Keep Cows In Proper Body Condition Through Winter With Supplementation, Proper Nutrition
Getting or keeping cows in proper body condition throughout the winter can optimize pregnancy rates the following season.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension information indicates that cows with proper body condition scores at calving are more likely to breed back and produce healthy calves in the future. Proper nutrition and supplementation are two keys to keeping cows in good shape. Supplemental feeding during winter months is critical to ensure cows are in optimal condition for pregnancy, calving and future breeding. Two-and 3-year-old cows should have a body condition score of 6 or better at calving. Cows 4-years-old and older should be in a body condition score of 5 or greater at calving. Cows with a body condition score of 5 should display abundant muscle tissue. Ribs are noticeable but overall fat cover is lacking. Hooks and pins are less obvious and hips and backbone are slightly rounded versus a sharp appearance, according to the AgriLife Extension overviews. A body condition score of 6 represents cows that are ideal at calving. Ribs are covered completely with fat and beginning to cover the rump, and muscle tissue is at its greatest.
Hay should be tested for nutritional quality, which will give producers the necessary information to help determine supplementation requirements. Any supplementation plan should be based on three primary criteria – the nutrient requirements of the animal, the quality of available hay or roughage, and the current condition of the cows.
Winter supplementation will depend greatly on what stage of production the cow is in. Lactating cows require different amounts of supplementation than dry cows, those pregnant but not nursing a calf. To maintain its body condition, a lactating cow would require hay that is about 11.5 percent protein and 62-63 percent total digestible nutrients, or TDN. A dry cow in late gestation would need about 8 percent protein and 55 percent TDN.
Producers should select supplements based on the cost per unit of nutrient needed, Banta said. Cubes are a common supplement used by many producers. If both energy and protein supplementation are needed, a 20 percent cube would likely be most cost effective, he said. However, if only a protein supplement is needed, then a 40 percent cube is more cost effective.
Producers should start slow and build up with supplements, such as concentrates and grains, because cows are designed to consume grasses. It’s also important to feed them supplements consistently each day to avoid digestive problems such as acidosis, which can lead to founder, foot abscesses, damage to the rumen lining damage, or death. It is recommended starting with no more than 2 pounds of supplement per cow per day and slowly building up from there.
Producers should watch manure patties to monitor cows’ protein intake. If patties look like they are stacking up and are firm, that tells us we need more protein supplement. A 40 percent cube is a good concentrated supplement source of protein, he said. Generally speaking, if cows are in good condition then 1-1.5 pounds of a 40 percent cube or something similar is a good place to start for dry cows; 2-3 pounds per day would likely be needed for wet cows, Banta said. If cows also need energy, then something like a 20 percent cube could be a good option. With average quality hay, a common feeding rate for dry cows would be about 2-3 pounds per day per cow or 4-6 pounds for wet cows.
Feeding amounts really depend on hay quality and other factors, so for more information it is recommend visiting with a nutritionist or an AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist.
Contact Dr. Mario Villarino at [email protected]; 903-885-3443; and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Agriculture, Natural Resources specialist, Hopkins County, P.O. Box 518, 1200-B West Houston, Sulphur Springs, TX 75483.
Commissioners Agree To Small Change In Pine Forest Solar I & Hybrid I Road Use Contract
Purchase Of New Work Truck Approved For Precinct 3
Hopkins County Commissions Court on Monday approved the purchase of a new work truck for Precinct 3, a small change in Pine Forest Solar I and Pine Forest Hybrid I Road Use agreement, contract for sheriff’s and fire department training and equipment programs.
Road Use Amendment
The Commissioners Court on Aug. 23, 2021 agreed to allow at least 9 county roads to be used by Pine Forest Solar I, LLC, and Pine Forest Hybrid I, LLC, and “its successors and assigns,” during the planning and construction phases of its $252 million Solar Power and Energy Storage Project and Improvements, until the projects and improvements are completely abandoned, to access and leave power and energy storage project, encroachment into the county road right-of-ways, and for overhead and underground road crossings and with transmission lines connecting the project and improvements to the electrical grid power system.
On Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, Precinct 3 Commissioner Wade Bartley explained that the developer amended the first list that he and Precinct 2 Commissioner Greg Anglin approved previously. The issue came in when the company used a map different from the one Bartley has been using since he’s been in office. Goggle showed the road name by a different number and the current map provided by Ark-Tex Council of Governments. The two road numbers in question are CR 3338 and CR 3334. Bartley said the amendment would change the road to the correct name.
