Luther Petrea
Funeral service for Luther Jack Petrea, age 81, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Mike Eason officiating. Interment will follow at Nelta Cemetery with Asa Joslin, Tommy Sanderson, Jacob Peugh, Luke Wright, Wesley Jordan and Casey Janway serving as pallbearers and Bascum Chapman, John Trice, William Dodd and Kevin Keen serving as honorary pallbearers....
Wildcats Golf Coach Jeremy DeLorge Commends Golfer Kip Childress For Making It to Regional Tourney
Wildcats Golf Coach Jeremy DeLorge said senior Wildcats’ golfer Kip Childress finished in the top 30 in a field of 94 golfers at the two-day Region II Golf Tournament held Wednesday and Thursday (April 21-22) at Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club. Coach DeLorge noted that Childress, an East Texas Baptist University signee, has been an outstanding golfer over all of his four years at SSHS. The coach said he thanks Childress for his...
Lady Cats Softball Team to Take on Hallsville in Playoff Seeding Game Postponed to Monday Evening
The Lady Cats Softball Team had a seeding game with Hallsville scheduled for Friday evening (April 23) at 6 p.m. at Mount Pleasant weather permitting. The game was rained out, so plan B is now in effect, calling for playing the game Monday at 6 P.M. at Mount Pleasant. The Lady Cats and Lady Bobcats tied for first place in district play with 11-1 records. Both teams won their game at home. The winner between the two co-district champs...
State Closes Free COVID-19 Testing Center In Sulphur Springs
The state officially closed the free COVID-19 testing site in Sulphur Springs, according to Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management. As more vaccine has become available to Hopkins County providers, more people are becoming vaccinated and the COVID-19 case count has continued to go down and so have the number of people being tested at the free testing site. The free COVID-19 oral testing site in Sulphur Springs had...
Wildcats and Lady Cats Athletes Compete at Region II Track Meet Friday and Saturday at UTA
Four Lady Cats and two Wildcats are scheduled to compete at the Region II Track Meet Friday and Saturday (April 23-24) at UT-Arlington. Preliminaries are scheduled for Friday with finals on Saturday. For the Wildcats, Korderrian “Bull” Turner will compete in the long jump and triple jump. Jermaine Cleveland will compete in triple jump. For the Lady Cats, Bre-Asia Ivery is in the 100-meter dash and the long jump. Claire Bybee is in the...
Lee Helen Stephens
On Tuesday April 20, 2021, Lee Helen Stephens peacefully crossed over from this world to a place of eternal loving. This was not the end but the beginning of a homegoing celebration for her. Helen was born September 19, 1947, in Jefferson, Texas to the parents of Revis Johnson Sr. and Ever B. Harper. She accepted Christ at an earlier age and departed this life a firm believer with Jesus as her Lord and Savior and served faithfully at...
Linda Kay “Cry Baby” Robinson
A graveside memorial service for Linda Kay “Cry Baby” Robinson-Taylor, age 57, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 1, 2021 at Oaklawn Cemetery in Cooper with Bro. Perry Johnson officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Linda passed away Thursday, April 22, 2021 at Rock Creek Rehabilitation after a lengthy illness. She was born January 15,1964 in Cooper, the daughter of James D. Robinson and Minnie Nix...
Hopkins County 4-H Members in the News – Again!
By Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County Hopkins County is honored to have some outstanding youth in the 4-H program! District 4-H Contests were held recently in Farmersville for 4-H members across the northeast Texas district – 22 counties to be exact. Three from Hopkins County walked away with awards. Here are the results: Senior division (grades 9-12): Rylie...
Yantis Man Jailed On A Felony Charge Following Theft At Walmart
A 45-year-old Yantis man was jailed on a felony charge for theft of less than $50 worth of merchandise from Walmart, according to arrest reports. Gary Lee Gibson AKA Gray Lee Gibson and Gary Skeet Gibson (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Josh Shufeldt responded at 7:40 p.m. April 22, 2021, at Walmart to a theft complaint. An asset protection employee at the store advised police that Gary Lee Gibson had passed all points of...
Discussing Projects at PJC-Sulphur Springs
PJC-Sulphur Springs Center welding instructor John Plemons, right, discusses the next project with students (from left) Jordan Cummings, Angel Cedillo, Ty Nichols and Adrian Banuelos. Social distancing is being practiced in ways shown, but not limited to, the photo shown above. For information about enrollment and scholarship opportunities at the PJC Center, call 903-885-1232. Click here for more articles about Paris Junior College...
