African American Studies Course Receives Preliminary Approval Of SBOE
Texas could become the fifth state in the country to approve a state-level African American Studies course for high school. The State Board of Education on Friday approved the one-credit elective high school course on a preliminary vote, Texas Education Agency reported in a press release.
North Carolina, Arkansas, Florida, and Tennessee are the currently the only other states to have a state-approved elective course in African American history, according to the TEA/SBOE release.
The course would become the second ethnic studies course approved by the SBOE. A one-credit elective course in Mexican American Studies was approved in 2018.
The African American Studies course was approved for first reading and filing authorization. It will next move to a formal public comment period, scheduled from March 6 to April 10. The course is then slated to be considered for final approval at SBOE’s April 17 meeting.
The proposed African American Studies course, TEA and SBOE report, is based one created by the Dallas Independent School District and implemented for the first time this school year at 16 Dallas ISD schools
According to TEA, the course will offer a broad overview of the history and culture of African Americans and covers topics such as history, citizenship, culture, economics, science, technology, geography and politics.
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First Affiliated Driving Class Of The Year Conducted At Senior Citizens Center
Several senior citizens took advantage of the Affiliated Driving Class at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center on Thursday, Jan. 3O.
The Senior Citizens Center offers the class a couple of times a year.
The class gives participants a 10 percent discount on liability insurance for 3 years. The class is also good for a ticket dismissal, according to Senior Citizens Center Marketing/Programs Director Karon Weatherman.
The Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Activity Center is located in the heart of Sulphur Springs, Texas. The City of Sulphur Springs has provided a place senior adults age 50 and over can go to for fun and fellowship. The Center offers a variety of activities for seniors citizens Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Activity Center can be found at 301 Oak Ave in Sulphur Springs.
Wildcats Basketball Team Finishes First Half Of District Play With Win At Lindale Friday
Early in the second quarter, the Lindale Eagles Basketball Team was hanging with the Wildcats and trailed only 13-12 in Lindale Friday night, Jan. 31.
A short time later, after eight straight Wildcats points, the Wildcats lead grew to 21-12. By halftime the Wildcats were up 33-17. The Wildcats outscored the Eagles in every quarter to take a 67-41 win.
Again in this win, different players shouldered the scoring load during the game.
Senior Day Day Hall scored 9 first quarter points.
Junior Boo Wilkerson had 11 second quarter points including three 3’s. Junior Lamodrick Johnson chipped in 5 second quarter points.
In the third quarter, Hall contributed 7 points and senior Cameron Kahn put in 8 points.
Three different players off the bench had three-point baskets in the fourth quarter: junior Malique Cole, sophomore Caleb Alexander and junior Jatavian Hall.
Day Day Hall led the Wildcats with 20 points. Wilkerson had 15 points. Kahn had 10 points. Johnson had 7 points. Senior Grayson McClure had 4 points. Jatavian Hall, Alexander and Cole all had 3 points. Sophomore Justin Haire had 2 points.
Lindale was led by junior point guard Colton Taylor and junior center Jaymond Jackson with 14 points each.
The Wildcats, ranked #9 in Class 5A, are now 4-1 in district play and 22-7 for the season.
The Wildcats hope to avenge their only district loss of the season as they play Greenville at home Tuesday night.
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Lady Cats Basketball Gets Needed District Win At Lindale Friday
The Lady Cats Basketball Team started out well in a district game at Lindale Friday night, January 31, and this time the Lady Cats finished the job with a 59-39 win. It was a much needed district win for the Lady Cats and it put them right in the middle of the battle for a playoff spot.
The Lady Cats outscored the Lady Eagles in every quarter and led 11-7 after one quarter, 25-16 at the half and 40-27 after three quarters. The Lady Cats wrapped up the win outscoring Lindale, 9-6 in the fourth quarter.
Freshman Kenzie Willis led the Lady Cats with 20 points including 3 three-pointers. Junior Nylah Lindley scored 9 points. Freshman Addisyn Wall had 6 points with two made treys. Junior Bre’Asia Ivery had 5 points. Sophomore Hannah Cordell scored 4 points. Freshman Serenity Lewis back from injury had 3 points. Senior Kate Womack had 2 points. Cordell had a good defensive game rebounding, blocking shots and altering other Lindale shots. Lindale’s leading scorer was junior Lily Chamberlain with 13 points.