“There are several roads that they are going to be using and upgrading and improving when construction starts. I move that we approve this amended resolution,” Bartley said.
Anglin seconded the motion, which then received unanimous approval of the Commissioners Court. Among the County Roads named in the agreements were County Roads 2346, 2310, 2336, 2333, 3340, 3344, 3351, 3334 and 3342.
Fire Department Agreement
Hopkins County Fire Marshal Andy Endsley asked the court to approving an agreement extending services with TargetSolutions Learning LLC, which is doing business as Vector Solution, to including an additional platform which the sheriff’s office will help pay for.
“This is an ongoing program we already, a platform for our training side which will also enable us to start checking our equipment off and having electronic files on this where we can pull it up when Texas Commission on Fire Protection comes to do our audits by-yearly. We also will be joining with the sheriff’s department where we will start taking care of their self contained breathing apparatuses they have located throughout their jail. We’ll start inventorying those and making sure they are maintained. They can access those records as well,” Endsley explained.
Hopkins County Fire Department and Sheriff’s Office would split the cost of the 50-50 for that program, Endsley noted.
The request was received unanimous approval from the Commissioners Court.
Truck Purchase
County Auditor Shannah Aulsbrook reported the county sought bids for a 1-ton crew cab 4×4 truck for Precinct 3. Information was sent out to all local companies. The county received only one bid. Jay Hodge Chevrolet bid $49,995 for a pickup without cruise control and $50,755 for a truck with cruise control. The delivery dates for the truck, however, is unknown.
Bartley said that’s due to current conditions in the industry. Knowing it could take up to 4 months or more, he asked the rest of the Commissioners Court to approve the bid, so it can be ordered, and come in as soon as possible instead of being further down the backorder list. He plans to use some grant funding for upkeep and equipment to purchase the 1-ton truck
“We are buying this truck with some of the money we got through grants to upgrade some of our equipment. I’m going to be replacing a service truck when I get this one in. So, that’s what the purpose is. It’s not like we just have to have it today, so we can wait on it,” Bartley said.
Precinct 1 Commissioner Mickey Barker seconded the motion, which received unanimous approval of the Commissioners Court.
Other Business
Hopkins County AgriLife Extension Agents Johanna Hicks and Mario Villarino gave an update on activities offered by or that the local Extension Office are involved in this year.
Villarino presented the Commissioners with a 2021 interpretation chart regarding agriculture and natural resources activities he’s been involved in recently, including hosting livestock and forage education curses, 4-H agriculture and livestock clinics and shows, and involvement in United Way and other community charitable activities.
Hicks too offered a legal paper highlighting the family and community health programs she and the extension volunteers have participated in during 2021. Some have included a four-county Do Well, Be Well with Diabetes course offered online; Cooking Well With Diabetes; Master Wellness Volunteer training; Better Living for Texans Fresh Start to a Healthier You, Healthy Snacking- Head Start Kids, a newsletter, 55-plus Health Fair, Marriage Education Workshop; Walk Across Texas, Walk & Talk and Walk Through Texas History; Dinner Tonight social media posts; Path to Plate during Ag in the Classroom; Kids Camp: Fun, Food, Fitness; and several other family and community health impacts.
The county Extension Agents plan to talk more about Extension’s reach and impacts in columns later this year.
The Commissioners Court also approved a reinvestment zone for a new solar farm, BT Solterro Solar, LLC, planned in the Saltillo area.
During the public forum portion of the Nov. 22, 2021, Commissioners Court meeting, Bill Pentak presented on behalf of Engie a $1,000 check to Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center Director Karon Weatherman to help feed senior citizens this Thanksgiving.
Truck Driving Program at the Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Campus
FUTURE DRIVERS
Truck driving instructor Bob Ashbreck (standing) welcomes a new class of student truck drivers into the classroom at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center. For information about the program, call 903-885-1232.
Paris Junior College — located in Paris, Texas, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas — has been a part of the Lamar County community since 1924.
Paris Junior College offers Associate in Arts, Associate in Science and Associate in Applied Science degrees, as well as Certificates of Proficiency in technical/workforce fields. The college has expanded its academic curriculum through the years to encourage associate degree and university transfer candidates. Since establishing its first vocational program — jewelry and watchmaking in 1942 — the college has been aggressive in adding technical/workforce programs that will benefit students entering the workforce.
