Lady Cats Volleyball Plays at Wylie East in Bi-District Rematch
The #14 ranked Lady Cats’ volleyball team will be in action on this Friday (September 7) game day. The Lady Cats will travel to Wylie East to play the Lady Raiders. Game time for the varsity is at 4:30 p.m. Friday. The Lady Cats have a 22-5 season record and they have won their last two matches including a Tuesday night win at home against Wills Point. One wonders if the match against Wylie East might be a special one. After all...
Wildcats Football Hosts Lovejoy Friday For Home Opener at The Prim
For Wildcats’ football, it’s week #2 and the Wildcats have their season opener at Gerald Prim Stadium Friday night (September 7). Lucas Lovejoy is coming to town. This is a rematch of a bi-district game played here back on November 17. The Leopards won that one, 45-29. Both teams come in tonight at 1-0. The Wildcats defeated Frisco Wakeland, 37-35 last Friday at Frisco Memorial Stadium. Lovejoy topped Frisco Heritage,...
SSISD High School Food Truck Event a Success
The inaugural Food Truck Day at Sulphur Springs High School was an overwhelming success. Each of the 5 vendors had a continuous line to their trucks. Student Council President Alexis Lopez was busy directing the event, and taking notes on how to improve the next event. There were many moving pieces in this event. No one knew exactly how many students would venture out to the trucks. A conservative estimate would be that all the...
Meet Central Baptist Church’ New Pastor Chris Stevens and Plan to Attend Revival October 21-24
September 7, 2018 – Chris Stevens likes small towns. During his lifetime he has lived in many of them in 49 different states, and pastored churches in Alabama, Kansas and Texas. He has a broad base of interests and experience, having worked part-time in radio and in sports officiating, even in farming and breaking horses, all to supplement his income at times as a pastor. Pastor Stevens feels his calling to become a pastor came...
Tira News Sept. 7th, 2018
By Jan Vaughn Nicolaas Esterhuyse spent the long weekend with his grandparents Robert and Yvonne Weir, while his parents were visiting Fredericksburg, Texas. Yvonne says he kept them busy. On Sunday they visited Dustin in Rowlett and took Nico home to his mom and dad, Destri and Eben. Billy Moss reported that on August 29 th he had been shopping at Dollar General in Birthright and had put his receipt in his pocket. Later he noticed...
To do list for September in the Garden By Mario Villarino
Here the list of activities for the garden for late summer, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Specialists: Sustaining adequate moisture in the garden and landscape is the #1 priority for late summer and fall, Water trees and shrubs by giving them at least one inch of water per week, delivered slowly, around the plants as far out as the “dripline” extends. Rejuvenate heat-stressed geraniums and begonias for the...
NETBIO Sales Scheduled
Special cattle sales, including a dairy dispersal and three Northeast Texas Beef Improvement Organization (NETBIO) sales will be held at the Sulphur Springs Livestock Commission between now and November 14. The first of the four upcoming sales will be the September 19 NETBIO pre-conditioned stocker and feeder calf sale. The consignment book has closed on that sale with over 7,000 head to be sold. All of the NETBIO sales...
Tailgating and Picnicking Safely this Football Season By Johanna Hicks
Texans are crazy about football. However, this is also middle school and high school cross country, volleyball, and tennis season. Sports fans are out in full force to support their favorite high school, college, and professional teams. Tailgating is often associated with football season, so don’t let your fun be spoiled by foodborne illness. Foodborne illness, with its stomach cramps, diarrhea,...
Friday Forecast
60% chance of showers and thunderstorms; High: 91 with heat index values as high as 97; Low: 72; Wind: North, northwest around 5 mph
