Agrilife: Fall Festival Arts and Crafts Show
Fall Festival Arts & Crafts Show Among the many hats I wear, serving as the Hopkins County Fall Festival Arts & Crafts Show coordinator is one of them. This year’s event is shaping up to be a good one! Sixteen craftsmen have already registered, and I look forward to many more. Among the items for sale, you will see hand-crafted cards and gift tags, homemade jams & jellies, glass flowers and bird feeders made from...
Peggy Jean Knott
Funeral service for Peggy Jean Knott, age 84, of Emory, will be held Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. 11:00 am, at Believer’s Baptist Church. Bro Jason Rolen will officiate. Burial will follow in Elm Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday evening, 4:00-6:00 pm, Aug. 28, 2016, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Knott passed away Thursday, about mid-day, at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. She was born Feb. 21,...
SSHS Cross Country Team Qualify Top 7 in Jace Jog Saturday
It may appear that Wildcats and Lady Cats’ cross country members will just be tuning up for the season when they participate in the local Jace Jog in Sulphur Springs Saturday. However the 5K run is much more than that. How runners do will determine the top seven runners for both teams. Competition should be fierce. Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks says 45 hopefuls showed up for a early Thursday morning practice run that took them...
Game Day Thursday: Wildcat’s Team Tennis at Terrell; Volleyball in Tourney
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team and the Wildcats’ team tennis squad are expected to be on their respective courts on this Thursday game day. The Lady Cats’ volleyball team is participating in a Tyler Lee sponsored tournament beginning Thursday. Lady Cats Coach Justin Maness said among their pool teams would be Elkhart and former district nemesis Longview. The Lady Lobos defeated the Lady Cats twice in district play...
Jesse Eugene Holland
Jesse Eugene Holland, 47, born on November 17, 1969, in Carthage TX and passed away on July 1, 2016 in Colorado Springs CO. A family memorial Service will be conducted Sunday, August 28 at Mt. Evans near Aurora, Colorado to scatter his ashes. Jesse had two sisters, Melanie Holland of Benton AR and Teri Robinson of Sulphur Springs. He was preceded in death by his father Terry Holland. His mother, Dianne Hershberger, resides in...
Chamber Connection
Chamber Connection-August 25th This is the last week to purchase Speed Networking tickets! The Chamber of Commerce is hosting An Evening of Speed Networking! Because networking is just a fancy word for making friends! Our event will be held on Tuesday, August 30th, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Cedar Canyon in Sulphur Springs. This is the perfect opportunity for local business owners to network with other business owners in a...
Tennessee Man Attempts to Evade Local Arrest
A traffic stop on I-30 resulted in an attempt to evade arrest that ended when Dana Lee Porter, 43, of Memphis, Tennessee drove across DPS spike strips. Porter was stopped by local law enforcement for a traffic violation. When asked to step out of his vehicle, he immediately fled the scene in his vehicle. Officers pursued Porter to the Franklin County line where DPS was waiting with the spike strips. Porter is in Hopkins County jail...
Tatum Issues Internet Scam Alert
An internet scam alleging that the internet provider is going out of business and wants to refund money that has been paid the internet provider since the customer has signed up with the company has hit locally, according to Sheriff-elect Lewis Tatum. Tatum encourages anyone contacted by the scam to not respond in any manner to their requests. Tatum says that if you respond the scam will make your bank accounts appear to have all the...
