Joe B. Ardis
Joe B. Ardis Funeral services for Joe B. Ardis, age 84, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 18, 2021, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jerry Savage and Jose Martinez officiating. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Bill Ardis, Mike Warren, Juan Enriquez, Johnny Enriquez, Mark Hill and Edgar Velasquez serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday,...
Wildcats Football Players Earn All-District Honors
It may have been a tough season for Wildcats football, but with their district rival Ennis eliminated in the Area round, AD and head football coach for Sulphur Springs Greg Owens released the District 8-5A awards for his team. While no football players made the first team all-district, four players were selected to the second team. One player, Matthew Sherman, made academic first team all-state. The aforementioned four players, three...
Obituary – Allene McKeown
Allene McKeown A graveside service for Allene McKeown, age 97, of Canton, Texas, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, December 16, 2021, at Roselawn Cemetery in Mineola, Texas. There will be no formal visitation. Mrs. McKeown passed away on December 13, 2021, at Country Place Assisted Livings. Allene was born on October 31, 1924, in Meadow, Texas, to Thomas Edwin and Jewel (Hines) Finley. She married J.D. McKeown. Allene had her master’s...
3 Jailed On Felony Warrants In Hopkins County
At least three men were jailed on felony warrants in Hopkins County over the past two days, according to arrest and jail reports. Gary Lee Gibson Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Terry Thompson took Gary Lee Gibson into custody at 1 p.m. Decd. 14, 2021. The 46-year-old Sulphur Springs man was booked into the county jail at 3:22 p.m. for bond forfeiture on an April 23, 2021 theft of property valued at less than $2,500. The...
Margaret Lane Ragan
Funeral services for Margaret Lane Ragan, age 81, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, December 17, 2021, at Brashear Baptist Church with Bro. David Burns officiating. Interment will follow at South Liberty Cemetery with Randy Millsap, Bart Millsap, Barry Smith, Blake Smith, and Brandon Darrow serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Patrick Dial, Jay Gaston, Kyle Crow, Patrick Dial III, and Caleb Daniels....
What Is A Winter Solstice?
The term “solstice” comes from the Latin words /sol (Sun) and /sistere/ (to stand still) because, during the solstice, the angle between the Sun’s rays and the plane of the Earth’s equator (called declination) appears to stand still. So what does that mean, exactly? On the arrival of the winter solstice, the Sun appears at its lowest in the sky, and its noontime elevation seems to stay the same for several days before and after this...
Eva Inez Flewelling
Eva Inez Flewelling Funeral services for Eva Inez Flewelling, age 77, of Pickton, will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, December 17, 2021, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Joe McCrary and Bro. Lloyd McCutchen officiating. Interment will follow at Pine Forest Cemetery with Robert Flewelling III, Michael McDonald, Jacob Flewelling, Dustin Berry, Matthew Cain, Kenny Turner, Donnavon Berry, Paul Hill Jr., Larry Hill, and Julius Howard...
Obituary – Paula Jones
Paula Jones Graveside service for Paula Jones, age 69, of Lubbock, Texas, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, December 18, 2021, at Tira Cemetery with Louis Lufkin officiating. Pallbearers will be Danny Jones, Louis Lufkin, David Jones and Travis Jones. Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home on December 18, 2021. Mrs. Jones passed away on December 14, 2021, at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas....
$10,000 Worth Of Stolen Property Recovered, 2 Burglaries Added To Hays’ List Of Charges
More than $10,000 worth of stolen property has now been recovered and two burglaries have been added to the charges Brian Alan Hays has formally been charged with, according to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum and jail reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigator Dennis Findley inventories firearms and other property reportedly stolen from a Weaver residence during the Thanksgiving holidays. “Investigators recovered...
Lady Cats Basketball Falls to Mount Pleasant in District Opener
The Lady Cats basketball team were on the road the last two games and lost both to Dallas Kimball and Mount Pleasant. Last Saturday the women’s basketball team travelled to coach Erica Delley’s alma mater and took on the Lady Knights, falling to Dallas Kimball in a tight one 34-30. Sulphur Springs was up in the fourth against the Lady Knights, but once Kimball got momentum and came back, the Lady Cats could not put the...
