Thurman Family Agricultural Endowment to Benefit Agriculture Students
The Thurman Family Agricultural Endowment at Texas A&M-University Commerce has been established by Steve Thurman and Kelly Thurman. The endowment will benefit students majoring in agribusiness and those participating on the Livestock and Meat Judging Teams. “The endowment is our small way of supporting Texas A&M University-Commerce as the university equips men and women for the challenges of an agriculture career,” Thurman...
Montie Gene Monzingo
SMU Professor Emeritus, Dr. Montie Gene Monzingo, passed away Monday, April 22, 2019. Born to Garland W. and Maurine Walker Monzingo on May 4, 1940, in Stamford, Texas, Montie was a graduate of Stamford High School, class of 1958, and would later earn his A.S. from Tarlton Jr. College, B.A. and M.A. from North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) and his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Oklahoma. He...
Early Voting Continues In Municipal, School Elections
Early voting continues Monday-Tuesday, April 29-30, in Como-Pickton and Yantis school board elections, Sulphur Springs City Council and special proposition elections and the Miller Grove ISD bond election. Voting hours are extended Monday, April 29, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Yantis ISD Board of Trustees Election. Early voting by personal appearance will resume from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, in the Early Voting Room inside...
Miller Grove, Saltillo, Sulphur Bluff Athletes Qualify For State At Regional Track Meet
Athletes from Miller Grove, Saltillo and Sulphur Bluff qualify for State at Regional Track Meet, including 800-meter gold medalist Sienna Collins of Saltillo.Photos by Cindy Roller Track athletes from Miller Grove, Saltillo and Sulphur Bluff qualified for the State Track Meet at the Class A Region III Track Meet last week in Whitney. In boys’ competition, Isaiah Billingsley and Kobe Robertson both from Miller Grove, qualified...
Sulphur Springs City Council Candidate Profiles
Voting in the May 4 Sulphur Springs City Council and special charter proposition elections continues with early voting from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 29-30. Election Day voting will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 4. All voting in city elections is being conducted in the second floor conference room at City Hall. Voters are asked to consider approving 13 changes to the Sulphur Springs Home Rule Charter and to...
North Hopkins Golf Team Places 3rd At Region Tourney, To Play At State
The North Hopkins Golf Team placed third at the Regional Golf Tournament that was played at the Old Brickyard Golf Course in Ferris, Texas, and will be playing at the State Tournament at the Roy Kizer Municipal Golf Course in Austin, May 20-21, reports Head Coach Danna Lewis. They had a two-day total of 689. Evan Lewis places fifth with a two day total of 151. He shot a 76 and 75. The team includes Cooper Adams, Ryan Reed, Evan Lewis,...
North Hopkins Baseball Team Evens Big District Series With Como-Pickton Saturday, Deciding Game Monday in SS
The North Hopkins Panthers baseball team came from behind to defeat Como-Pickton, 10-6 Saturday at Como-Pickton to even the district championship deciding series at one game apiece. The deciding game of the series will take place Monday at 7 p.m. at Sulphur Springs’ Wildcat Park.Saturday night, the Panthers jumped out in front with two runs in the top of the second. The Eagles moved ahead with a grand slam home run in the bottom...
Lady Cat Sadavia Porter Qualifies for State Track Meet
Lady Cat sprinter Sadavia Porter, on the track at UT Arlington where she will run in college, qualified for the state meet at the Region II Class 5A Meet Saturday. Porter finished second in the 100-meter dash. She also competed in the 200-meter dash and in the 4×100-meter relay. The State Track Meet takes place Friday, May 10 at the Mike A. Myers Stadium at UT Austin.
Sulphur Bluff Bears Golf Team Headed to State Tournament
The Sulphur Bluff Bears Golf Team qualified for the state tournament at the Region III Golf Tournament last week at Glen Rose. The Bears took third place at the two-day regional tournament shooting rounds of 400 each day. Trayton South led the Bears with rounds of 86 and 82 and he had the fourth best score at the tourney. Other members of the Bears Golf Team are Hunter Wallis, Montana Hurley, David Rosas and Eli Ham. Two Bears...
Wildcats Baseball, Lady Cats Softball Playoff Schedule
The Wildcats’ baseball bi-district schedule has been set. The Wildcats, a fourth place district seed, are taking on District 16-5A champion Hallsville in a best two out of three series. All games will be played at Mike Carter Field in Tyler. Weather permitting, game one will take place Wednesday (May 1) at 7 p.m. Game two is scheduled for Friday at 5:30 p.m. Game three, if necessary, is scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m. Meanwhile...
