Obituary – Theresa Howk Pennington
Oct20

Obituary – Theresa Howk Pennington

Theresa Howk Pennington A graveside service for Theresa Howk Pennington, age 64, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 22, 2022, at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, October 21, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Pennington passed away on October 18, 2022, at CHRISTUS Mother Frances -Sulphur Springs. Theresa was born on March 14, 1958, in Sulphur Springs,...

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Paris Junior College Announces 2022 Distinguished Alumni
Oct20

Paris Junior College Announces 2022 Distinguished Alumni

Paris Junior College Public Information Services PJC announces 2022 Distinguished Alumni Paris Junior College will celebrate its 98th Homecoming Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 3-5, and a major weekend highlight is the Distinguished Alumni Award Luncheon planned for Saturday, Nov. 5. The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor bestowed on alumni and friends by the College, and Paris native Dr. J. Craig Stephens and PJC alumnus...

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Lady Cat Golf Narrowly Misses First Place Finish in Home Invitational
Oct20

Lady Cat Golf Narrowly Misses First Place Finish in Home Invitational

Lady Cat golf picked up a second straight 2nd place finish Monday at their own invitational.  “It’s very nice,” Coach Whitney Spigener said Tuesday following her team’s outing. “We keep working hard, showing improvement, and it’s showing out on the course.” Last time around, in Mount Pleasant at the district course come springtime, Coach Whitney Spigener’s squad shot a team best in a long time...

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Miguel Angel Cadena Ugalde
Oct20

Miguel Angel Cadena Ugalde

(En español abajo) Miguel Angel Cadena Ugalde Miguel Angel Cadena Ugalde passed away on October 18, 2022, in Mesquite, Texas, at the age of 56. He was born on August 25, 1966, in Atizapan Mexico, Mexico, the son of Mario Cadena and Maria Ugalde Rojo. He married Alejandra Martinez on July 4, 2010, in Sulphur Springs, Texas. He studied political science and worked as a used car salesman, bail bonds man, and a minister. He was a member...

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Junior Racer Andrew Vo Ends Season At Jetski World Finals
Oct20

Junior Racer Andrew Vo Ends Season At Jetski World Finals

It was been quite a season for Andrew Vo, a 13-year-old junior Jetski racer from Sulphur Springs, Texas, recently relocated from Southern California. This year, Andrew finished the Jettribe Mid America series with a impressive first overall in the Junior 13-15 lites 2-stroke class and a second in the 4-stroke class. Andrew Vo competing in the Jetski World Finals in Lake Havasu City, Arizona With confidence, we headed to the Jetski...

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2 Sulphur Springs Men Arrested On Warrants For Crimes Against Children
Oct20

2 Sulphur Springs Men Arrested On Warrants For Crimes Against Children

Two Sulphur Springs men have been arrested on warrants for sex crimes against children, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies were made aware of an active warrant for Justin Jerome Tyler’s arrest. They located the 31-year-old at his California Street address at 3 a.m. and took him into custody. Tyler was booked into the county jail at 3:39...

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Dallas Man Claimed To Be A Federal Officer When Stopped In Stolen Car
Oct19

Dallas Man Claimed To Be A Federal Officer When Stopped In Stolen Car

October 19th, 2022 – A Dallas man driving a stolen car allegedly claimed to be a federal officer when stopped on I-30 by a deputy Tuesday, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Bobby Osornio and Zack Steward reported seeing a Dodge Challenger with no license plates, only a rear dealers’ tag, being driven east on I-30 through Cumby, and initiated a traffic stop. The smoky gray coupe...

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CASA Receives Uncorked Donation
Oct19

CASA Receives Uncorked Donation

October 19, 2022 – The 2022 Main Street Uncorked event was bigger and better than before. The increase in attendance and ticket sales meant CASA received the biggest donation amount since Main Street Uncorked began. Main Street Uncorked donation to CASA in 2022 Lake Country CASA Every year thousands of children in Texas are removed from their homes because of evidence of abuse or neglect. They are uprooted from the only family...

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Trick-or-Treat, Do You Know The Difference Between Prescription and Fentanyl Pills?
Oct19

Trick-or-Treat, Do You Know The Difference Between Prescription and Fentanyl Pills?

Johanna Hicks By JOHANNA HICKS, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent for Family & Community Health in Hopkins County, [email protected] This Halloween holiday, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) are teaming up with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Watch UR BAC program to spread awareness on the fentanyl epidemic spreading across our state. There is an alarming increase in the...

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Lady Cat Cross Country Wins 15-4A District Championship
Oct19

Lady Cat Cross Country Wins 15-4A District Championship

Lady Cat cross country won the District 15-4A Championship thanks in large part to three runners placing in the top-5. It is only the second district crown in Sulphur Springs history for the women’s team. Haylee Schultz picked up her second 1st place finish on the season, and an individual district championship at that, crossing the line first at 13:40. Its the second victory on the season for the junior, winning the Troy Segura...

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