Saturday Forecast
80% chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly after 4 p.m, some could be severe.; High: 81; Low: 57: Wind: South, southwest 20-25, gusting to 35 mph
SSHS Band Drum Majors, Color Guard Named Following Try-Outs
At tryouts Thursday night, three drum majors and twelve color guard members for the Wildcats’ band were selected for next school year. New drum majors for next year are Riley Farley, a junior tenor sax player, Gillian Thomas, a junior percussionist and Brayden Fisher, a sophomore alto sax player. Thirteen students tried out for drum major. Band Director Charles McCauley said all the candidates were good. This will be the third...
An Arbor Day Remembrance at SS Health, Rehab
Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab has come through a season of loss of valued long-term employees, due to critical illnesses. On April 28, families and co-workers of four late employees were honored with the planting of four trees in the Memory Garden. Physical Therapist Doug Teitjen was a ten year employee. Former Business Development Specialist Jan Hawkins had a tenure of more than 20 years. Barbara France had an 18-year history as...
Lady Lions Lose to Bloomberg in Bi-District Game
The Saltillo Lady Lions’ softball team lost to Bloomburg, 20-13 in a bi-district playoff game Thursday night. Both teams scored two runs in the first inning. The Lady Lions took a 3-2 lead with a run in the top of the second. Bloomburg scored four runs in the third inning to take their first lead at 6-3 after three innings. There was a lot of scoring in the fifth inning. The Lady Lions scored eight runs and Blopomburg came back...
Game Day: Lady Cats Second Game in Bi-District; Wildcats at Hallsville; Lady Cats at Regional Track Meet
It’s another big Friday game day. The Lady Cats’ softball team plays game two of their best two out of three series Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at Lady Cat Park. The Lady Cats lost at Lovejoy Thursday night, 17-7. We will bring you Lady Cats’ softball live on KSST Radio from Lady Cat Park at 7:30 p.m. Friday. We will also videotape the game for replay on Channel 18 on Suddenlink Cable at a later date. Meanwhile the...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report April 19-25
April 19th Deputies were dispatched to CR 3120 in Quitman at 2:06 a.m. on a theft call. The reporting party stated that a noise from outside of the residence woke him from his sleep. He walked outside and saw a man running from his shed toward a vehicle parked on the roadway. He checked his shed and noticed his leaf blower was missing. This has been forwarded to investigators for follow-up. Deputies were dispatched to CR 4540 in...
Randall (Randy) Lewis Moody
Randall (Randy) Lewis Moody of Allen, Texas went home to be with the lord on April 18, 2017, at the age of 70. He was born August 2, 1946, to Ira Lewis Moody, Jr. and Helen Jo (Montgomery) Moody in Terrell, Texas. Randy was an Eagle Scout who obtained his ham radio license at an early age. He was a 1964 graduate of Sulphur Springs High School and a 1969 graduate of East Texas State University. In 2002, Randy retired from TXU where he...
North Hopkins ISD Provides No Dull Moment for Superintendent Jolly
In May, 2016, the North Hopkins Independent School District Board of Trustees named Dr. Darin Jolly as finalist for Superintendent to replace the retiring Donna George. He was chosen from a pool of 55 applicants. Jolly had been recommended to the school district by the Texas Association of School Boards Executive Search Services. He has had no dull moment since arriving at North Hopkins. The North Hopkins Board determined that Jolly,...
Warrant Served While Speaking with Investigator at Police Station
April 28, 2017 – While William Ryan Miller, 26, of Sulphur Springs was speaking with a Sulphur Springs Police Department investigator at the city police station, an officer was notified that Miller was wanted on an outstanding warrant for Endangering a Child, a State Jail Felony. Miller was arrested at that time. Miller is in Hopkins County jail charged with Endangering a Child and is being held on a $30,000 bond.