Both teams are now tied in district play with 2-5 records. The Lady Cats’ season record is now 9-21.
The Lady Cats host the Greenville Lady Lions Tuesday evening.
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Wildcats Soccer Team Earns 1-1 Tie With Good Lovejoy Team At Prim Stadium
One thing you can always count on is a spirited battle when Lovejoy and the Wildcats Soccer Team get together. The teams played to a 1-1 tie Friday night, Jan. 31, at Gerald Prim Stadium.
The Wildcats’ season record is now 5-4-5
In their last match before district play begins, the Wildcats will travel to Nevada Community next Friday.
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Lady Cats Soccer Team Finds Unbeaten Wylie East Too Tough To Handle On The Road Friday Night
All signs indicated that the Lady Cats Soccer Team would have their hands full Friday night, January 31, on the road at Wylie East. After all the Lady Raiders came in unbeaten at 10-0-2.
They had already defeated three of the Lady Cats district teams. Wylie East beat Mount Pleasant, 2-0, Royse City, 3-0 and Lindale, 8-0.
The Lady Raiders scored 5 goals in the first half of their game against the Lady Cats Friday. They added a pair of goals in the second half to get a 7-0 win.
The Lady Cats’ season record is now 3-6-1.
The Lady Cats have one final non-district game before the start of district play. They play Nevada Community at home next Friday at Gerald Prim Stadium.
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Vehicle Pursuit On I-30 From Cumby Into Hunt County Ends In Crash, Arrest
A vehicle pursuit along Interstate 30 from Cumby ended in Hunt County with a crash and an Arkansas man’s arrest.
A Cumby Police Officer reported seeing a black Ford sedan traveling east on Interstate 30 in the left lane without passing other vehicles. The Arkansas license plate of the car came back to a 1993 Geo. The officer, in arrest reports, stated he turned on his emergency lights in an attempt to conduct a traffic stop for the traffic violation. The car was driven into the right lane but continued traveling west on I-30, instead of stopping.
At the 110 mile marker, Steward activated his emergency siren. Again, instead of stopping the car was driven into the opposite lane, this time back into the left lane.
The Cumby officer at that time advised dispatchers he was in pursuit of the car, updating his location as he traveled. As the pursuit approached the 101 mile marker on I-30, Steward reported the Ford exited I-30, traveling first north on State Highway 24 then made a U-turn and turned south onto I-30.
Hunt County authorities had been alerted of the pursuit and put out spike strips near mile marker 97. The Ford sedan contacted the spike strips, causing its tires to deflate. The Ford then exited I-30 at Exit 97 and crashed.
The male driver allegedly exited the car and took off running. Hunt County sheriff’s deputies apprehended the man while Steward and a Texas Department of Public safety trooper secured the female passenger and the vehicle.
Both the male and female were checked out by EMS. The male was transported to CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Spring by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Baumann. The man was checked out and cleared by medical professionals at the hospital.
Steward reported the tires on his vehicle also hit the spikes, damaging them. So, Baumann took the 33-year-old El Dorado, Arkansas man to the hospital, Steward got his tires fixed then went to relieve Baumann.
Upon Terry Lynn Critton’s release from the hospital, he was taken to the county jail and booked on evading arrest or detention with a motor vehicle and reckless driving, according to arrest reports. Critton also has an outstanding Arkansas warrant, according to jail reports. He remained in Hopkins County jail Saturday morning on the charges.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
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Hopkins County Couple Found Dead In Home
Feb 1, 2020 – A Hopkins County couple was found dead in their State Highway 19 north residence Friday evening, according to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum.
A woman was reportedly found in their home by a family member; she was cold to the touch. Hopkins County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched, according to sheriff’s reports. At 6:33 p.m., emergency dispatchers received a second call from the residence requesting medical assistance. Hopkins County and North Hopkins firefighters were dispatched as first responders to the SH 19 residence, located north of FM 71, according to sheriff’s reports.
Hopkins County sheriff’s officers reported both the husband and wife at the residence were deceased. Both had apparent gunshot wounds, Tatum said Saturday morning.
Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace B.J. Teer pronounced both the 52-year-old man and 48-year-old woman dead at the residence Friday night. Both bodies were sent to a medical examiner’s office for autopsy, the sheriff reported.
