Thursday Game Day: Softball, Baseball, Track
The Lady Cats’ softball team continues their season and the Wildcats’ baseball team and the Wildcats and Lady Cats’ track teams open their seasons on this Thursday game day. The Wildcats’ baseball team will open the regular season with back to back games Thursday in the 26th annual Rose City Classic sponsored by Tyler Lee. The Wildcats will face a tough Forney team at 3 p.m. and then will play Lindale at 5 p.m....
Chamber Connection February 23, 2017
THANK YOU to all of you attended the Chamber Banquet last Thursday. It was a beautiful night full of wonderful food and loving surprises! I am thankful to all of you for making that night such a success. The honorees of the evening included: The Hopkins County Military Coalition (Citizens of the Year), Linda Galligher (Woman of the Year), Christine Morris (Caregiver of the Year), Sandi Wallace (Growth and Renewal), Shining Star...
Sulphur Springs Man Charged With Theft of Property
Noel Brent Bain, 48, of Sulphur Springs was arrested and charged with Theft of Property more than $2,500 but less than $30,000 on Wednesday. Bain was contacted in reference to a theft case. He admitted accepting money in April, 2016 but did not do the work promised nor returned any of the money. He did admit receiving a certified letter regarding the money but did not respond. Bain was booked into Hopkins County Jail on the State Jail...
Accident on I-30 Reveals 6.4 Pounds of Meth
An accident on I-30 Eastbound at the 116-mile marker involving a Semi-truck-trailer and a vehicle driven by Lizette Ibarra, 20 of Charlotte North Carolina, and the passenger Isak Carrillo, 26 of El Paso, became more than an investigation of the accident when the DPS Trooper discovered the oversized battery on the auto. The interior of the battery was hollowed out and contained a motorcycle battery to start the vehicle and 6.4 U. S....
FEMA’s CERT Certification is Free Community Emergency Response Training
Hopkins County Fire Station #20 located on South Texas Street will be the site of three complete sessions of CERT training for citizens who want to learn lifesaving and disaster response skills for readiness in their community and neighborhoods. CERT stands for Community Emergency Response Team and Hopkins County is hoping to form a large team of about 100 trained volunteers. CERT certification will be offered through FEMA, sponsored...
Marigene Foster Scarborough
Memorial services for Marigene Foster Scarborough, age 68, of Yantis will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 25, 2017 at the First Baptist Church in Yantis, TX with Bro. Shannon Hassell officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at First Baptist Church in Yantis. Marigene passed away Sunday, February 19, 2017 in Tyler, TX at The Hospice of East Texas. Marigene was born January 11, 1949 in Paris, TX, the...
Garland Man Receives Two Years in Plea Agreement
Wednesday in Eighth Judicial Court during a docket call, Corey James Butler, 28 of Garland, plead guilty to Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 over 4-grams but less than 200-grams and was sentenced to two year in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In November, 2016, Hopkins County Deputies were called to County Road 3502 to check out a suspicious vehicle and a suspicious person. There they found Butler and one...
Wildcats Face Carrollton Creekview Friday at Rockwall High Gym
Carrollton Creekview, a fourth place team in a tough district, is next for the Wildcats’ basketball team in area competition. The teams will play at Rockwall High School at 7 p.m. Friday night. The Wildcats won their bi-district game against North Forney, 55-50 Tuesday night. After the win, Wildcats Basketball Coach Cipoletta said he appreciated his guys for how they played and for the way they mentally prepared for the game. He...
Sixty-one Indictments Handed Down by February Grand Jury
Sixty-one indictments were handed down by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Tuesday afternoon, February 22, 2017. Most of the indictments were related to drug charges or charges associated with drugs. A few were not. Nelson Mitchell Privette, 20, was indicted on two counts Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon. A driver weaving in and out of traffic on State Highway 11E Wednesday night stopped his antics near the Highway 11E/FM 3019...
