Yantis ISD Spelling/Vocabulary Team wins Regional Conference
The Yantis High School Spelling/Vocabulary Team won the Conference A Regional Championship at the Regional Academic Meet at Tarleton State University in Stephenville Saturday. Among the 36 teams taking the test at the four Regional Academic Meets throughout the state, the Yantis Spellers achieved the third highest score. Senior Cristo Sanchez led the team with a 1st place finish while Shelbie Shoemaker won 2nd in the individual...
Midnight Riders Club plans 3rd Illness Rally
Established in 2014 in Sulphur Springs, the Midnight Riders Motorcycle Club of Sulphur Springs likes giving back to the community. That’s why they have planned their third-annual Illness Rally for Hopkins County for Saturday May 14 at Highwayman Ink, 1783 State Highway 19, south of Sulphur Springs. Events will begin at noon and will include motorcycle games with prizes, retail vendor booths, live bands, bounce houses, dunking...
Tommy Harrington
Funeral Services for Tommy Harrington, age 37 of Sulphur Springs will be held Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Charlie Beliew. Visitation will be held two hours prior to the service. Tommy passed away Friday, April 29, 2016 at St. Michaels Hospital in Texarkana. He was born on August 10, 1978 in New Boston, the son of Tony Dean and Patty (Lester) Harrington. He married Alicia Rutledge on...
Proclamations, Presentations, and Resolutions Highlight Manager’s Report
Proclamations, presentations, and resolutions along with ordinances top the list of items on the Sulphur Springs City Council agenda for the 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 3rd regular session in City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Davis Street. The council will meet in Executive Session at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the position of the presiding Municipal Court Judge and Associate Municipal Court Judge. At the conclusion of the regular session, they...
Shirley Farmer Dunn
Funeral Services for Shirley Farmer Dunn, age 73 of Commerce, formerly of Sulphur Springs will be held Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Sustaire officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Vernon City Cemetery with Steven Hoelscher, Bryan Bizzell, Eldon Jones, Elza Hensley, Greg Hoelscher and Dakota Farmer serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearer is Bennie Potter. Visitation will be...
Scams Reappear in Hopkins County
Two scams are currently being played in the Hopkins County area as well as other parts of Texas and the nation. One of the scams is out of Jamaica and the other is thought to be in the same area. Chief Criminal Investigator and Sheriff-elect Lewis Tatum says Hopkins County law enforcement is working with the FBI and Secret Service to trace the calls but area residents are advised by all departments to simply hang up the phone. One...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
Tira News By Jan Vaughn Michael McNiel stopped by to visit with his parents, Joyce and William Dodd, on Thursday afternoon. He was on his way back to Dallas, after spending a few days in Arkansas and Missouri. Robert Yvonne and Wes spent Saturday visiting Destri and going to Earth Day at Fair Park with Dakota. It sounds like lots of people had the same idea. Yvonne says, “We couldn’t get close to the tiny houses we wanted to...
Tony Murray
A memorial service for Tony Murray, age 71, of Alba, will be held Saturday, May 7, 2016, 2:00 pm, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Tony passed away Thursday, April 28, 2016, at Medical City Hospital in Dallas. Tony was born Dec. 26, 1944, in Dallas, to Lonnie and Bobbye Carroll Murray. He served his country, during the Vietnam era, in the U.S. Army. For most of his working career, he drove a truck for Yellow Freight. Tony...
Ellen Jobe Pickerill
Ellen Jobe Pickerill age 95 of Wolfe City, Texas passed away from this life on Saturday, April 30, 2016 in Greenville at the Hunt Regional Health Care Center. She was born to John Thomas and Abbie Jane Carothers Jobe on December 30, 1920 in Fannin County near Wolfe City. She married Edgar Little Pickerill on October 8, 1938 in Wolfe City. Ellen attended Wolfe City High School and graduated with the class of 1938. She was a member of...
