Wildcats Soccer Wins Big in Frisco, Begins Two-Game Home Stand Friday
Coach Alexi Upton and his squad return home Friday, hosting two straight games. Friday, Jan. 27 brings a big duel for Sulphur Springs, taking on Celina. The Bobcats are not only ranked as one of the highest teams in 4A Region 2, but they also rank top-5 in the state. The Wildcats have their hands full Friday when they host Celina at Gerald Prim Stadium. Friday’s game also is the final non-district contest for men’s soccer....
Wister Godbolt III
Funeral service for Wister Godbolt III, age 69 of Greenville, Texas will be held at 12:00 P.M. on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with Bro Larrenzo Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Mel Haven Cemetery with Archie Lindley, Lee Pogue, Terry Wright, Freddy Robertson, Sam Gassoway and Rudy Ellis serving as pallbearers and Pete Nash, Eurrie Rembert, Charles Perry, nephews and grandsons...
Wildcats Basketball Races Past Pleasant Grove, at Pittsburg Friday
Coach Brandon Shaver’s team has another road contest on Friday, Jan. 27 at Pittsburg. Sulphur Springs hopes to keep the good times rolling, as they remain the lone undefeated team in 15-4A after Tuesday’s win at Pleasant Grove. Coming into the road match-up, both squads entered the game 3-0 as the two remaining undefeated teams in the district. It would be Wildcats basketball that left the PGHS Gym as the victors, using...
Wesley Cooper Files for SSISD School Board
Wesley Cooper has announced his candidacy for one of the two places on Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees to be determined in the May 6, 2023, election. He has lived in the SSISD for 12 years. He plans, if elected, to listen to the needs of the district without an agenda of his own. Applications are available on the district website, www.ssisd.net and in the Tax Collector’s Office, inside the SSISD Administration Building, at 631...
Lady Cats Basketball Blows Out Pleasant Grove, Again at Home Friday
Sulphur Springs is back at home on Friday, hosting Pittsburg. The Lady Cats hope for similar efforts as Tuesday, as the women’s basketball team pulverized last place Pleasant Grove 70-41. A huge win at home over the Lady Hawks would not have been possible were it not for even scoring. Eight of nine players that suited up scored for Sulphur Springs in the win. While off to a lightning quick start, the second and third quarters...
CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Announces New Primary Care Clinic in Winnsboro – Jan. 25, 2023
(WINNSBORO, Texas) – CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic (CTC) will be expanding its primary care services in Winnsboro with the opening of a new primary care clinic February 2023. Located at 719 W. Coke Road, Medical Office Bldg. 1, Suite 3, this location is prepared to meet the ever-growing healthcare needs of the Winnsboro community, with a fully staffed care team, six exam rooms, and an on-site lab. “Our goal is to continue to build on...
Pickton Man Arrested On Highway 19
January 24, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff Deputies noticed a vehicle, without a proper licence plate, traveling South on Highway 19. The driver of that white car was unable to maintain a single lane. A traffic stop was initiated near the city limits. During the traffic stop the driver was identified as 29 year-old Cameron Lynn Bain of Pickton, TX. Bain has been arrested in the past on narcotics possession charges. BAIN, CAMERON...
Esther May Johnson
Funeral services for Esther May Johnson, age 79, of Frisco, formerly of Cumby, will be conducted at 1:00 p.m., on Friday, January 27, 2023 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Cumby. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at West Oaks Funeral Home. Esther passed away on Monday, January 23, 2023 at home surrounded by family. She was born on April 23,...
Josue Hernandez
Funeral service for Josue Hernandez, age 72 of Garland, Texas will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Friday January 27, 2023 at Central Park Church of God in Garland at 1901 East Centerville Road Garland, Texas 75041. Interment will follow at Hernandez Family Cemetery at 1160 CR 4752 Sulphur Springs, Texas. There will be no formal visitation. Mr. Hernandez passed away on January 22, 2023 at Methodist Hospital – Richardson. Josue was born on...
Changes in Unemployment Rate in Texas – Updated WalletHub Study
With inflation remaining high and the U.S. gaining 223,000 jobs in December, fewer than in the previous month, WalletHub released updated rankings for its report on Changes in Unemployment Rate by State, along with a WalletHub Q&A. In order to take stock of how unemployment rates are changing throughout the U.S., WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on six key metrics that compare unemployment rate...