Sheriff’s investigators are investigating the deaths as murder due to the apparent injuries. However, Tatum said no official ruling will be made regarding what happened until the autopsy results are in.
Tatum said the names of the deceased were not being released Saturday morning in order to allow their family members to be notified.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Hopkins County Records For Jan. 31, 2020
Applications for Marriage Licenses
- Mandujano Benjamin Avila and Ana Moreno Camacho
- Roderick Undrea Williams and Aretha Ann Williams
- Jaime Albert Mar and Ester Marquez
- Cierra Renea Guajardo and Brooke Michelle Phillips
- Erik Sebastian Valentine and Devon Marie Zimmerman
- Joshua Tyler Broeske and Madeline Marie Anderson
Land Deed Transactions
- Jill Thornton and Jody Thornton to Mason Morton and Alissa Wagner; tract in the Mary Ann Bowlin survey
- Pedro Perez and Casilda Guerrero Sanchez to Alejandra Guerrero and Juan Bojay Guerrero; tract in the M A Bowlin survey
- Cindy Dodd and Darrell Dodd to Dusty Dodd Asbill and Justin Mitchell Asbill; tract in the Ferdinand Carroll survey
- Stefani Ruth Perry Olinsky and Steve Olinsky to Corinna Perry and Shaun E. Perry; tract in the U. Aiguier survey
- William Dale Mills Jr. and Kimberly Ann Owens to Saul Rosas Jinez; tract in the Nathaniel Harris survey
- Lori Jane McFarland Bryant, Heather McFarland, Jessie Lynn McFarland and Jessie Reed McFarland to Velma Ruth McFarland; tract in the AJ Butts survey
- Alexsa Baylus to Aaron Baylus; tract in the CA Galbreath survey
- John Russell Jr. and Melissa A. Tillman to Cindy Kolette Russell; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Melvin Jovanny Rodriguez Ponce to Maria D. Gonzalez Salazar; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Guadalupe Brena Spa, Octavia Brena Spa, Guadalupe Brenia and Octavia Brenia to Billy Brena and Adriana Ortiz; tract in the Larkin Coffee survey
- Lisa J. Beattie, successor trustee for the Dudley H. Reedy Trust, to John M. Fox and Luz Fox; tract in the E. Melton survey
- Bobby Beck and Jimmy Beck to Tommy Beck; tract in the M A Bowlin survey
- Glenn Wiedenbeck and Jeannie Wiedenbeck to Luchere Maria Beckum and Zachary Clinton Beckum; tract in Rocky Ridge
- CJP Properties LLC to Caden Clay Price, Coen James Price and Emily Nicole Price; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Billie Ruth Standbridge to Morgan K C Standbridge and Angeline Standbridge; tract in the M A Bowlin survey
- Donald Brian Dodd and Meredith Dodd to Cindy Dodd and Landon Keith Dodd; tract in the E Melton survey
- Donald Lee Dodd and Pamela S. Dodd to Donald Brian Dodd; tract in the E Melton survey
The Hopkins County Clerk’s Office is located at 128 Jefferson St., Suite C, in Sulphur Springs. Marriage licenses and land deeds are among the records filed at the County Clerk’s Office.
Girl Scouts Cookies Available Now Through Feb. 29
If you’ve got a sweet tooth, the local Girl Scouts have just the treat for you. The annual Girl Scout Cookie sale is under way, with several longtime favorites as well as a few newer treats too offered to temp your taste buds. There’s even a gluten free cookie available.
Among the treats sold for $5 each are Samoas, Thin Mints, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos, Trefoils and Lemon Ups. S’Mores and the gluten free Toffee-Tastic are available for $6.
Girl Scout Troop 80 started their big campaign Friday evening at Brookshire’s. If you missed them, members of Troop 80 will be at Walmart, 1750 South Broadway St., Saturday, Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. offering cookies for $5 and $6 each. Local Girl Scouts will also be set up most evenings in February after school and on some weekends, outside Brookshire’s.
Additional times and locations Girls Scouts will be selling cookies can be found on the Girl Scouts website by entering your Zipcode in the “Find Cookies!” bar just below the main menu. There’s even an app for iOS and Android mobile devices.
The annual cookie sales are designed to help Girls Scouts learn five skills that are essential to leadership, success and life: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics.
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