North Hopkins Defeat Sulphur Bluff 11-1
Three North Hopkins’ pitchers combined to a throw a no-hitter as the Panthers defeated the Sulphur Bluff Bears, 11-1 Tuesday. Wyatt Wharton threw three innings, Caleb Wyatt went 2 innings and Chase Williams pitched the final inning for North Hopkins. Wharton and Victor Rojo both drove in two runs. Rojo, Williams, and Branson Thomas all had two hits. North Hopkins scored in every inning with 2 in the first, 2 in the second, a run...
Lady Cats Softball Collect 13 Hits in Tuesday Win
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo said he was glad his team took care of business Tuesday afternoon to go 3-0 in district play. The Lady Cats defeated Pine Tree, 8-1 at Lady Cat Park. The Lady Cats scored in every inning except the sixth. Coach Carrillo said they collected 13 hits. Several players had two hits. He said he was frustrated by the runners left on base by Lady Cats’ batters. They stranded 10 base runners in the...
Wildcat Baseball Coach Pleased With Stadium and Team Play
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack said he couldn’t have asked for a better start to the district season or at a new field after his team defeated Pine Tree, 12-2 Tuesday night at sparkling, new Wildcat Park. The game was called with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning because of the ten-run rule. Coach Hammack said it was big for the Wildcats to put four runs on the new Wildcat Park scoreboard in the bottom of the...
Local Trustee Continues Participation in Leadership Program
Leesa Toliver, trustee from Sulphur Springs ISD joined 29 other school board members from across Texas February 28–March 3 at the third of five sessions of the Leadership TASB class of 2018. Selected by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), the group is participating in a yearlong education leadership study program. These trustees represent school districts of all sizes, with student populations of 158 to 98,688, and reflect...
Parole Violation, Meth, Firearms, Back in Jail
Isaiah Dominique Hearn, 28, of Sulphur Springs did not like who he found knocking on his Helm Street apartment door at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Hearn retreated into the apartment only to be followed by Hopkins County deputies seeking to serve a warrant for his arrest for parole violation. Hearn was taken into custody and in his pocket was a glass pipe commonly used to smoke methamphetamine. The deputies asked to and were given consent to...
Posse Members Presented with Anniversary Year Certificates of Service
At the monthly Posse meeting held in the Sheriff’s Courtroom, Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum presented his father Sam Tatum with a certificate for 30 years of service in the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse organization. Sam Tatum, Roger “Tex” Maynard, Earl Martin and Billy Wayne Orr are the remaining charter members who were present at the Posse’s inauguration in October 1987 and all continue active as...
Friend Provides Entry Code; Local Man Arrested on Bond Forfeiture
March 14, 2018 – His friend gave Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputy consent to search the residence at 708 Pampa and provided the code to enter the residence as the deputy sought Jason Ray Bailey, 46 on a warrant for Bond Forfeiture Theft with 2 previous convictions. After knocking on the door at the residence and making no contact, Law Enforcement entered the residence using the code. A search of the residence was made and Bailey...
Pilot Club Fundraiser Will Feature BBQ and Major Western Entertainment
Put on your boots and saddle up for Western entertainment, a BBQ Supper and a Texas-size opportunity to lend a hand to the Pilot Club’s efforts to raise funds for 2018 projects. Set for Saturday April 7 at 7pm in the Civic Center, the local Pilot Club Spring Fundraiser will feature Robert Joe Vandygriff, originally of Roxton, Texas. After forming a band in Sulphur Springs in the 1980’s, the musician branched out into...
Former Development Director Candidate for Greenville City Manager
Former Sulphur Springs City Development Director and current Lancaster Economic Development Director Michael Shane Shephard is one of 15 candidates for Greenville City Manager. While Director of Development for the City of Sulphur Springs, Shephard was instrumental in the development of Celebration Plaza and the downtown market as well as code development and enforcement. Current Greenville City Manager Massoud Ebrahim announced in...
