NETBIO Holds Big Sale
by Paul Bailey The May Northeast Texas Beef Improvement Organization’s (NETBIO) Pre-Conditioned Calf and Yearling Sale held at the Sulphur Springs Livestock Commission Wednesday attracted a full house of buyers, sellers and visitors, and continued its record-setting trend in 2017. Consigners shipped 6,643 head of calves and yearlings to the sale, a new record for a May sale. Those cattle sold for an average of $875.19 per head. “It...
Tira News May 19, 2017
by Jan Vaughn Yvonne Weir from Tira, Brenda Allen from Yantis, and Pam Cathey from Como flew into Las Vegas, Nevada on May 1st and rented a car to begin an adventure they called “California Dreaming.” The first night was spent in Beatty, Nevada, where they met two families from France at the local cafe. They began their drive on Tuesday and toured Death Valley. Yvonne commented, “It was much more scenic than we expected.” ...
Miller Grove News May 19, 2017
by Brandon Darrow Another week has gone by and another week closer to summer. I’m glad we have had a few little cool spells to keep the spring weather from getting hot too quickly. I know that some years, by this time, it’s already hot, humid, and we’re needing rain – but not this year. Miller Grove Cemetery’s annual Memorial Day and homecoming turned out great. It was a very nice day to have dinner on the grounds and I was...
Friday Forecast
50% chance of showers and thunderstorms Friday night; High: 84; Low: 72; Wind: South, southeast 10-15 mph gusting to 20 mph
Spring Football Practice Ends; Spring Game Friday at 6 p.m.
Owens on Spring Football At the conclusion of spring football workouts for the Wildcats, Football Coach Greg Owens gave the spring practice a grade of A-plus saying it was another great spring. He called the attitude of the players great. It ended with what Coach Owens called a really good day Wednesday. Drills included ones for certain end of game or quarter situations. Coach Owens said blitz drills continued to be beneficial for...
Margaret Mary Mierzwik
Funeral service for Margaret Mary Mierzwik, age 88, of Emory, will be held 2:30 pm, Sunday, May 21, 2017, at Emory Baptist Church. Rev. Richard Piles will officiate. Interment will follow in Emory City Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service at 1:30 pm. Margaret passed away Wednesday, the 17th, at Medical City McKinney. She was born March 8, 1929, in Bremond, to Steven J. and Bessie Duhr. She married John Henry Mierzwik...
Early Morning House Fire in Pine Forest Area
An early morning house fire Thursday on County Road 3385 in the Pine Forest area called out the Hopkins County Fire Department to assist the Pickton-Pine Forest and Saltillo Volunteer units. The fire started sometime around 3:30 a.m. while a man prepared to leave for work for the day and his wife was preparing him a meal. The wife stepped away from the kitchen range for a brief time and the fire was out of control when she returned....
Video Presentation: Annual SSHS Honor Student Breakfast May 18, 2017
Twenty-eight Honor Students, members of the Sulphur Springs High School Class of 2017, along with their families and favorite teachers were guests at Thursday mornings annual Honor Student Breakfast in the Hopkins County Civic Center. Principal Derek Driver introduced Superintendent Michael Lamb who recognized special guests present. Leesa Toliver, President of the SSSD Board of Trustees introduced board members present. Students were...
SSHS Fishing Team Going to State…Again!
According to Fishing Team coach and sponsor Norman Sanders, the 20 students in the SSISD angling program have had a great year, and are about to take their boats to Lake Ray Roberts to State competition this weekend. Three 2-man teams have risen to the surface…Braden Katchinska/Matt Reynolds…Skyler Long/Sloan McGahee…and Sam Scott/Hagan Hunt. …and will enter competition with about 200 other high school teams...
