Teen Click It or Ticket Campaign Begins Thursday
AUSTIN – Texas teens have an important message for their friends and fellow students: Always buckle up. The message is part of the Texas Department of Transportation’s annual “Teen Click It or Ticket” campaign, in partnership with high school students, to urge young drivers and their passengers to wear their seat belts every time they’re in a vehicle. “In Texas, 42 percent of all teenagers killed in traffic crashes in 2016 weren’t...
Local Little Caesar’s Participating in March Madness “If Crazy Happens” Free Pizza Offer
When the # 16 seed University of Maryland-Baltimore County defeated #1 Seed Virginia, not only did the opening round of March Madness create history, but Little Caesar’s Pizza will be keeping their promise of a free lunch April 2nd. Little Caesars Pizza at the corner of Gilmer and Oak Avenue in Sulphur Springs is participating in the free lunch but rules do apply. Little Caesar’s will be giving away free $5 Hot-N-Ready Lunch Combo,...
Rotary Club’s 5th Annual Crawfish Boil Set for April 28 on Celebration Plaza
Carrie Nuckolls is a busy member of the Rotary Club of Sulphur Springs, helping spreading the word about the service organization’s most delicious fundraiser of the year! The “Claws for a Cause” Crawfish Boil will be held downtown on Celebration Plaza in Sulphur Springs starting at 4pm on Saturday April 28, 2018. The open-air event can seat crowds of people and there will be plenty of crawfish…tons,...
SSISD Board Approves Lower Grade Campus Restructure
A restructure of lower grade campuses was approved by the Sulphur Springs School Board during a Monday, March 19, 2018, afternoon special session. The restructure will allow students to stay on the same campus longer. The restructure, which has been a desire of Superintendent Michael Lamb since his taking office (see video below), will ultimately place four classes of four grades on each of the four lower grade schools and will create...
Joe Askew Williamson
Joe Askew Williamson, 85, passed away on Monday, March 19, 2018. Joe was born on December 13, 1932 in Sulphur Springs, the son of the late George H. and Zoline Askew Williamson. His ancestors were early settlers in Hopkins County and helped organize the First Baptist Church of Sulphur Springs. Joe graduated from Sulphur Springs High School in 1950. He earned a degree in Economics from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas...
Cumby’s Ashley Haygood Named ‘Community Hero’ by Chicken Express
After Cumby High School Senior Ashley Haygood graduates this Spring, she plans to continue the momentum she has built with a goal to pursue and complete a Doctorate of Physical Therapy. With a stellar high school career in sports and in the classroom, Ashley was noticed for the impact she’s made on and off the field of play. In March 2018, Lone Star’s Nick Bolton and Cumby High School’s Ashley Hagood were selected as...
Lady Cats Host Texas High Tuesday
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo said his team had a battle on their hands last Thursday as the Lady Cats scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to squeeze past Marshall 3-2 in Marshall. He said the Lady Cats are finding ways to win. They are off to a 4-0 start in district, matching the best start ever for a David Carrillo-coached Lady Cats Softball Team. The 2015 team also started district 4-0. Coach Carrillo...
Wildcats Host Texas High Tuesday
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack looked different Monday. On Friday he got a big monkey off his back as his Wildcats won at Marshall. The last Wildcats’ win there was in 2010 and the Wildcats had lost five straight times on the Mavericks’ field going into Friday’s game. Coach Hammack said the win did not come easy and he added it never does. He said it usually ends up as a one-run game and Marshall always seem...
