Baseball has crucial game Tuesday at Pittsburg
Sulphur Springs has another must-win game Tuesday, Apr. 11 when they travel to Pittsburg to take on the Pirates. Coach Jerrod Hammock’s squad must win Tuesday in Pittsburg if they hope to keep postseason hopes alive. Most recently, on Thursday prior to Good Friday, Wildcats baseball traveled to Paris for their second match-up with the Panthers. Unfortunately for Sulphur Springs, they fell big at North Lamar 14-0. It is the...
Hopkins County Commissioners Approve Inmate Psychiatry Service
April 11, 2023 – Hopkins County Commissioners Court discussed a temporary contract that would make psychiatry services available to inmates. This contract would bring Telepsychiatry services to inmates for a minimum charge of $1200 a month for a initial charge of $300 per inmate and $100 per month for a follow up appointment. The commissioners unanimously approved the temporary contract for the services. Hopkins County Law...
Kenneth Ray Beck
Kenneth Ray Beck, 80, of Sulphur Springs, passed away April 10, 2023, after a long bout with Parkinson’s disease and dementia. Ken was born July 27, 1942, to James Robert and Bonnie Faye Spangler Beck, the seventh of eight children. He was part of a multi-generational family on the farm in the Pleasant Grove Community. Ken graduated from Sulphur Springs High School, class of 1960. He married Janice Crawford April 4, 1964. She...
Lady Cats track gets third, at 15-4A meet Tuesday
Coach Ross Hicks’s squad came up big again, getting a second straight top-3 finish as a team on Thursday. Doing so came at their home invitational on Thursday, Apr. 6. It is a quick turnaround though as both track squads head to Texarkana for the 15-4A district championships this week. It begins Tuesday, Apr. 11 at Liberty-Eylau’s Harris Field at 4 P.M. Running Events The 200 M dash was the first event in which Sulphur...
Chamber Connection – April 12 By Butch Burney
Congratulations to the golf team of Alliance Bank, the winners of the 34th Annual Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament last Friday at Sulphur Springs Country Club. We had a full field of 43 teams that competed for the tournament championship. The Alliance Bank team was composed of Kevin Monk, Carter Monk, Jason Thompson, Jase Thompson, Mike Jumper and Craig English. Alliance Bank and Interstate Body Shop both tied with...
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital News Release 4/11/2023
Sulphur Springs, Texas, April 10, 2023 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. Women’s Breast Health Breast cancer affects almost 1 in 8 women in the United States and is a curable disease if detected early enough. At CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs, we believe even one is too many. Scheduling your annual mammogram and speaking to your...
Jo Hobbs
Graveside service for Jo Hobbs, age 79 of Frankston, Texas will be held at 11:00A.M. on Thursday, April 13, 2023 at Hoover Cemetery in Big Sandy, Texas. There will be no formal visitation. Mrs. Hobbs passed away on April 9, 2023 at Carriage House Manor in Sulphur Springs. Jo was born on August 4, 1943 in Kleburg Texas to Dave and Bea Davis. She became the little sister to Donald Mac and Jimmie Joyce. Jo married Billy Hobbs in 1994....
Softball heads to North Lamar Tuesday
Coach David Carrillo’s squad heads to third place North Lamar on Tuesday, Apr. 11 for another district duel. Sulphur Springs hopes to pick up another big win in Paris, last hosting Pittsburg on Thursday. Lady Cats softball won big over the Lady Pirates, 10-0. Coach Carrillo’s squad scored early and often in their blowout of Pittsburg. It all started in their first at-bat, as Sulphur Springs put up five runs to go up big...
Moore Back in Hopkins County Jail
April 10, 2023 – DeAnthony Rayon Moore was arrested last week as he returned to his residence. Moore who reports himself as unemployed, lives in Sulphur Springs. Moore had an outstanding warrant for violation of parole on a manufacture delivery controlled substance charge. Law Enforcement report that when they contacted Moore, he initially refused to follow commands, but eventually relented and was taken into custody without...
Wildcats Track finishes third, at district championship meet Tuesday
Wildcats track & field matched their efforts from last week’s competition, finishing third as a team at their home invitational on Thursday, Apr. 6. It is a quick turnaround though as both track squads head to Texarkana for the 15-4A district championships this week. It begins Tuesday, Apr. 11 at Liberty-Eylau’s Harris Field at 4 P.M. Running Events Malachi Roland, got the scoring underway in Sulphur Springs in the 100...
