ERCOT Announces Weather Watch Through June 30
ERCOT, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, has issued a Weather Watch from June 25 – 30 due to forecasted higher temperatures and higher electrical demand. Grid conditions are expected to be normal during a Weather Watch. ERCOT continues to monitor conditions closely and will deploy all available tools to manage the grid and will continue our reliability-first approach to operations. ERCOT set a new June peak demand record of...
Pruning Tomato And Pepper Plants By David Wall
Many have never heard of pruning tomato plants except for those pesky secondary branches and the central stem top a month before frost to force the plant into ripening the final fruit. Now, we’re learningthere’s more to do. For tomato plants, is pruning necessary? For determinate plants, the answer is usually no. They produce a crop and are finished by late July to early August, so why bother. For determinate...
Cumby Police Stop Speeding Vehicle: Find Drugs
June 26, 2023 – Cumby Police stopped a Range Rover near mile marker 111, Sunday afternoon. The vehicle was travelling eastbound at 94 miles per hour. The driver, BRIAN STEWART ROBERTSON age 48 of Grapevine TX, was found to be out-on-bond with restrictions. Those restrictions forbid him to be in contact with a certain woman and child. A woman and child were seen inside the vehicle. Robertson was asked to exit the vehicle. As he...
Herbert Lee Anderson
Funeral service for Herbert Lee Anderson of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Ed Lantz, Jason Dietz and Brant Small officiating. Interment will follow at Shooks Chapel Cemetery with Brant Small, Dustin Small, Landon Johnson, Laine Anderson, Troy Nunnery, Sean Dennis, Don Sapaugh and Lee Teetes serving as pallbearers. Honorary pall bearers will be the City...
Carolyn Watson Courson-Cerretani Smith
Carolyn Watson Courson-Cerretani Smith died at her home in Emory, Texas, on the morning of Friday, June 16, 2023, surrounded by family. Born in 1955, in Tyler, Texas, to Mary Margaret Watson and Robert Courson, Carolyn grew up in Tyler. She graduated from John Tyler High School and attended Tyler Junior College. Carolyn married John Charles Cherry in 1975 and, in 1977, had their first child, John Charles Cherry Jr. In 1978, they had...
Three Arrested After Drugs Found in Their Car
June 24, 2023 – A late evening drive, and a minor traffic violation on Cranford Ave in Sulphur Springs, lead to three arrests for illegal narcotics Friday. After Sulphur Springs Police saw a minor traffic violation, a traffic stop was initiated. Police made contact with the three occupants of the 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier. The driver, Brian Lynn Matthews age 44 of Precinct 4, appeared nervous when contacted. Matthews was asked to...
Failure to Stop Lands Two in Jail
June 15, 2023 – A pair of Texas residents landed in jail after a late night failure to stop at Main Street intersection. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies observed an older Dodge Ram Pickup make an incorrect stop at the intersection of Magnolia and Main Street. That intersection is just a few block east of Downtown Sulphur Springs. A traffic stop was initiated. When deputies made contact, they noticed the two occupants...
Paris District Road Report for June 26, 2023
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district for the week starting June 26, 2023. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel through work zones. They should also avoid distractions such...
Robert J. “Bob” Cowling, Jr
Memorial service for Robert J. “Bob” Cowling, Jr., age 70, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 25, 2023, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jimmy Rogers officiating. Visitation will begin at 1:30 p.m., prior to service time. Bob passed away on June 21, 2023. He was born on February 9, 1953, in Flora, IL, the son of Robert James Cowling and Patsy Pearl Minter Cowling. He married Robbie Mitchell on May...
Senior Center Ice Cream Freeze Off: Onion Ice Cream Entry Snubbed
June 23, 2023 – In a controversial decision, the official Senior Center Judges of the Senior Center Ice Cream Freeze Off did not award first place to last minute ice cream entry #19 a.k.a. Onion Ice Cream. Comments on entry #19 ranged from, “I don’t hate it..” to “…very… interesting…” to “this would be good on a steak.” They did however find worthy winners among the...
