Tuesday Game Day Features Soccer and Bi-District Basketball
Feb22

Tuesday Game Day Features Soccer and Bi-District Basketball

Tuesday game day on Feb. 22 brings both soccer squads taking on Longview, plus the Bi-District round of playoffs for men’s basketball. Men’s basketball are the first team up on Tuesday, Feb. 22 in Corsicana for the opening round of playoffs. Coach Brandon Shaver’s team take on Huntsville for their Bi-District contest at Navarro College’s Wolens Special Events Center. Huntsville made the playoffs as the 4 seed...

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Lady Cats Golf Finish Second in Mount Pleasant
Feb22

Lady Cats Golf Finish Second in Mount Pleasant

Monday had Lady Cats golf in their second competition of the spring season in Mount Pleasant. Coach Whitney Spigener’s team placed second. Sulphur Springs as a team compiled 375 points. “This is probably the best tournament I’ve had team-wise in a long time,” Coach Whitney Spigener said about her team’s performance following the win Tuesday. “They really stepped it up,” the Lady Cats golf...

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Karey Lynn Brice
Feb22

Karey Lynn Brice

Funeral services for Karey Lynn Brice will be held at the First United Methodist Church on Saturday, February 26th at 12:30 noon. Friends are invited to greet the family at 11:45 AM in the Fellowship Hall. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park. Karey entered her eternal rest peacefully in the presence of family members on Thursday, February 17, 2022. She was born the daughter of Jacquelyn Hamilton Brice and Randell Dean...

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Mount Vernon Man Jailed On Parole Warrant
Feb21

Mount Vernon Man Jailed On Parole Warrant

Marvin Frank Hall Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Josh Shufeldt responded on East Shannon Road, where he contacted Marvin Frank Hall. The 68-year-old Mount Vernon man was found via records check to have an outstanding parole warrant. Shufeldt took Hall into custody at 9:51 p.m. Feb. 19, 2022, on the parole warrant. Hall, who is also known by “Blue,” was booked into Hopkins County jail, where he was held Monday, Feb. 21, 2022,...

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South Carolina Man Walked Away From Deputy During Traffic Stop, Found In Nearby Pasture
Feb21

South Carolina Man Walked Away From Deputy During Traffic Stop, Found In Nearby Pasture

A South Carolina man allegedly walked away from a deputy who was searching his passenger during a traffic stop, but was found a short time later in a nearby pasture. Both he and the passenger were allegedly in possession of cocaine, deputies noted in arrest reports. William Fenton Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Isaac Foley at 9:43 p.m. Feb. 20, 2022, conducted a traffic stop on a Honda Hybrid car for traveling in the...

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Dallas Woman Lead Trooper On 7-Mile Vehicle Pursuit Along I-30 East
Feb21

Dallas Woman Lead Trooper On 7-Mile Vehicle Pursuit Along I-30 East

A 29-year-old Dallas woman lead a trooper on a 7-mile vehicle pursuit along Interstate 30 through Sulphur Springs to Brinker Saturday afternoon, according to arrest reports. Latyeerra Latrice Andrews An off-duty Texas Department of Public Safety trooper reported seeing the woman on Interstate 30 east at mile marker 110 in Cumby, and stopped to see if she needed assistance. “She stated they shot him, jumped back in her car and...

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Scam: National Police & Sheriff’s Coalition PAC
Feb21

Scam: National Police & Sheriff’s Coalition PAC

This group has been around along time, but they are still calling people and sending ‘invoices’ via US Mail. Examples of deceptive tactics used by dubious Political PACs Absolutely no money given to this organization goes to directly benefit law enforcement. They are PACs or political action committees. If you take the time to read their letter, the donated funds are used to ‘push for tougher legislation’. They...

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Winnsboro Police Department – Feb. 14-20, 2022 Media Report
Feb21

Winnsboro Police Department – Feb. 14-20, 2022 Media Report

Winnsboro Police Department provided the following media report for the week of Feb. 14-20, 2022: Arrests Slade Whitson, 22 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on Feb. 16, 2022, on a driving while license invalid with previous convictions charge.Malissa Larey, 43 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on Feb. 17, 2022, on a Winnsboro Municipal warrant for driving while license invalid.Joshua Johnson, 36 years of age, of...

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Wildcats Team Tennis Has Solid Two Weeks
Feb21

Wildcats Team Tennis Has Solid Two Weeks

Last Friday, team tennis travelled to Tyler to participate in their tournament and fared very well. Even with missing a few Lady Cats (Mykylie Meador and Kaylie Schumacher), team tennis had a solid outing in Tyler last Friday. Ella Sand and Trinity Luckett were put together just last Wednesday, but left Tyler last weekend with a huge win. Sand and Luckett placed third in girls’ doubles. In mixed doubles, Oscar Guerrero and...

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Four Local May 7 Elections Expected To Be Canceled
Feb21

Four Local May 7 Elections Expected To Be Canceled

Filing For Candidacy In Cumby City Council Election Ongoing Four local May 7 elections are expected to be canceled. Filing for candidacy in the Cumby City County Election is ongoing through March 7, 2022. Hospital District Board HCHD Hopkins County Hospital District is expected to cancel the scheduled May 7, 2022, election for two seats on the HCHD Board of Directors, as the election drew no challengers. The seats by default will go...

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