Diane Woddard
Funeral service for Diane Woodard, age 66, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with L.D. Baxley officiating. Interment will follow at Como Cemetery with Ashton Alexander, Steven Alexander, Timmy Alexander, Kevin Beck, Chad Beck, Tracy Pierce, Jason Keller and Kyle Cordell serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 P.M. on Friday, February 2,...
Tira News February 2, 2018
By Jan Vaughn We want to express our sympathy to Dorreice (Horn) Shuptrine and family. Dorreice’s husband, Pete Shuptrine, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, following a lengthy illness. Visitation will be at West Oaks Funeral Home, in Sulphur Springs, at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, followed by a graveside service at the Tira Cemetery at 12:30. Dorreice resides in Plano and is the daughter of the late Noble and Modena Horn, of Tira....
Mildred Vaden
Visitation for Mildred Vaden, age 82, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held from 1 to 3 P.M. on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Private family graveside service will follow at Aiguier Cemetery with Lane-Allton Potts, Kelly Potts, Joe Underwood, Randy Davis, Mike Lindsey and Fred Bloomingdale serving as pallbearers. Mrs. Vaden passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 in Paris, TX. Mildred Nancy Vaden...
Saltillo Basketball Defeats Fannindel
Both the Saltillo Lions and the Saltillo Lady Lions picked up basketball wins against Fannindel Tuesday. The Saltillo Lions won 77-29. The Lions outpointed Fannindel in every quarter. Walker McGill led the Lions with 20 points. Chris Boekhorst scored 19 points. Matthew Gurley added 11 points. Michael Clover had 9 points. Ben Moore and Trevor Moore scored 6 points each. Levi Hoover scored 4 points. Branson McGill had 2 points. The...
Owens Calls New Alignment for SSHS Sports Exciting
“We are excited about the new places and new faces,” said SSHS Athletic Director and Football Head Coach Gregg Owens as the new district alignments were announced Thursday morning. Owens said, “It will be a new challenge with new teams, but the biggest challenge [for football] will be the nine (9) team district.” He said a team must win a lot of games to get in the playoffs. “It’s really exciting because it’s different,” he said....
Area Schools Athletic Realigned for Next Two Seasons
Here are the new districts for Hopkins County and area schools for the next two years beginning new school year fall 2018. Miller Grove and Yantis are in Class A District 23 in Region 3 with Dodd City, Ector, Fruitvale, Fannindel, Roxton and Savoy. Saltillo and Sulphur Bluff are in Class A District 24 in Region 3 with Avery, Avinger, Bloomburg and Union Hill. For Cumby, in football, they are in Class 2A Division II District 9 in...
Hopkins County Freedom Ball To Benefit Local Veterans Memorial
As the first of its kind in Hopkins County, the Freedom Ball will honor and celebrate military Veterans during an evening of dinner and dancing. The Freedom Ball, at the Cedar Canyon Event Center at 6:00 pm on Saturday April 7, 2018, is a black-tie event with military uniform optional. Emcees Carrie Nuckols and John Sellers will introduce members of the Memorial Committee who will review their mission of engraving additional veterans...
New District Alignment for Wildcat Football; Basketball, Volleyball in Different District as Well
Sulphur Springs Wildcats will be making new travel plans for the 2018-2019 football season and volleyball and basketball plans will be changed but not match football. Texas UIL alignments have been announced and the Wildcats will be in 5A Division II with Corsicana, Ennis, Forney, Greenville, Kaufman, North Forney, Royse City, and Terrell. The former district will now be District 9 including Hallsville, Jacksonville, Lindale, Longview...
