Dustin Brandon Wright
Dustin Brandon Wright, 36, of Emory went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, October 29, 2016 in Emory. Funeral service and celebration of life will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at Potts Ranch on FM 275 in Emory with Rev. Robert Burns officiating. A private burial will be at Dougherty Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Ingram Funeral Home, Quinlan, Texas. Dustin was born in Dallas, Texas on...
Sulphur Springs Police Are Seeking This Man For Robbery at Alliance Bank Southtown Branch
Sulphur Springs Police Department is looking for the individual who committed a robbery at a local bank Wednesday. The man is described as a white male 6 feet tall and heavy in weight. A robbery Wednesday at the Alliance Bank Southtown Branch on South Broadway is under investigation by Sulphur Springs Police. No one was injured in the robbery. The Southtown Branch will be closed this afternoon. All other locations will be...
Raymond Taylor
Funeral services for Raymond Taylor, age 77, of Sulphur Springs, will be held Friday, November 4, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Bryant officiating and Mike Armstrong and Rev. C.J. Duffey assisting. Interment will follow at Flower Mound Cemetery, in Flower Mound, with Christopher Joslin, Lance Hardin, Joshua Gange, Trent Case, Dyllan Case, and Seth Taylor serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be...
Pritchard Sentenced to Five Years Day-for-Day in TDCJ
Tuesday in Eighth Judicial District Court, Nicole Pritchard plead guilty to possession of a controlled substance greater than 4-grams and less than 200-grams in a Drug Free Zone. She was sentenced to five years day for day in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. On October 13th in Eighth Judicial District Court, Assistant District Attorney Matt Harris filed a motion on behalf of the state to hold bonds for Nicole Pritchard as...
Crosstown Trail Approved; City Manager Files Monthly Report at Tuesday Council Meeting
Attendance at the Sulphur Springs City Council Meeting Tuesday night was boosted by members of the Chamber of Commerce Adult Leadership Class. However, unlike previous years, this year’s class sat through a 12 minute lack luster meeting. Council approved with little discussion a $79,750 contract for engineering that will lead to the building of Crosstown Trail. The trail will connect Coleman Park to Buford Park and Celebration...
Meet New Family Nurse Practitioners
Leah Irving and Jordan Potts are now working as Family Nurse Practitioners in their home town, Sulphur Springs! The women met during advanced schooling and upon graduation from UT Tyler in the summer of 2016, both were hired by Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs to work in established practices within Christus Trinity Clinic. Both have had nursing careers already …. Leah as a hospital nurse in Sulphur Springs since...
Limited Ballots Help Increase Early Voting Numbers
Tuesday 711 ballots were cast in early voting in Hopkins County. According to Debbie Shirley, Hopkins County Clerk, a number of limited ballots have been cast this year. Limited ballots are cast when one Texan moves in to a different county than the one where they are registered and were not able to or failed to move their registration before the deadline. If you are registered in another county in Texas and have not canceled your...
Tuesday Night Fire Under Investigation by County Fire Marshal
Hopkins County Fire Marshal is investigating a fire that occurred Tuesday night on a ranch near Cumby. A trailer house on the property used as a cabin for guests was totally consumed. The result of the fire was discovered shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. The Fire Marshal arrived on the scene at 9:10 a.m. Wednesday to begin his investigation.
Lady Cats Volleyball Season Ends at Bi-District
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team surprised a powerful Forney team by winning the first set of their bi-district match before the Lady Jackrabbits rallied to win three sets in a row for a 3-1 win Tuesday night in Edgewood. The Lady Cats came out playing some of their best volleyball of the season. After trailing most of the first set, the Lady Cats got hot down the stretch to take a 25-23 win. The Lady Cats got off to a good start...
