Lady Cats Open 2016 Season with Scrimmage Wins
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team opened their 2016 season by scrimmaging Commerce and Cumby at home Friday. The Lady Cats managed to squeak by Commerce by a couple of points and then topped Cumby by 13 thanks to a late flourish. The Lady Cats got contributions from all ten varsity players. Kaylee Jefferson and Autumn Tanton had especially big games at the net. Solid results also came from Mieke VanBenthem and Sheretta Hill. Also...
Sulphur Springs Christian Preschool New Location Undergoes Renovation
The Sulphur Springs Christian Preschool, located in the Factory Stores of America outlet mall on 614 Bill Bradford Rd, has begun renovations on its new location. The new site for SSCP will be the old Sulphur Springs Athletic Club at 1129 Industrial Dr E, and is set to open for the start of the new school year on August 22nd. “For anybody that calls and enrolls their kids before the August 15th, we will be waiving their registration...
Cooper Lake State Park Activities or August
Has it been hot enough for you? It almost seems as if it will go on forever but it won’t. In just a little while we will be hitting those 82 degree days again and the heat of summer will be over for this year. At the park the wildlife has been as active as ever; as have the programs we offer each week. Few, if any, take place without someone coming to enjoy them. This past weekend, at the Wonders of the Night Sky program, there were 3...
Mapps Trial Begins Monday
Tilton Joshua Isaiah Mapps, 21, will be tried for the murder of Jonathan Trahern Young in the Eighth Judicial Criminal Court beginning Monday. Mapps is accused of the murder of Young at Pacific Park on June 8, 2015. He has been held in Hopkins County Jail on a $1- million bond for murder and a $20,000 bond for tampering with physical evidence. He was indicted for the charges by a Hopkins County Grand Jury on Wednesday afternoon,...
Hiding in Attic with Stolen Firearms Didn’t Help; Firearms, Jewelry Recovered in Arrest
A burglary of a habitation south of the city of Sulphur Springs that occurred on Wednesday was solved Thursday evening around 8:34 p.m. with the arrest of Clayton Matthew Hykel, 33, of Pickton. Hykel had taken firearms and jewelry in the burglary. Deputies received information Thursday that firearms taken in the burglary could be located at a residence on a County Road between Como and Pickton. Deputies found Hykel hiding in the attic...
Brashear News By Debbie Young
Brashear News Well the news is hot! The weather that is. Wow, can it get any hotter. Don’t answer that. We got our hay cut this week so let it rain now. Thank you Jonah Massey for getting this for us. It is that time again for the FUMC Annual Clothes Drive. I was trying to remember if this has been happening for 6 or 7 years now. Whatever it is, it is a blessing to our community. So on that note, gather up your slightly used...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
By Jan Vaughn Applications for a place on the ballot for Tira City Council will be accepted through August 22, 2016. For more information, please contact Jan Vaughn, Tira City Secretary, at 903-438-6688. North Hopkins is gearing up for another great school year! Teachers begin next week and students return to the classroom on Monday, August 22nd. Elementary students are encouraged to “Meet the Teacher” and drop off their school...
Johnnie Barber
Mrs. Johnnie Barber, age 70 of Mesquite, TX, passed away on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016 in Garland, TX. She was born on March 25th, 1946, in Winnsboro, TX, to the late John Vick and Macie Irene Blanchett Vick. She was retired and was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Earlene Bell. She is survived by sons, Daryl Barber and wife Kim of Rowlett, John Barber of Mesquite; sister, Bobbie Talbot of Rowlett; four grandchildren,...
Kenneth Moad
Mr. Kenneth Moad, age 89, passed away on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016 in Gilmer, TX. He was born on August 8th, 1926 in Lubbock, TX, to the late J.W. Moad and Beulah Marton Moad. He was retired from the pharmacy industry and was preceded in death by parents. After working many years in Ft. Worth as a buyer for Skillern Drugs, he decided to make a move to ‘God’s Country’. He resided for 34 years here where he enjoyed...
