Saltillo Lady Lions Lose to Class 4A Pleasant Grove
The Saltillo Lady Lions’ basketball team lost to Class 4A Pleasant Grove, 54-29 Tuesday (December 12). After trailing Pleasant Grove, 37-9 at the half, the Lady Lions outscored the Lady Hawks, 14-8 in the third period. Tori Mobley led the Lady Lions with 9 points. Madison Simmons had 8 points. Ana Reeder scored 4 points. Chandler Bain and Maddie Smith had 3 points each. Jordan Sustaire added 2 points. The Lady Lions are now 5-13...
Mitchell Chapel Community Meal
The Mitchell Chapel COGIC Food Ministry is feeding the community this Thursday, December 14, 2017, from 11:00am until 1:00pm. Menu: Sliced Turkey W/Gravy Mashed Potatoes English Pea Salad Dessert Tea So stop by Mitchell Chapel COGIC (402 South Jackson Street) and enjoy a free hot meal on us. Merry Christmas from our Church Family to yours!
Free Admission Day as a Thank You to Northeast Texas
By Sharline Freeman (December 12, 2017, Commerce, Texas) The Northeast Texas Children’s Museum has announced a free admission day on Friday, December 22. Although the year 2017 has been challenging in many ways for the Children’s Museum, it has also been the museum’s most successful year to date. Donations, attendance, and support of programs and activities have been greater in 2017 than in any previous year....
Annie Ruth Eaton
Annie Ruth Eaton, age 93, of Mount Vernon, passed away in the late evening hours of Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at Mission Manor Nursing Home, with her beloved daughter by her side. Ruth was born on August 7, 1924 in the Lakeview Community of Franklin County, Texas to the late Sanford “Mellie” Melkigah, Sr. and Addie May Elliott Little. Ruth worked as a switchboard/PBX operator at Laurel Land Funeral Home in Dallas for 23 years. Ruth...
Guaranty Bank Sponsors Dinner Bell
Guaranty Bank and Trust sponsored and served this week’s community meal at the First United Methodist Church. The meal included meat loaf, Mexican hominy, garlic green beans, garden salad, French bread as well as peach cobbler crisp and a sugar-free chocolate dessert. If you or your business would like to participate in Dinner Bell, call FUMC at (903) 885-2185.
Winnboro Woman Arrested at Place of Employment in Sulphur Springs
Sulphur Springs Police assisted the Wood County Sheriff’s office in the arrest of Joy Elisabeth Hamrick, 33, of Winnsboro. She was wanted on a warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, less than 1-gram in a Drug Free Zone. Sulphur Springs made contact with Hamrick Tuesday at 4:20 p.m. at Walmart, her place of employment in Sulphur Springs. Advised through communication that the warrant was active, the...
Wanda Reith
Funeral service for Wanda Reith, age 91, of Sulphur Springs,TX will be held at 2 P.M. on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. Interment will take place at Ft. Sam Houston. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Reith passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at Hopkins Place, Sulphur Springs, TX. Wanda June Tomlinson Reith was born on November 25, 1926 in Oklahoma City, OK to Woody and...
County Man Arrested for Injury to Elderly
Raul Gonzalez, 37, who lives on CR 1163 in Hopkins County, was arrested for the assault of his 73-year old father. The arrest by Hopkins County deputies took place Tuesday evening around 7 p.m. at the Gonzalez residence. He is in Hopkins County Jail Charged with Injury to Elderly, a State Jail felony. He is being held on a $10,000 bond.
Local Author Sharon Feldt is a National Winner for her Sarah O’Shea Book
Retired kindergarten teacher Sharon Feldt moved to Hopkins County, Texas about five years ago. Her interest in writing fiction found a catalyst and a home when she joined the Silver Leos Writers Guild through Texas A and M University in Commerce, Texas. There, she met a friendly and nurturing community of writers who gladly share their experience and expertise with those new to the craft. Within that five years, Sharon has authored...
Settlement Reached in Custody of Seized Cattle; Press Conference Held Wednesday Morning
There will be no Wednesday hearing in Justice of the Peace court regarding the custody of hundreds of head of cattle owned by George Bergin, 61, of Sulphur Springs. A settlement has been reached in the custody of the starving cattle seized by Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies and the SPCA of Texas. Justice of the Peace B J Teer announced the Tuesday settlement in a press conference (see video below) Wednesday morning in his courtroom...
