Friday Night Movie!
June 12, 2016 – This week’s Friday Night movie is Star Wars- The Force Awakens! The movie is about thirty years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, the galaxy faces a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and the First Order. When a defector named Finn crash-lands on a desert planet, he meets Rey, a tough scavenger whose droid contains a top-secret map. Together, the young duo joins forces with Han Solo to make sure the...
SSISD Board Awards Maintenance Tax Notes Bid; Personnel Changes in District
Sulphur Springs School Board awarded Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. the bid and authorized the issuance of maintenance tax notes; levying an annual ad valorem tax and provided for the security of the payment of those notes Monday night during their regular July session. They also authorized the sale of the notes at 2.22% interest. Bids were received as of 11 a.m. Monday and interest rates were at an all-time low for the maintenance...
Marzell Gilbert
Marzell Gilbert, age 93, crossed from this earth to our heavenly father on July 10, 2016. Marzell, known to her friends as Margie, was born on March 22, 1923 in Adell, Texas to Velma and Barney Phillips. She graduated from Peaster ISD and soon after married Chandler Amos Gilbert of Weatherford. Chandler passed away on July 17, 1981. Margie later married Wayne Wardrup of Saltillo Tx. Margie was a homemaker, loving mother, exceedingly...
TRAX Transportation Planning Meeting
On Monday, July 11th, at 1 p.m. there was an informational meeting at Sulphur Springs Senior Center regarding the TRAX transportation services. “TRAX Rural Public Transit District is updating the five year Regional Coordinated Transportation Plan.” Katina Johnson, council member for the ARK-TEX Council of Governments came from Texarkana to listen and educate the community about the TRAX services. The meeting was offered to...
Boy’s Basketball Camp at SSHS Gym
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta says he enjoys helping youngsters develop their basketball skills. He opened his four-day boys basketball camp in Wildcats Gym Monday. Coach Cipoletta had about 45 boys entering kindergarten through the fifth grades in a morning session. Camp for those entering sixth through the eighth grades and entering ninth grade are taking place in the afternoon this week. Coach Cipoletta says the younger...
Donald Eugene Morris, Jr.
Memorial Services for Donald Eugene Morris, Jr., age 35, of Sulphur Springs will be held Saturday, August 13, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Shook’s Chapel Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation. Donald Eugene Morris, Jr. passed away Friday, July 8, 2016 at Baylor Hospital, in Dallas. He was born in Dallas, the son of Donald Eugene Morris, Sr., and Carolyn Morris. He married Aundrea Poulter in Sulphur Springs, on August 13, 2003. He...
Couple Injured in Jet Ski Explosion
A man and his wife were injured this weekend when a jet ski exploded at Cooper Lake. The couple was riding on an older model jet ski when the motor died. The husband entered the water to swim to shore but found it too far and returned to the jet ski to attempt to start it again. The blast sent the woman 30 feet into the air. Both sustained burns in the injury.
Noise Disturbance Leads to Felony Charge for Evading Arrest
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call noise disturbance at the sandpits on CR2302 Sunday. There they found three (3) vehicles that fled the scene. The officer gave chase on one vehicle that fled east on CR 2302 and then south on FM 2560. The chase went for three (3) miles. The vehicle chased finally stopped at the corner of CR 2322 and FM2560. The driver stated that the two (2) passengers in the car encouraged him to...
Saturday Prayer on Courthouse Steps Focused on Local Law Enforcement, Firefighters, EMS, the Justice System, and Dallas Police Department
A prayer service for local law enforcement, firefighters, EMS, the justice system and for Dallas Police Department and families of those killed in Dallas this past week found over 110 on the steps of the Hopkins County Courthouse County Saturday at noon. Judge Robert Newsom introduced those public servants present including Sheriff-elect Lewis Tatum and Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders. He also invited all personnel present...
