Lady Cats Golfer Mariam Tran is Going to the Regional Tourney as Lady Cats are 4th in District
Lady Cats golfer Mariam Tran had her work cut out for her after day one of the District 15-5A Golf Tournament at Tempest Golf Course in Gladewater last Wednesday (March 31). Battling high winds, Tran shot an 85 and was several strokes behind where she needed to be to qualify for the Regional Tournament. Thursday, Tran fired a 77 on day two for a 162 total to qualify. She was 5th overall in the district tournament. The Regional...
Douglass ECLC Accepting Applications For Head Start And Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Douglass Early Childhood Learning Center is now accepting applications for Head Start and pre-kindergarten programs for the 2021-2022 school year for children who will be 3 and 4 years of age on Sept. 1, 2021. Registration does not guaranty the child a place in the program; it is used to determined whether the child qualifies for the program Due to COVID-19 , registration will be virtual, with email appointments only. To be considered...
Wildcats Golfer Kip Childress Qualifies for Regional Tourney and Team is Fifth at District
At the two-day District 15-5A Golf Tournament at Tempest Golf Course in Gladewater last Monday and Tuesday (March 29-30), Wildcats’ golfer Kip Childress, an East Texas Baptist University commit, qualified for the Regional Tournament. The Wildcats finished 5th as a team. Childress followed an opening day 71 with a second day 75 for a two day total of 146. Childress finished 3rd overall in the tournament to qualify. The Regional...
Both Varsity and JV Commerce Track Teams Win Quitman Relays
In their last invitational of the year, both the Varsity and JV Commerce Tigers track and field teams won the Quitman Relays. The Varsity boys won the meet, thanks in large part to a great team effort that got the Tigers 162 points in Quitman. In field events, Aidan Crowder took third in long jump and Omarhi Davis got fourth in shot put. Davis did win discuss though, and Richard Jackson took silver in the event. Ty Hoffman got third...
Appointments For The Second Dose Announced For Those Attending Recent COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics
NEWS RELEASE Appointments for the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for those individuals who received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at one of the three clinics hosted last month in Hopkins County or the clinic held Delta County have been announced by Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials Saturday. The first follow up is slated next week. “If you had your first dose at any of the vaccination...
2.5 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Headed To Texas, 200 Allocated To Hopkins County
More than 2.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped to providers across Texas next week. The Texas Department of State Health Services is allocating 1,094,920 first doses to 2,011 providers in 200 counties, including 200 doses destined for Sulphur Springs pharmacies. Brookshire’s and Walgreens Pharmacies each are slated to receive 100 doses of the Johnson & Johnson 1-dose COVID-19 vaccine during the week of April...
Traffic Snarled By Truck Trailer Mishap On East Shannon Road
Traffic along East Shannon Road between South Broadway Street and Mockingbird Lane became snarled Friday afternoon by a truck trailer mishap. According to police reports, the driver of the truck and with enclosed trailer pulled over off Shannon Road with the intent of going inside one of the restaurants to get something to eat. Unfortunately, he pulled off the road too far his trailer overturned into the ditch between the service road...
Woman Jailed For DWI Following Minor Crash
A 22-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was jailed for DWI following a crash early Friday morning, according to arrest reports. Sulphur Springs Police contacted the woman in connection with a minor crash reported around 12:20 a.m. April 2, 2021, on North Davis Street at Atkins Street. Officers reported smelling alcohol on the woman, who allegedly admitted to consuming four alcoholic beverages at a local bar about an hour before. She had...
Miller Grove ISD Announces UIL Excellence
Miller Grove ISD had a successful outcome at their Academic District UIL competition, with many students advancing to Regional competition. The participating students placed as follows: Andi Resendiz(Sr)-6th-Ready WritingJamilyn Hensley(Fr)-3rd Ready Writing-Adv to RegionalsCeleste Robertson(Fr)-5th Editorial WritingBailee Shipp(Soph)-3rd Feature Writing, 1st Prose-Adv to RegionalsJorja Bessonett(Sr)-1st informative speaking-Adv to...
Teens Arrested For Sparring On An I-30 Overpass
Two Sulphur Springs teens were arrested for sparring on an I-30 overpass in late Thursday morning, according to police reports. Sulphur Springs Police responded just after 11 a.m. April 1 at the East Loop 301, where a ruckus reportedly ensued, with a male reportedly assaulting a female on the I-30 overpass. Upon arrival, police saw a 17-year-old male and a 17-year-old female yelling at each other. Police, in arrest reports, allegedly...
