Public Help Sought in Civic Center Theft
For some time now, cattle panels worth approximately $15,000 have gone missing from the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center, according to civic center staff. This has prompted the civic center to install security cameras. The cameras have provided information.
The latest theft occurred this past weekend according to the cameras. At 11pm Saturday night the thief stacked the panels behind the building and returned at 6 a.m. the next morning to picked up the panels.
If you have any information regarding the thefts contact the Sulphur Springs Police Department or Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office.
Wildcats Finish Third at Paris Track Meet
The Wildcats’ track team scored 82 points and finished third at a Paris meet last Thursday. The Wildcats JV team was second in the JV Division. Wildcats Track Coach Matt Young said conditions were rough due to a 25-mile per hour wind that blew throughout the meet.
In field events, Derrick Weeks threw the discus 136 feet, his best throw of the year. Coach Young said Weeks has been improving about ten feet a week and has now put himself in the mix for honors at the District Meet next month.
In the shot putt, Coach Young was glad to have two members of the Powerlifting’ team who placed in the top six and picked up points. Isaiah Neal was fourth and Ian Blanch was fifth.
Bubba Hall scored points jumping into the wind going 20-foot 5-inches in the long jump.
Coby Hutchings also placed in the top six scoring points with an over 11-foot effort in the pole vault.
Jacob Gatewood had a big day in two distance races. He set meet records in both the 3200-meter run and the 1600-meter run. Payton Vickery also placed in the 3200-meter run. Vickery was also third and Eli Sellers was in the top six in the 1600-meters.
In the 800-meter run, Will Fain finished second and Sellers got fifth place.
In the 200-meter run, Bubba Hall placed third with a personal best time of 22.8.
Terrell Turman got good results in both hurdling events. Turman was in the top six in the 110-meter hurdles with a personal best of 16.4. Turman placed fifth in the 300-meter hurdles with a 44-second clocking.
Finally the Wildcats 4X400-meter relay team finished fifth. The relay team was made up of Fain, Lawrence Worth, Mason Cleveland and Gatewood.
The Wildcats will compete at a Mt. Pleasant meet on Friday. It’s their final meet before the District Meet in Pine Tree on April 13-14.
Game Day: Wildcats Baseball at Home; Lady Cats at Pine Tree
Both the Wildcats’ baseball team and the Lady Cats’ softball team will be playing Pine Tree in district action this Tuesday game day.
The Wildcats will be competing with the Pirates at Eagle Stadium tonight at 7 p.m. The Wildcats have split their first four district games so they are 2-2 going into tonight’s game. Three of the four games have been on the road. Tonight begins a stretch of three of the next four at home for the Wildcats. The Wildcats ace pitcher Tyler Follis will throw for the Wildcats. Pine Tree also has a 2-2 record in district play. We’ll bring you tonight’s Wildcats game beginning at 7 p.m. on KSST Radio. We’ll also videotape the game for replay at a later date on Channel 18 TV on Suddenlink Cable.
Meanwhile the Lady Cats’ softball team will be playing the Lady Pirates at Pine Tree. It’s the fifth road contest in seven district games for the Lady Cats since two games were moved from home due to wet grounds at Lady Cat Park. The Lady Cats are 4-2 in district play and 20-4 for the season. This game marks the end of the first half for the Lady Cats who will have five home games and just two road games down the stretch in the second half.
Middle School Students Tour PJC-Sulphur Springs Campus
A COLLEGE VISIT
Students at the Sulphur Springs Middle School were given a tour of the Paris Junior College-Sulphur Springs Center campus Tuesday and Wednesday. Carey Gable, Academic/Financial Aid Advisor, pictured at right (above), talked to the students and took them on a tour through the new campus classrooms, ITV rooms, lab and the welding shop, encouraging them to prepare themselves for education beyond high school.
A tour of the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center welding shop (picture below) was part of their PJC-Sulphur Springs campus visit Tuesday and Wednesday. Above, welding instructor John Plemons (in cap) and Director Dr. Phil Williams talk to the middle school students about the welding shop and the career that it offers.
