Sulphur Springs Man Jailed For Allegedly Assaulting His Father With Hedge Trimmers
A 32-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed Thursday afternoon for allegedly assaulting his father with hedge trimmers, according police reports. Brady Layne Mathews Sulphur Springs Police and emergency responders were initially dispatched at 10:31 a.m. Dec. 16, 2021, to the 600 block of Tate Street, to what was reported as a traumatic injury. Upon arrival, a man was indeed reported to have been injured, and determined an assault had...
Teen Jailed On Aggravated Sexual Assault Of Child Charge
A Sulphur Springs teen was jailed on an aggravated sexual assault of a child charge shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to arrest reports. Mark Douglas Kelly Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Brandon Mayes located Mark Douglas Kelly at a Peach Street residence at 3:01 p.m. Dec. 15, 2021, and served him with the first-degree felony warrant. Mayes transported the 18-year-old to Hopkins County jail, where he was booked on the aggravated...
Wildcats and Lady Cats Track 2022 Schedule Released
Wildcats football head coach and athletic director of Sulphur Springs Greg Owens released the schedule for the spring 2022 track season. Both junior varsity and varsity teams will hit the ground running on February 24 when they host their only meet of the year. Most of the meets for Coach Matt Young and Ross Hicks’s teams take place on Thursday, but some are on Friday. The second contest for the SSHS track team will take place...
Active COVID Case Count Doubled Over The Last 2 1/2 Weeks In Hopkins County
3 COVID Deaths Confirmed For Hopkins County In Last 45 Days Although the number of active COVID cases Texas Department of State Health Services has reported this week are lower than those reported from August through November, the active case count for Hopkins County has more than doubled in the last 2 1/2 weeks. Three additional Hopkins County residents are also confirmed to have died from COVID over the last 45 days as well,...
Rickie Don Plunkett
Rickie Don Plunkett A graveside service for Rickie Don Plunkett, age (67), of Quinlan will be held at 2 p.m. Monday December 20, 2021, at Cumby Cemetery. A viewing will be held at Jones Walker and son Funeral Home the same day, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Rick as he was known to all, passed away on Thursday December 9, 2021, in Commerce Texas, after a brief illness. He was born on September 29, 1954, to Richard Lynn Plunkett and Betty Gene...
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....
