traveled to Texarkana Arkansas to compete in the annual 4 States Fair Livestock show. At this show students compete with other FFA and 4-H members from Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. We had a very successful weekend of...
Jerry Vance Fite
A visitation for Jerry Vance Fite, age 64, of Saltillo will be held on Tuesday, September 18, 2018, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at West Oaks Funeral Home. Jerry passed away on Sunday, September 16, 2018 at his residence. Jerry was born on August 8, 1954 in Sulphur Springs the son of Nelson Monroe Fite and Mary Evelyn Mitchell Fite. He married Vannoy Gentles on August 31, 1984, in Sulphur Springs, she survives. Jerry worked as a...
A Successful Fundraising Fashion Show Was Styled By the NE Texas Children’s Museum in Commerce
Sharline Garrison Freeeman, a native of Sulphur Springs and Director of the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum, says that following a busy summer with over 7,500 visitors to the Museum, she is planning a series of fundraising events to help raise money for the construction of a new museum facility. The Fall Style Show Luncheon, which featured eleven models from around the NE Texas area, was held on Friday September 14 at First...
