Wildcats and Lady Cats Cross Country Perform Well at Wylie
The Wildcats’ cross country team finished third and the Lady Cats were eleventh at both team’s first 5K run of the season at Wylie Saturday. Some 26 teams competed. Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks said the Wildcats ran pretty well as a team. He said only about a minute separated the first and fifth finishing Wildcats. The Wildcats were led by Landon Thornton who finished seventh. Eli Sellers was next in thirteenth place....
NETBIO Requests Local Help To Assist South Texas Ranchers in Need
If you’d like to help the Northeast Texas Cattleman’s’ Beef Improvement Organization assist flooded farmers and ranchers in the Southeast Texas area, here is a local donation opportunity sent by Dwyatt Bell, NETBIO President The NETBIO organization is receiving donations and purchasing hay and other items that we are shipping directly to the South Texas Independent Cattlemen in Beaumont and Winnie. Since Friday we...
Game Day: Lady Cats’ Volleyball at Mansfield Lake Ridge; Wildcats’ Team Tennis Begins District
Lady Cats’ volleyball team and the Wildcats’ team tennis squad are competing on this Tuesday game day. The Lady Cats face a big challenge as they travel to Mansfield to face Lake Ridge Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. The Lady Cats have won six straight matches and they come in with a season record of 16-9. Lake Ridge has three Division I players and they may well be the best team the Lady Cats have faced so far this year. Meanwhile...
Equine Donations Sought to Assist South Texas Hurricane Victims
An effort to acquire horse feed, cattle feed, dog food, vet supplies, vet wrap, fly sprays, antibacterial soap, poultry feed, cat food, OFF insect repellant for humans, and hay is underway on the parking lot at Atwoods. The effort is organized by Martha Hayward, owner of 4X4 Performance Horses, and a realtor. Donations may be dropped off until 5 p.m. today. The items will be taken to individuals in Crosby, Texas who have been...
Burkett Announces Candidacy for Republican Nomination for Texas Senate District 2
Cindy Burkett announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination for Texas Senate saying she will work hard to turn the conservative values “we share into the principles our State lives by.” She will challenge Republican State Senator Bob Hall. (see video below) She says, “Our families need property tax relief. I will deliver results. Our kids need us to fix our broken school finance system. I can get it done....
Winnsboro Police Department August 28-September 3, 2017
Winnsboro Police made two arrests, investigated one accident, responded to 135 calls for service, issued 42 citations and 36 warnings during the report period August 28-September 3, 2017. Bessie Webb, 43, of Winnsboro was arrested August 28th on a Mineola Police Department warrant. Zachery Allen, 27, of Winnsboro was arrested September 1st on a Tarrant County warrant. A two car minor accident in the 300 block of E. Coke Rd on...
Winnsboro Man Arrested for Aggravated Assault; Woman Jumped From Vehicle
September 5, 2017 – He said when the female passenger became angry she jumped from a moving vehicle during an argument over an affair and the vehicle ran over the woman. She said that Richard Allen Bailey, 40, of Winnsboro was assaulting her while driving down the road and so she jumped to get away from him. Bailey said he was driving the woman, his girlfriend, to another man’s residence when she jumped. They were on FM 3019 at...
Local Woman Arrested on Warrant, Drug Charges
When Larissa Jordan Benson, 27, of Sulphur Springs was arrested at Country Boys by Hopkins County Deputies Thursday at 8:20 p.m. on an outstanding warrant, she was asked if she had anything concealed on her person. She said she had been given something to hold at an earlier time and had concealed it in her person. She removed the small car shaped tin in which a plastic baggie and a plastic cylindrical container containing what is...
Tuesday Forecast
40% chance of showers and thunderstorms; High: 92; Low: 63; Wind: Southwest, becoming north, northwest 5-10 mph
