Glenna Beth Ballard Ball
Glenna Beth Ballard Ball Funeral service for Glenna Beth Ballard Ball, age 77, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 19, 2021, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Rev. Neal Cochran officiating. Interment will follow at Peerless Cemetery with Michael Boyd, Bryan Ballard, Steven Boyd, Bubba Ball, Matthew Ball, Michael Ball, Phillip Ball and Andrew Loper serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are...
Buddy Walker
Buddy Walker A graveside service for James Orville “Buddy” Walker, Jr., age 76, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, September 18, 2021, at Greenview Cemetery with Bros. Hoyt Scogin and Jay Porterfield officiating. Pallbearers will be Grant Looney, Lance Looney, Jay Porterfield, Brandon Kelley, Jarred Pickett, and Michael Vititow. Honorary pallbearers will be the Red Barn Morning Group. There will be no formal...
Two-Vehicle Crash Resulted In One Death, 2 Being Flown To Trauma Center
A two-vehicle crash resulted in one death and two people being flown from the I-30 service road, east of Sulphur Springs, to an area trauma center Friday morning, authorities reported. A four-door passenger car traveling east on the south I-30 service road east of FM 69 near Shaggy Road careened in to the back of a sanitation collection truck, trapping the three occupants of the car. Hopkins County 911 operators were contacted at 7:49...
Wildcats, Lady Cats Cross Country, Lady Cats Volleyball, and Homecoming Football Game On Deck Today
Homecoming Friday brings lots of Wildcats and Lady Cats sports today. At the time of this posting, Wildcats and Lady Cats cross country will already be participating in the Pine Tree Mark Darby Invitational, held in Longview. Coach Ross Hicks and his program will no doubt be hoping for equal or better results than last Saturday’s Hallsville Invitational, where the Wildcats placed fifth. The Wildcats cross country coach said...
The Strong Town Movement Comes to Sulphur Springs September 23, 2021
Author Charles Marohn “Many towns in North America are struggling financially despite decades of “growth”. Charles Marohn, professional engineer and founder of the Strong Towns movement, will join us to discuss how to improve the trajectory of our town and help us to become more resilient.”Neal Barker Join guest speaker Charles Marohn and Neal Barker Thursday September 23, 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m, at The Venue to...
30 SSHS Students Kickoff Chick-fil-A Leader Academy
Sulphur Springs High School kicked off a new program Wednesday designed to help students develop into effective leaders. The Chick-Fil-A Leader Academy is one of the largest leadership academies in America, with 110,000 students from over 1,050 schools in 40 states helping more than 2. 5 million people through impact projects since it launches in 3 schools in 2013. “Sulphur Springs Chick-Fil-A will be sponsoring our students as...
City, County Fire Departments, EMS Partnering To Apply For Regional Communications Grant
An interlocal agreement approved this week by Hopkins County Commissioners Court signaled the start of a partnership among city and county firefighters and the local EMS service, formed to go after a regional communications grant. Hopkins County Fire Marshal Andy Endsley said while the interlocal agreement is between the City of Sulphur Springs Fire Department, Hopkins County Fire Department and Hopkins County EMS, the regional...
A Lunch & Learn With Slaton, Hall, Part of 87th Legislature’s Town Hall Visits
Approximately 50 persons took advantage of the opportunity over lunch Wednesday to hear an update directly from State Rep. Bryan Slaton and State Senator Bob Hall regarding the recent 87th Texas Legislature sessions, during a Lunch and Learn meeting. The town hall meeting on Sept. 15, 2021 was sponsored by the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce, with Atmos Energy and Oncor as contributing sponsors, at Sulphur Springs Country Club....
Lady Cats Golf Fall Schedule Finalized
Wildcats football head coach and athletic director Greg Owens earlier this week released the men and women’s golf schedules for the fall 2021 season. The season gets underway in just a few weeks at the beginning of October when the women’s junior varsity team takes part in their first tournament hosted by Pine Tree at the Woodhollow Golf Course, located in Longview. The fall 2021 season will tee off for the JV Lady Cats on...
Goodson Sentenced To 25 Years For Failure to Appear, 10 Years On Felony DWI Conviction
Eighth Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt sentenced 50-year-old man Larry Tyrone Goodson to 10 years imprisonment on a third or more driving while intoxicated conviction and 25 years for failure to appear, according to court reports. Larry Tyrone Goodson On Aug. 17, 2021, Goodson pled guilty before Judge Northcutt to the July 5, 2020 third or more driving while intoxicated offense and a June 7, 2021 bail jumping and failure to...
