Charles Moss
Graveside service for Charles Moss, age 82, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Friday, January 12, 2018 at North Hopkins Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation. Mr. Moss passed away on Saturday, January 6, 2018 at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital, Sulphur Springs, TX. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.
Larry Steve Fisher
Funeral service for Larry Steve Fisher, age 75, of Brashear, TX will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, January 12, 2018 with Rev. David Burns officiating and Rev. Mike Davis assisting and grandsons, Corey Follis, Kasey Follis, Dustin Dunn, Josh Dunn, Caden Phillips and Zack Throndson serving as honorary pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mr. Fisher passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at his home....
Kougher On Trial for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child Under 6-years of Age
Following a hearing Monday, a jury was picked Tuesday and the Eighth Judicial District Court trial of Bradley Curtis Kougher, 41, is on trial for one count of a January 1, 2010 Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child Under 6-years of age, a Felony 1; a June 1, 2009 Sexual Performance by a Child under 14-years of age, a Felony 1; a May 1, 2009 Indecency with a Child Sexual Contact, a Felony 2; and a July 1, 2009 Attempted Sexual...
Author Caleb Pirtle III Visits KSST and Channel 18 TV
This Texas Writer was born at Kilgore, Texas and went to public school at New London. With a degree in journalism from the University of Texas, he began his writing career as a reporter for the Ft Worth Star Telegram. His career moved forward when his talents in coaxing out the back story was discovered by Texas Governor John Connally who hired Pirtle as chief of media relations for the state’s first tourism branch, the Texas...
Commissioners’ Court to Revisit Voting Machine Request During Friday’s Special Session
Although Hopkins County Commissioners’ Court tabled an item on Monday’s agenda, that items will grace the Friday agenda for a special meeting of the court. The addendum of the item to purchase new, technologically updated voting equipment for elections on the special meeting agenda came as a result of a conversation with Hopkins County Clerk Debbie Shirley Monday during a budget work session that followed the Monday regular meeting....
Van Edwin Blize
Funeral services for GySgt. Van Edwin Blize, 64, of Port Aransas, TX will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 11, 2018 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Jimmy Henry officiating. Military graveside honors by the Hopkins County Military Coalition will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Tim Dorsett, Billie R. Blize, Steve Blize, James Blize, Steven Morgan, Bryan Wawarosky, and Drake McWhorter serving as pallbearers....
Phil Tom Harris
Phil Tom Harris, 73 , of Emory, passed away in Sulphur Springs today, January 9, 2018. He was a resident of Carriage House Manor, Phil was born in Commerce, Nov. 22, 1944, to the parentage of Philip Louis and Elizabeth Reene Neely Harris. He married Jacque Shirley Stevenson in Durant, OK on Dec. 8, 1961. During his working years, Phil worked as a funeral director. Phil and Robert Wilson were the foundation owners of Wilson-Harris...
Video Presentation: Republican Burkett Addressed Educators
In a local meet and greet held Tuesday morning at The Oaks Bed & Breakfast in Sulphur Springs, two candidates vying for Texas Senate Seat (District 2) shared their opinions to a group of local educators and retired educators. Kendall Scudder (Democrat) and Cindy Burkett (Republican) each spoke and took questions from the group. Burkett, who is currently in her fourth term in the Texas House of Representative for District 113, is...
Nancy T. Prugar
Nancy T. Prugar age 66, of Sulphur Springs, TX passed away on January 8, 2018 at Sunny Springs Nursing Home, Sulphur Springs. There are no services planned at this time. Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home
