“A Taste of Style” Ladies Event at The Oaks
“The Oaks”, a new bed and breakfast venue located near downtown Sulphur Springs hosted the “Taste of Style” ladies event on Tuesday June 27, to showcase local food, beauty and fashion merchants. Tours of the two-story home-turned-business were given prior to the start of the program. Upstairs, there are three bedrooms and baths, and downstairs a large dining/meeting area, kitchen and breakfast area. Decks open...
Work Underway in Glass Restroom Restoration
Work is underway to restore the Celebration Plaza glass restroom that was vandalized last week. Workers are redesigning the front door using a different hinge mechanism as well as replacing the one-way mirrored glass panels. Cost of the repair for one shattered panel is over $2500 which led to a state jail felony charge for Wesley Lane Cedillo, 18, who shattered the panel with his ring. City Manager Marc Maxwell stated that the work...
Final Details on July 1 Independence Concert by NETSO!
On behalf of Northeast Texas Symphony Orchestra, League President Maleta Reynolds and trumpeter Kelley Fletcher guested on the Morning Show with Enola Gay to share final details on Saturday’s huge concert and fireworks event in the downtown district of Sulphur Springs. The public will want to know that the Trolley will be providing free transportation to and from parking areas around the square. Trolley riders will be dropped...
Saranzinski’s Travel Plans Cut Short; Back in Jail
Summer travel plans may not work out as expected. Todd Joseph Saranzinski, 55, is in Hopkins County Jail Wednesday charged with Hinder Apprehension or Prosecution Known Felon and with Permit Facilitate Escape Correction Facility after his near round trip Tuesday drive from the Hopkins County Civic Center to near Athens and back to Hopkins County. He didn’t make it to the Civic Center but was stopped on the southern edge of the county...
Escapee Ebey and His Accomplice in Jail After a Tuesday Search
It took the day and assistance from Texas Department of Criminal Justice tracking dogs from Palestine and the Henderson County Sheriff and his deputies but Barney Dwayne Ebey, 53, and his accomplice Todd Joseph Saranzinski, 55, are in Hopkins County jail once again. Ebey fled a workgroup at the Hopkins County Civic Center Tuesday morning around 8 a.m. He was found west of Athens late Tuesday afternoon. Now, Sheriff Lewis Tatum knows...
Basketball Camp at The ROC Registers 76 Tuesday
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta is having a highly successful boys and girls basketball camp this week at The ROC of the First Baptist Church of Sulphur Springs. Coach Cipoletta’s first two sessions Monday drew 60 kids for each. Word apparently spread about the free camp and 76 children crowded into The ROC for the first session of the second day Tuesday morning. Some of the emphasis Tuesday morning included dribbling...
Wildcats Soccer Youth Camp Underway
Wildcats Soccer Coach Nicky Wiggins had a good number of young soccer players turn out for night one of his four night boys and girls soccer camp at the Multipurpose Building Monday night from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.. The camp runs through Thursday evening. There were about 60 kids entering kindergarten through the seventh grade and about a dozen older kids who will be entering the eighth or ninth grade. Coach Wiggins said he enjoyed...
Abron Selected to Play in All-American All-Star Softball Game on ESPN3 Wednesday
Lady Cats’ softball player Alyssa Abron has been selected to play in the All-American All-Star Softball Game Wednesday night in Westminster, Colorado near Denver. Abron, a three year letterman with the Lady Cats’ softball team and a Seton Hall commit, was chosen to play in the all-star game along with another player, a pitcher committed to Lamar, from their select team, Vision Gold. The All-American All-Star Softball Game...
