Summer Filled with Coaching Replacements at SSHS
Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens has been busy as coaching vacancies have cropped up this summer. At a recent SSISD board meeting, the board approved Alexander Guerra as football defensive coordinator and PE Coach. Coach Guerra comes from Nevada Community where he was Defensive Coordinator and Inside Linebacker Coach. He replaces Triston Abron who left to become the head coach at Paul Pewitt. At a board meeting Monday, the board...
Lady Cat Volleyball Camp Underway
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness opened his three-day summer volleyball camp Monday in the main Middle School Gym. Coach Maness was greeted by 36 girls entering the fourth through the seventh grades at a Monday morning session. Coach Maness also had a session for girls entering the eighth and ninth grades Monday afternoon in the Middle School Gym. Coach Maness was assisted by former Lady Cat Rita Hill and senior Lady Cat...
Wildcats Conclude 7-on-7 Season
Wildcats Offensive Coordinator Matt Young said he saw some things at the Wildcats final 7 on 7 football tournament that should serve them well this fall. The Wildcats played well for the most part Saturday at a state qualifier in Rowlett winning two of three games in pool play but they did not advance to the finals. The Wildcats were unable to overcome a slow start in their first game against Coppell. Coppell advanced from pool play...
The Edge Conditioning Program Enhancing Athletic Performance
Monday (June 25) Sulphur Springs High School and Middle School athletes began their third week of The Edge conditioning program presented by Michael Johnson Performance. Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens said things were going well. He noted that some kids are sore but he said they are becoming more acclimated to drills, including some designed to address areas of deficiency for the athletes. Coach Owens said athletes in four...
SSISD Board Approves New Teacher Pay Scale, Additional Police Officer; Personnel Changes
In a special session Monday morning, Sulphur Springs School Board announced they will be hiring an additional officer for the SSISD Police Force and approved an increase in pay scale for teachers and teacher’s aides. Personnel changes were also approved (see below). Superintendent Michael Lamb stated during public forum that the hiring of a new police officer would bring the total force to nine and will place an officer on each...
Winnsboro Police Department Report June 18-24, 2018
Winnsboro Police arrested one, investigated one accident, responded to 168 calls, issued 43 citations, and wrote 67 warnings during the June 18-24, 2018 report period. Leet Gatlin, 47, of Winnsboro was arrested June 21st on a Franklin County Warrant. A two vehicle accident on June 21st in the 400 block of West Myrtle resulted in no injuries reported.
Local Woman Arrested for Possession of Methamphetamine
When Sulphur Springs Police stopped a 2000 Chevy Silverado on a traffic violation, Tammy Lashawn Powdrill, 52, of Sulphur Springs appeared extremely nervous, according to the officer’s report. The officer was denied consent to search the vehicle. However, he contacted a Hopkins County Sheriff’s K9. The K9 alerted on the vehicle. A search followed. The officer located several pieces of drug paraphernalia. Powdrill was arrested for the...
Commissioners Court Approves Line Item Changes to Assist with Rising Fuel Costs; List 110 Main St Building
Monday morning in regular session at the courthouse, Hopkins County Commissioners Court approved several line item moves to assist various departments as fuel costs rise, approved a realtor to list the county annex building at 110 Main Street, heard a request for a resolution to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding natural obstructions on the Sulphur River and reappointed Mike Matthews as Hopkins County Fire...
Local Law Enforcement to Escort Body of Marine Through Hopkins County Monday
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies and Sulphur Springs Police Officers will escort the body of 19-year old Marine, Jordan Smith through Hopkins County as he is taken to his home town of Broken Bow, Oklahoma for burial, according to Sheriff Lewis Tatum. He died as the result of an accident at his military base last week. The route through the county will be along I-30. Plans call for placing a U. S. Flag on the Highway 69 overpass and...