The campus of 54 tree-shaded acres includes 20 major buildings and residence halls and provides students a unique and pleasant environment for learning.
Paris Junior College also operates centers in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and in Greenville, Texas.
Vision
To be the educational provider of choice for the region.
Mission
Paris Junior College is a comprehensive community college serving the region’s educational and training needs while strengthening the economic, social and cultural life of our diverse community.
BT Solterra Solar Reinvestment Zone Approved, Chapter 381 Agreement In Works
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning approved a reinvestment zone for BT Solerra Solar, LLC, a $140 million solar project planned in the Saltillo area.
Reinvestment Zone
The Commissioners Court at 9:23 a.m. Nov. 22 conducted a public hearing for the proposed reinvestments zone for a second solar project planned in the Saltillo area.
Austin Willis, director of Solar and Storage for Belltown Power Texas, which has been operating in North Texas, said the company has been operating in North Texas for about 5 years.
“We have done about 12 projects to date that are either completed or in construction, so tis will be project number 13-14. We are very excited about it an the investment it brings to Hopkins County,” Willis said.
The company currently has three operational solar projects sold in the US, all in Texas: Rippey, Cooke County; Kellam Van Zandt County; and Coniglio, Fannin County. Belltown Power also has sold the following solar projects which are in development: Hopkins County,
It’s a 140 megawatt project. Rule of thumb is about a million dollars a megawatt, so it’s about a $140 million project. It’s in the Saltillo school district. They’re going to be a major beneficiary of this project,” Willis told the Commissioners Court. “We’ve submitted the 313 application to that school district in late October, Oct. 25. So, that’s under review at the State Comptroller’s Office right now.”
Willis said Belltown Power Texas hopes to begin construction in the second half of 2022 and operations in the second half of 2023.
The reinvestment zone as proposed in the Commissioners Court agreement is a contiguous geographic area which includes five properties owned by Delbert “Chip” Tully spanning across just over 260 acres and 10 owned by Los Senderos Cattle and Ranch Company totally just over 1,170 acres. Overall, that’s a little more than 1,430 acres, all located west of FM 900, starting south of FM 3536 and continuing to property across FM 3532 and narrowing to property west of FM 3536, the proposed reinvestment zone map shows.
The resolution designates the area as a commercial-industrial or residential reinvestment zone for a 5 year span to begin in December 2021, renewable for an additional 5 years at a time or sooner with an order for those parts if any section, paragraph, clause or provision in the document is found to be invalid or unenforceable.
The company, as has been the case with the six other planned solar projects in Hopkins County (including Stampede Solar which is also planned in the Saltillo area), is seeking tax incentives from local taxing entities (Hopkins County, Saltillo ISD and Hopkins County Hospital District) to build solar powered facilities.
The Court was scheduled to consider a Chapter 381 Agreement with Solterra developer Belltown Power Texas, but that document was not yet ready for consideration.
Chapter 313 Application
The Chapter 313 application accepted by Saltillo ISD on Oct. 26, 2021, by Superintendent David Stickels and submitted for review by Texas Comptroller’s Office asks the school district for a 10 year tax exemption for the 10 year project, with operations expected to begin during the 2028-2029 school year and conclude during the 2052-2053 school year.
by the District on October 29, 2021. The application was then forwarded Nov. 16, 2021, and is being reviewed by Texas Comptroller’s Office.
The application shows one qualified employee would be employed to oversee project operations at an annual salary of $47,221, which would require approval for a job waiver to meet Chapter 313.025 (F-1) of the Tax Code, which stipulates creation of 10 permanent jobs unless the jobs created exceeds the industry standard.
“The solar energy industry standard for committed jobs is one job per 350MW. In line with these industry standards for solar project’s job requirements, BT Solterra Solar, LLC, as a 143MW project, has committed to create one qualified job,” Brandon Westlake, senior tax consultant for Cummings Westlake property tax advisers, wrote in a letter to Stickels with the application.
The 143 MW facility will all be located within Saltillo ISD. Panel placement is subject to change but for purposes of this application, the Project anticipates using approximately 321,617 PV modules or equivalent and 49 inverters.
