Weather Impacting Some Friday Sports Contests
With potential storms in the forecast, all games on this game day Friday (April 9) should be considered weather permitting and the threat of bad weather has already led to changes. Both the Wildcats Baseball Team and Lady Cats Softball Team are taking on Mount Pleasant in big district games. The Wildcats meet the Tigers at Wildcat Park. Due to weather worries. The JV game has been canceled. The varsity game has been moved to 4 p.m....
4.4 Kilos Of Cocaine Found On A Bus Stopped On I-30
SH 19 Traffic Stop Yields Methamphetamine, 1 Felony Arrest Deputies located 4.4 kilos of cocaine on a bus stopped west of Sulphur Springs on Interstate 30 Thursday night. Another traffic stop April 8 on State Highway 19 north of Sulphur Springs yielded a small amount of methamphetamine and a Klondike woman’s arrest, according to sheriff’s reports. A Tyler woman was also transferred to Hopkins County jail on a controlled...
Man With Large Pipe Wrench Arrested On Intoxication Charge
A 49-year-old Sulphur Springs man found holding a large pipe wrench in the middle of Georgia Street, near a location where a disturbance had been around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, was arrested on an intoxication charge, according to police and arrest reports. According to Sulphur Springs Police, the Georgia Street resident’s tone and emotions kept changing while investigating the complaint. The man appeared to police to be under the...
Secondary Principal Brian Lowe Named North Hopkins ISD Superintendent Finalist
North Hopkins Independent School District Board of Trustees this week announced Brian Lowe as the lone finalist for superintendent of schools. District officials announced the opening after trustees on March 1 accepted Darin Jolly’s letter of resignation as North Hopkins ISD superintendent. Brian Lowe Dr. Jolly’s resignation as superintendent was effective March 4, 2021, allowing him to begin serving as assistant...
Lady Cats Softball Keeps Rolling, Beating Mt. Pleasant 4-1
The Lady Cats softball team took advantage of a few scoring opportunities throughout the game to win at Mt. Pleasant on Friday, Apr. 9 by a score of 4-1. Coach David Carrillo and his squad were held scoreless through three innings. The only hit that was allowed through three were hits by Parris Pickett in the second and Nylah Lindley in the third. Neither hits turned in to runs. It was not until the fourth inning that the Lady Cats...
Roberto Abrego
Funeral mass for Roberto Abrego, age 46, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, April 9, 2021 at St. James Catholic Church. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, April 9, 2021 and from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Saturday, April 10, 2021 both at West Oaks Funeral Home. Roberto passed away on Monday, April 5, 2021 at Paris Regional Hospital. He was born on September 22, 1974 in El Sitio, San Juan del Rio,...
2 Jailed April 7 On Felony Warrants
Two people were jailed April 7 on felony Hopkins County warrants, according to arrest and jail reports. Calise Maurice Frazier (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Amanda Weatherford traveled to Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and took custody of Calise Maurice Frazier at the Parish jail at 11:36 a.m. April 7, 2021. Weatherford transported the 27-year-old Metairie, Louisiana man who was wanted on a Hopkins County...
April 8 COVID-19 Update: No New COVID-19 Cases, 1 Fatality Reported For Hopkins County
Hopkins County seems to still be headed in the right direction as far as COVID-19 is concerned. Thursday was another day with no new COVID-19 cases reported in Hopkins County residents, but had 13 residents reported to have recovered from their bout with COVID-19. Despite the ever increasing number of people receiving COVID-19 vaccines, the virus is still not gone from Hopkins County: 123 residents were estimated Thursday afternoon to...
Nina Rudine Gregg
Funeral services for Nina Rudine Gregg, age 78, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 10, 2021, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Doug Northcutt officiating. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, April 9, 2021, at West Oaks Funeral Home. Honorary pallbearers will be Nina Gregg. Rod Gregg, Brad Bouldin, Brian Bouldin, Kale Gregg, Kendall Gregg, Chad Gregg, and Steve Stephens. Nina passed...
Former Wildcats Soccer Coach Comes to The Prim Friday For Regional Final Match
Former long time Wildcats Soccer Coach and Sulphur Springs native Andy Holt will be bringing his Frisco Wakeland team to the friendly confines of Gerald Prim Stadium for a Regional Final match against Longview, Friday night (April 9) at 7:30 p.m. The winner will be in the final four with other Regional champions for the State Championship. Coach Holt left Sulphur Springs after the 2016 season and then promptly won two State...