North Hopkins One Act Play Advances to Bi-District
North Hopkins High School UIL One Act Play presented “The Demons of Fleet Street” by Jerry Ayers at District competition on Thursday, March 24 on the campus of Paris Junior College. NHHS One Act advanced to Bi-District. They are scheduled to compete Saturday, April 2 at Grayson College around 4:30 pm.
Members of the One Act UIL team receiving district honors include: Best Actor – Nathan Olavide, All Star Cast – Katerin Flores & Breeanna Hicks, Outstanding Tech – Veronica Ugalde, Honorable Mention All Star Cast – Esperanza Deterring & Mattie Hall (see second picture).
Left to Right: Aysha Day, Mattie Hall, Samuel Stanley, Breeanna Hicks, Garrison Roller; Middle Row: Kelsey Horton, Faith Rutledge, Victoria Wilburn, Cheyenne Mitchell, Abreeanna Bisenius, Colton Wheeler, Aaron Stanley, Allegra Thomas; Back Row: Mason Virgel, Ryan Reed, Veronica Ugalde, Rachel Stanley, Esperanza Deterding, Cecile Lozano, Keterin Flores, Nathan Olvide
Front Row Left to Right: Mattie Hall, Veronica Ugalde, Breeanna Hicks; Middle Row: Katerin Flores, Esperanza Deterring; Back Row: Nathan Olavide
Great Fun at Pilot’s Spring Brunch!
Sulphur Springs Man Awaits Trial For Indecency With A Child Charge
William Lynn Wilson, 68, of Sulphur Springs was arrested Monday night on a warrant for Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact. The warrant came as a sealed indictment handed down by the Hopkins County Grand Jury on Monday, March 21st.
According to information provided to KSST by the District Criminal office, Wilson had inappropriate contact with a child under the age of 17. Wilson’s bond was set at $25,000. He made bond mid-morning Tuesday, March 29, 2016 and now awaits a trial date.
Shine Faces 25 to Life for Engaging in Organized Crime
Scott Everett Shine is on trial in the 8th Judicial District Court in Franklin County this week. Today, March 29th, is day two of the trial. Shine is being tried for three counts of engaging in organized crime. Shine faces 25 years to life if convicted. The District Attorney’s office said some call Shine Franklin County’s number one methamphetamine dealer.
According to the DA’s office, the third day of trial should end the guilt/innocence phase of the trial. Should Shine be found guilty, the sentencing phase would begin Thursday.
In January, 2016 pretrial, district court records show he faced two counts of manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance over 4-grams and under 200-grams, one count of manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance under 4-grams, and three counts of engaging in organized crime. The range of activity stretched from November 2014 to December 2015.
This is not his first encounter with law enforcement. Shine filed suit against Franklin County deputy Chris Mars that went before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit with a verdict returned in February 2012. Shine’s suit against Mars was for wrongful arrest. Shine had been arrested twice, September 4 and October 28, 2008 for selling drugs. The suit was dismissed when the court found that Mars had obtained a warrant from a judicial officer after the plaintiff had been indicted by a grand jury.
Trooper Dies in Auto Accident in Lamar County
The first Texas Department of Public Safety trooper to die on duty this year occurred in Sunday in rural Lamar County when Trooper Jerry Nichols’ patrol car crashed into a tree. Preliminary investigations show no other vehicle was involved in the incident. Nichols was 27.
The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating the cause of the accident. Nichols was stationed in Paris. He joined DPS in 2011. He was the 218th DPS officer to die in the line of duty since 1837.
Funeral services for Nichols are Thursday, 2 p.m. at Lamar Church of Christ in Paris.
Accident Requires Investigation by Winnsboro Police
Winnsboro Police Department made no arrests during Holy Week, March 21-27, according to their weekly media report. They responded to 185 calls for service and issued 74 citations and 36 warnings during the seven day period.
One accident was investigated. Vehicle parts were found in a driveway on West Coke Road. Investigation discovered they were parts to a Nissan auto. Evidence at the scene indicated that the vehicle was traveling westbound. The driver failed to remain in a single lane, left the roadway, struck a culvert, and then hit brick flower beds where it came to rest in the driveway of 804 W. Coke. The vehicle was later located in the parking lot of City National Bank.
