Dates for Summer Sports Camps Announced
Sulphur Springs Athletic Director Greg Owens has been putting together a schedule for another summer of sports camps along with dates for the annual conditioning program, The Edge. The Edge will begin June 12 and will run four days a week Monday through Thursday. There will be four straight weeks of The Edge for high school and middle school athletes until July 6. New this year will be a two week break in the schedule. The Edge, just...
Lady Cat Golf Concludes Season Fourth in District
The Lady Cats’ golf team finished fourth at the district golf tournament at Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club Monday and Tuesday. Lady Cats Golf Coach Whitney Spigener said the Lady Cats had two rough days on the course. Alissa Sotelo, a senior, bucked the trend tying her best round ever and shooting her best two rounds of the year. She shot 99 and 101 for 200 total. Sotelo fnished in eleventh place in the medalist race. Sophomore...
Game Day: Tennis Continues District Play; Varsity Track at Kennedale
This Thursday game day includes day two of the district tennis tournament and varsity track action at Kennedale. For the first time since he’s been coach here, Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez took players to the second day of play at the district tennis tournament. Coach Martinez took four players to Texarkana Thursday. They are boys’ singles player Jesse Allen, girls’ singles player Karolina Espinoza, and the...
Ten Wildcats Named to Soccer All-District Team
Ten members of the Wildcats’ soccer team were named to the All-District team selected recently by the district’s coaches. Four Wildcats made the first team: senior forward Chris Espinoza, junior midfielder Angel Tavera, senior defender Ignacio Orozco and junior goalkeeper Rafael Lopez. Making the second team were senior forward Gerardo Arellano, senior midfielder Job Escobar and senior defender Bryan Roque. Named honorable...
Sandy Flemens
Memorial service for Sandy Flemens, age 59, of Sulphur Springs will be held at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel on Friday April 7, 2017 at 2:00P.M. Sandy passed away Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at her residence. She was born on June 28, 1957 in Rhode Island, the daughter of Harold Clyde Pemberton and Lilly Irene Ousley. She grew up in Venice California and later moved to Sulphur Springs. She was a waitress at Burton’s and Crossroads....
Garth Looney
Funeral service for Garth Looney, 88, of Brashear, will be held Monday, April 10, 2017, 12:00 noon, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Billy Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Greenview Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral service. Mr. Looney passed away Wednesday, April 5th, at his residence. He was born June 25, 1928, in Emory, to Keiffer Franklin and Susan Vera Potts Looney. He served...
Yantis FBC begins a new Easter tradition, and you’re invited!
If you’ve ever attended a drive-thru Nativity at Christmastime, well, now there is a drive-thru Easter portrayal. The idea was brought to Yantis First Baptist Church Pastor Craig Vance by a church member. In mapping out ideas for the depiction, it was decided that about ten different scenes would be needed to tell the life of Jesus from birth to ministry to death. So, Pastor Vance recruited the youth and adults of the church...
Community Calendar for April 7-11, 2017
A Youth Fundraiser lunch is planned at Wesley UMC in Sulphur Springs on Friday April 7 from 11am til 1pm. The chopped beef sandwich plate and drink is $7.50, with delivery for minimum of three plates offered within the City limits. Contact 903-885-3383 or go to 614 Texas Street. This Friday, ReachOut Hopkins County will serve at the Miller Grove Methodist Church from noon til 3pm, bringing the services of Hopkins County Community...
Scam Alert Issued by Local Law Enforcement
Be aware when using ATM and gas pumps at local convenience stores as well as elsewhere. A Scam Alert has been issued by Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders. Sanders says Sulphur Springs Police and County Deputies are examining ATM machines and gas pumps across the city and county. A number of skimmers have been placed on local machines. Sanders said that when using the machines, before placing your credit card into the machine,...
