Winnsboro Police Department Media Report April 26-May 2, 2021
May04

Winnsboro Police Department Media Report April 26-May 2, 2021

The Winnsboro Police Department media report for the week of April 26-May 2, 2021, included the following activity: Winnsboro Police Department Arrests No Arrests Calls for Service The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a total of 153 calls for service during this reporting period. Citations The Winnsboro Police Department issued 28 citations and 37 warnings during this reporting...

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Lady Cats Softball Area Series Date and Location Again Revised
May04

Lady Cats Softball Area Series Date and Location Again Revised

Another change has been made to the Lady Cats Area round playoff against Crandall. Lady Cats Coach David Carrillo said Tuesday afternoon (May 4) that game 1 of the series will now take place on Thursday and it will be occurring at Nevada Community starting at 7:30 p.m. Game 2 is now taking place at Nevada Community on Friday at 7:30 P.M. Game 3, if necessary, will take place at the series’s original location of Royse City at...

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Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Purchases Panda Warmers For The Labor And Delivery Unit
May04

Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Purchases Panda Warmers For The Labor And Delivery Unit

Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation News Panda Warmer By Shannon Barker, Executive Director, Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation Sulphur Springs, Texas, May 3, 2021 – It’s 6 weeks post Gala Unmasked and the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation is delighted to announce the purchase of 5 new iRes Bedded Panda Warmers for the CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs Labor and Delivery Unit. Members of the Health Care...

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Paxton Sues Biden Administration Over Dictating Texas Tax Policy In Federal COVID-19 Relief Law
May04

Paxton Sues Biden Administration Over Dictating Texas Tax Policy In Federal COVID-19 Relief Law

PRESS RELEASE May 4, 2021 AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration over a provision in the federal government’s American Rescue Plan Act. Though the Act generally assists Texans recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, one provision — the Tax Mandate — specifically demands that Texas not use funds received through the Act to “directly or indirectly” offset tax revenue reduction caused by...

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Sulphur Springs Woman Jailed On A Probation Warrant
May04

Sulphur Springs Woman Jailed On A Probation Warrant

A 35-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was jailed on a probation warrant Monday. Heather Lynn Franks (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman reported seeing Heather Lynn Franks get into a vehicle on Church Street just before 8:20 a.m. May 3, 2021. Aware the woman had at on point had a warrant for her arrest, Hoffman confirmed the warrant was still active. He then stopped the vehicle Franks was in two blocks down the...

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Ruth Way
May04

Ruth Way

Memorial service for Ruth Way, age 74, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at a later date. Mrs. Way passed away on May 2, 2021 at Sunny Springs Nursing Home. Ruth was born on October 1, 1946 in Belleview, IL to Lloyd and Aileen (Parks) Sterrick. She worked in make-up sales representation and was a homemaker. She is survived by her children Debra Kern and husband John, Amber Alstad and husband Orlin, Ed Holland, and Elizabeth...

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Showing Appreciation To Teachers
May04

Showing Appreciation To Teachers

Sulphur Springs ISD Education Foundation may not have been able to assist educators in the manner they are used to, they couldn’t let the week pass without showing appreciation to teachers for all their extra work to help school go flow as normally as possible, especially during the extraordinary circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Normally, we would award Innovative Teaching Grants to teachers during the school...

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All 5 SSHS Competitors Medal At The 2021 State Academic UIL Contest
May04

All 5 SSHS Competitors Medal At The 2021 State Academic UIL Contest

Literary Criticism Team Earns State Championship All five of the Sulphur Springs High School Academic UIL Team who competed Saturday, May 1, at the 2021 State Academic UIL Meet Competition returned home with medals. One team came back with a State Championship and one student placed in three events.  SSHS Wildcat UIL The SSHS Literary Criticism Team composed of Matthew Harper, Kendall Little (senior class salutatorian), Shelby Ray and...

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Allen “Bo” Hollins Jr.
May04

Allen “Bo” Hollins Jr.

Allen “Bo” Hollins Jr. was gifted by God to his parents Orine Hollins-Wilson, and Hubert Richardson on the 9th day of March of the year 1929.  Raised in Newsome, Texas, by his grandparents Elizah “Goldan” & Allen “Punch” Hollins Sr., who his mother named him after as tribute. It was during his raising that he learned his attributes as a person of faith, family, and community.  He began his own...

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Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County Weathers Storm Relatively Unscathed
May04

Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County Weathers Storm Relatively Unscathed

Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County weathered Monday night’s storm relatively unscathed, despite a deluge of rain and high winds, according to local officials. The National Weather Service reported winds 87 mile per hour wind gusts were observed at Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport at 11:04 p.m. Monday, May 3, 2021. At 11:08 p.m., severe thunderstorms extended along a line from Tira to Sulphur Springs and Yantis at 35 miles per...

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