The “Qualified Investment and qualified property” for the requested 313 agreement with Saltillo ISD would include “solar modules/panels, tracking equipment, racking and mounting structures, O&M building, substation, inverters boxes, combiner boxes, meteorological equipment, foundations, roadways, paving, fencing, collection system, generation transmission lines, interconnection facilities, SCADA systems, transformers, fire suppression systems and all necessary ancillary equipment for commercial generation of electricity.”
The map in TAB 11 shows the potential locations of improvements within Saltillo ISD boundaries; however, the final number of panels and inverters and the location of each of these facilities is dependent upon ongoing negotiations with power purchasers and other factors. That application, however, said the project is “anticipated to begin in the Q1 2027 with completion by December 31, 2027.”
The 313 application also notes Belltown Power Texas anticipates producing final proof of a reinvestment zone or enterprise zone for the proposed solar powered electric generating facility known as BT Solterra Solar, LLC, by April 2022.
The company anticipates asking for a 100% tax incentive from the $0.8688 Saltillo ISD maintenance and operations tax, a 100% tax incentive from Hopkins County’s tax rate and a 100 percent tax incentive from Hopkins County Hospital District’s $0.22 per $100 valuation tax rate. BT Solterra Solar, LLC, being built in Hopkins County is contingent on the tax incentives, “due to the extremely competitive power market in Texas.”
“The property tax liabilities of a project without tax incentives in Texas lowers the return to investors and financiers to an unacceptable level at today’s contracted power rates under a PPA. A signed PPA in the Texas market is at a much lower rate than other states because of competitively low electricity prices. Both parties of the PPA have an escape clause if the terms of the PPA cannot be met. Without the tax incentives in Texas, a project with a PPA becomes non-financeable. Therefore, this appraised value limitation is critical to the ability of the proposed Project to move forward as currently sited,” the Chapter 313 application made to Saltillo ISD and the Comptroller’s Office states.
About Belltown Power
Belltown Power started in the United Kingdom in 2013 as a fully integrated renewable energy power company. With a small, dedicated development, investment, and engineering team, Belltown delivered over 23 projects across onshore wind, solar PV, and hydro projects during its first four years. Since early 2020, the UK team has been focusing on the greenfield development of onshore wind sites.
In early 2017, Belltown expanded into the United States of America to kick-start its next phase of growth with a focus on solar and energy storage development. Within the US, Belltown identified ERCOT and PJM as two key areas of focus with a highly liquid electricity market, low solar penetration, and ample capacity for additional development in many areas.
In the US, Belltown has accomplished rapid growth since inception with 330MW of solar projects already connected into the ERCOT network, an additional 650MW nearing construction, and a further pipeline of over 2GW at various stages of development.
Beyond renewable energy, the Belltown Group established a sustainable farming operation in the US that currently owns and operates 7,000 acres with a target of 50,000 acres across 8-10 regional hubs including Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, and New York. The business model of Belltown Farms includes transitioning land to USDA certified organic and operating these farms in line with regenerative principles.
Donation Will Help Fund Thanksgiving Meal For Senior Citizens
Karon Weatherman accepted a donation Monday morning on behalf of the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center, to help fund Thanksgiving meals for senior citizens.
Bill Pentak with Open Doors public relations presented the oversized check for $1,000 to Weatherman on behalf of Engie, the corporation behind the planned Dike Solar project, during public forum at the first portion of the Nov. 22 regular meeting of Hopkins County Commissioners Court.
“Ryan Economy could not be here today. He’s traveling for the Thanksgiving week but he wanted to be here, so I’m filling in for Ryan Economy and for Engie, and I’m proud to do so,” Pentak said. “As I’ve shared with you, they are one of world’s most environmentally ethical and community minded power developers. As I’ve shared in the past, they have set aside $900,000 between the time solar farm enters commercial operations through it’s life to do good things for the Dike community and for Hopkins County,” Pentak said during Monday’s check presentation.
Pentak thanks Precinct 3 Commissioner Wade Bartley for making the Engie representatives aware of some needs in the community, specifically the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center.
“I would like to make a commitment to Commissioner Bartley that we intend to be good business neighbors and contributing members of this community for years to come,” Pentak said.
Weatherman, director of marketing/programs for the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center, said the donation will help fund costs of a Thanksgiving meal for senior citizens in Hopkins County.
