5 SSHS Choir Students Advance To TMEA Area Contest
Middle, High School Choral Music Students To Perform Concert Dec. 7 Sulphur Springs High School Choir students competed at Texas Music Educators Association Pre Area contest on Thursday, December 2, 2021. Five SSHS choir students, two freshmen and three sophomores, advanced to the TMEA Area competition. SSHS Area Choir Qualifiers Celeste McCoy, Axel Garcia, Lausen Ost, Colbie Glenn and Summer Patterson Students advancing from...
Sentence Reached For Cumby Man Accused Of Shooting His Pregnant Wife
A 43-year-old Cumby man accused of shooting his pregnant wife in August has been sentenced as part of a plea agreement, according to prosecutors and court reports. Jason Cory Sanders (HCSO jail photo) Jason Cory Sanders has remained in custody at Hopkins County jail since his arrest on Aug. 10, 2021, on a capital murder charge, according to jail reports. He was accused of shooting his wife, who was about 9-weeks pregnant, in the torso...
Obituary – James “J.E.” “Slick” Warren
James “J.E.” “Slick” Warren Celebration of life for James “J.E” “Slick” Warren, age 57 of Paris, Texas, will be held at a later date. Mr. Warren passed away on December 4, 2021, at Christus Mother Frances- Sulphur Springs. James was born on November 11, 1964, in Houston, Texas, to James Roy and Alice Arlene (Blankenship) Warren. He worked as a rock hauler at Cantera Transport. James married Sherrie Willhite. He was a member of the...
Cumby ISD Students Qualify For State TAFE Contest
Over the weekend, Cumby ISD students qualified for the state TAFE (Texas Association of Future Educators) Contest in three different areas. Members of the Cumby chapter of Texas Association of Future Educators at Region 8 Education Service Center. (Cumby ISD photo) The Cumby students participated in the 2021 TAFFE Area 6 Conference, hosted at Region 8 Education Service Center on Dec. 3, 2021. At lease five of those students are state...
Lillian Jean Hearne Thompson
Lillian Jean Hearne Thompson Lillian Jean Hearne Thompson, age 90, of Sulphur Springs, died peacefully on Friday morning, December 3, 2021, in Sulphur Springs after several years of Alzheimer’s disease. She was a resident of Wesley Oaks Memory Care in Sulphur Springs. She was born April 11, 1931, the daughter of Coy Winston Hearne and Lillian Eoline Walker Hearne. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas in 1948 and...
Wildcats Basketball Goes 3-2 in Mansfield Tournament
The Wildcats basketball team had a solid outing Mansfield, going 3-2 over three days in the tournament from Thursday through Saturday Dec. 3-5. Sulphur Springs went 1-1 on Thursday, Dec. 3, losing their first game in Mansfield to 6A Atascocita but rebounded by getting a big win over Arlington’s Seguin High School. Friday the team got two more wins, first in a rout of the Wilson Wildcats 80-56 then against College Station’s...
Bond Set For Love’s Armed Robbery Suspects
Bond has been set at $100,000 each for the two suspects arrested Friday night for the armed robbery at Love’s Travel Center in Sulphur Springs Friday morning, according to Hopkins County jail reports. Charles Orin Lee Nash The arrest followed an anonymous tip made to Sulphur Springs Police Department that a vehicle spotted in Commerce matched the description of the suspect vehicle. Commerce officers checked the location and...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report – Nov. 29-Dec. 5, 2021
Winnsboro Police Department provided the following media report for the week of Nov. 29-Dec. 5, 2021: Arrests Lynn Taylor, 33 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on Nov. 28, 2021, for terroristic threat of a family member or household member. Justin Gillis, 34 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on Nov. 30, 2021, on multiple Winnsboro Municipal Court warrants for driving while license invalid. Calls for Service The...
Celebrating Christmas ‘Hopkins County Style’ at Heritage Park!
Visitors to the schoolmarm’s cabin got to make s-mores over the open fire in the fireplace. Children were delighted to see Santa face-to-face in the friendly atmosphere at the Christmas tree The Hopkins County Historical Society opened the gates to Heritage Park and the doors of the vintage buildings inside to welcome guests during two weekends of the Christmas season 2021. All Society members are volunteers, and they worked...
Wildcat Theatre Christmas Show Will Be Performed Dec. 11 In SSHS Auditorium
t’s time for the annual Wildcat Theatre Christmas show. Every year, one of the audience’s favorite shows is selected as the December advanced class production. This year, the SSHS thespians will be performing “The Most Amazing Christmas Play Series in the History of the World,” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in the Sulphur Springs High School Auditorium. “In this hilarious comedy, seniors Anayeli De...