Bartley thanked Pentak and Engie for making the donation to benefit the Senior Citizens Center, and complimented Weatherman for the work she does at the Senior Citizens Center, which not only feeds senior citizens in the community, but provides special events for them such as Thanksgiving, oversees weekly and daily activities that give senior citizens and opportunity to get out and enjoy fellowship with one another as well as a purpose.
“Due to her determination we’re going to have a new senior center before too long. She’s been the driving force behind this,” Bartley.
Lady Cats Basketball Have Mid-Afternoon Showdown Against Liberty Eylau on Tuesday Game Day
Coach Erica Delley’s squad are the only team in action on this Tuesday, Nov. 23 game day.
The women’s basketball team have had a busy two days.
Yesterday, they travelled to Mineola to take on the Lady Yellowjackets.
It was another mid-afternoon showdown, just like today’s versus Liberty Eylau at 12:45 P.M.
The Lady Cats played a hard-fought match against the Lady Yellowjackets but could not get the win in a 40-29 loss in Mineola.
The loss dropped the women’s basketball team’s record to 0-8.
While the women’s basketball team has dealt with injury issues dating back to last year, Sulphur Springs has managed to find ways to score, but Mineola (5-4) pulled away in a tough loss for Coach Erica Delley’s squad.
They have the chance to put that game behind them and get their first win on the season at home when they host Liberty Eylau today in another mid-afternoon match at 12:45 P.M.
Today’s contest on this Nov. 23 Tuesday game day gets underway with the junior varsity two squad, starting at 11:30 A.M. followed by the varsity team.
Tuesday’s Lady Cats-L.E. non-district match-up will be broadcasted on to KSST 1230 AM.
If given permission, we will also be live-streaming the game on to KSST Radio’s Youtube channel.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Time to Give to the Golden Agers Gift Tree at Seniors Center!
Each year, Karon Weatherman hosts a Golden Agers Gift Tree at the Sulphur Springs Seniors Center. Each of the individuals who have a tag on the tree are housebound and may have wishes for personal needs at Christmas time. If you would like to “adopt” a Senior Citizen whose name is on the tree, just purchase some of the items needed by that person, which are listed on their Golden Agers tag on the tree. Frequent requests are slippers, robe, bath and personal needs items, games and snack foods. The gifts you select need to be wrapped and brought back to the Senior Citizen Center between December 6th and December 17th. Then, the gifts will be distributed during Christmas week by Seniors Center volunteers. According to Karon, your gift may bless a Senior, but you will reap the biggest blessing as the anonymous giver!
Happy Thanksgiving From The Sulphur Springs CHRISTUS Family To Yours
By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs
[email protected]
Happy Thanksgiving!
From our family at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital and CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Sulphur Springs to yours, we are thankful for the opportunity to serve this community through our mission of ‘extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ’. It is our honor and privilege, every single day.
Carter BloodCare Blood Drive: The current blood supply is severely low
Carter BloodCare is hosting a blood drive in the CBC bus at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs in the front parking lot on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Call or Text (800) 366-2834 or visit their website at www.carterbloodcare.org. As a thank you, donors will receive a long-sleeved shirt.
Flu Shots: Do not Delay, Get Yours Today!
Flu shots are available at CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic, 105 Medical Plaza. We welcome walk-ins or by appointment; to schedule call 903.885.3181.
Thank you for your patience!
With a spike in COVID-19 cases in Hopkins County, please expect “longer than usual” wait times in the Emergency Department. Rest assured we are doing everything we can to provide high quality care in a timely manner. Thank you in advance for allowing us to provide for your healthcare needs, while extending grace to our staff.
COVID Vaccines
Due to the holiday, there will be NO COVID Vaccine Clinics this week
Hospital Visitation
Please note the following guidelines:
- Visitors must acquire masks themselves prior to entering our facility; cloth masks are acceptable. Masks must cover both the nose and the mouth. Visitors must remain masked during their time in the hospital.
- Minor-age visitors must be accompanied by an adult, be free of symptoms and able to comply with masking and hygiene expectations throughout the visit.
- Emergency Department entrance open 24/7
- Main Entrance open 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday – Friday
- Gift Shop open
- Visiting hours are 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Types of Visitors:
- COVID receiving aerosol treatments: via tele-visitation only;
- COVID not receiving aerosol treatments: 1 Essential support person for the duration of hospital stay – Essential support person will be given a visible wrist band for identification purposes;
- ICU/ER: 1 Essential support person only;
- All other patients may have 1 Essential support person and 1 visitor (up to 2 persons in room at a time)
- Types of Visitors:
Services
CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Urgent Care – Sulphur Springs
PLEASE NOTE – due to limited staffing, the Urgent Care may be forced to change its hours without notice … We recommend calling prior to your arrival to check the status of availability. We apologize for the inconvenience.
The CHRISTUS Urgent Care Hours of Operation is as follows:
- In-Person Care Hours: Monday through Friday, 9-5; Saturday and Sunday, Closed
- Virtual Visit Hours: Monday-Friday, 8-5
- To schedule a virtual visit, please visit urgentcare.christushealth.org, then select your location and click “Virtual Visit”
The Urgent Care is located at 1339 S. Broadway, and the phone number to call is 903.951.1001.
CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System includes CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospitals – Tyler, South Tyler, Jacksonville, Winnsboro and Sulphur Springs, the CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Louis and Peaches Owen Heart Hospital – Tyler, CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rehabilitation Hospital a partner of Encompass Health, Tyler Continue CARE Hospital at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital, a long- term acute care facility, and CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic. CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic is the area’s preferred multi-specialty medical group, with more than 400 Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers representing 36 specialties in 34 locations serving Northeast Texas across 41 counties. For more information on services available through CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System, visit christustmf.org
- Bed count – 402 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Tyler
- Bed count – 8 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – South Tyler
- Bed count – 25 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Jacksonville
- Bed Count – 96 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs
- Bed count – 25 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Winnsboro
- Bed count – 94 – CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rehabilitation Hospital
- Bed count – 96 – CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Louis and Peaches Owen Heart – Tyler
- Bed count – 51 – Tyler Continue CARE Hospital at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital
Police Find Wanted Man While Following Up On A Suspected Burglary In Progress
Sulphur Springs Police responded to a possible burglary in progress on South Locust Street at 11:50 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. Upon arrival, they observed a man inside the residence in question.
The 28-year-old Como man did not have the owner or lessee’s permission to be there. He allegedly exited the back window of the residence, where he was detained by officers. EMS was contacted and responded at the location after the man complained of arm pain, but the officers indicated it did not appear to be broken, SSPD Officer Silas Whaley noted in arrest reports.
A records check showed the man, identified in arrest reports as Jovanni Vargas, to have an outstanding warrant for his arrest for an assault of a family or household member that impeded circulation or breathing, Whaley noted in arrest reports. The Como man was arrested at 12:17 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, and transported to jail, and booked for criminal trespassing as well as the warrant for the March 2019 felony assault charge.
Vargas’ bond was set at $2,000 on the trespassing charge, but was held Monday evening, Nov. 22, 2021, on the other.
KSSTRadio.com publishes Sulphur Springs Police Department reports and news. The Police Department is located at 125 Davis St., Sulphur Springs, Texas. Non-emergency calls can be made to (903) 885-7602.
If you have an emergency dial 9-1-1.
The Sulphur Springs Police Department continues to serve its citizens with pride in its overall mission and will strive to provide the best possible police force in the 21st century.
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.
Wildcats Basketball Gets Good Win in Sherman Against the Bearcats 87-51
Coach Brandon Shaver got good scoring from his team en route to a huge 87-51 win in Sherman against the Bearcats on Monday, Nov. 22.
The Wildcats finished the victory with six players in double figures.
Kordrick Turner lead the way with 18 points, and two more Sulphur Springs players (Justin Haire and Malachi Myles) ended up with 16 in the win in Sherman (3-1).
The men’s basketball team led 18-14 after one and while both teams scored 13 in the second, the Wildcats still led 41-27 at the half.
After that, it was all Sulphur Springs all the time as Coach Shaver’s team cruised by the Bearcats, outscoring the opposition 46-24 to the tune of a huge 87-51 win over Sherman.
Three more Wildcats ended in double figures; Branson Lynn and Caleb Alexander both finished the game with 11 points and Jackson Darrow added 10 in the win. Cason Arrington scored five versus Sherman.
The win over the Bearcats brings the men’s basketball team’s season record to 4-0.
Next up, Coach Shaver and his squad will be back in action on Saturday when they take on Henderson at the SSHS Main Gym.
That contest on Saturday, Nov. 27 is set to begin starting with junior varsity at noon, followed by the varsity teams at 1:30 P.M.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
