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Oct. 16 Hopkins County COVID-19 Update: 82 Antigen Tests, 10 In COVID Unit

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Oct. 16 Hopkins County COVID-19 Update: 82 Antigen Tests, 10 In COVID Unit

For the first time in a very long time, Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials on Oct. 16 reported receiving no new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. While Texas Department of State Health Services reported no additional COVID-19 fatalities were reported on Oct. 16 for Hopkins County, Texas Health and Human Services reported 1 additional nursing home resident died as a result of COVID-19.

DSHS/HHS COVID-19 Reports

Hopkins County COVID-19 statistics reported by Texas Department of State Health Services and Texas Health and Human Services on Oct. 16

There also were no new recoveries reported by HC/SSEM officials in the Oct. 16 Hopkins County COVID-19 update, and HHS on Oct. 16 reported no active cases among students and staff at Hopkins County child care centers on Oct. 15 and no changes in the number of COVID-19 cases at assisted living facilities in Sulphur Springs as of Oct. 2.

A second resident of Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab was reported to have died as a result of COVID-19 and another resident of the facility was reported to have tested positive for the virus as of Oct. 2, the most recent date available for nursing home data, according to the HHS Oct. 16 nursing home report.

Six employees of Sunny Springs Nursing & Rehab no longer had COVID-19 on Oct. 2 but 5 additional employees of the facility had tested positive for novel coronavirus 2019 on the second day of October. The facility was reported to have at some point since March had four resident COVID-19 cases; no additional information regarding the resident cases was available on the Oct. 16 HHS nursing facility report.

Carriage House Manor on Oct. 2 continued to have 13 active employee cases and 18 active resident cases, as has been the case since Sept. 3, the day a total of 8 resident deaths were reported at the facility, according to the HHS report.

The only active COVID-19 case associated with a Sulphur Springs assisted living facility as of Oct. 2 was the employee case first reported Sept. 23 at Wesley House. That makes 5 employees and 7 residents of the facility who have had COVID-19 since March, according to the HHS Oct. 16 assisted living facility report.

HC/SSEM Oct. 16 COVID-19 Update

For the first time since Sept. 15, there were no new COVID-19 cases or recoveries reported on Oct. 16. That did not mean there are not active COVID-19 cases in the county. There were in fact still 111 active lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Hopkins County.

Cumulatively, 353 of the 464 Hopkins County residents who have tested positive since March have recovered from the virus, HC/SSEM officials reported.

The COVID-19 Unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs housed 10 patients on Friday, Oct. 16, HC/SSEM officials reported in the Oct. 16 Hopkins County COVID-19 Update. That’s 2 more in the hospital COVID unit than on Oct. 15 and twice as many as on Oct. 12,

From Oct. 10-16 Hopkins County residents received positive COVID-19 antigen test results from testing facilities within Hopkins County. That’s 225 positive antigen tests so far in October and 366 positive antigen test results reported for Hopkins County residents who were tested at Hopkins County facilities since the Local Health Authority and HC/SSEM official began reporting positive antigen test results on Sept. 4. These results do not count towards state numbers, and will not be shown as “recovered.” The state totals, which are reported daily by the HC/SSEM when confirmed, are the “official” COVID-19 case counts for the county.

HC/SSEM officials also reported an additional 85 molecular COVID-19 tests were conducted Thursday, Oct. 15, at the testing center testing center located at 128-A Jefferson Street. That’s 403 free COVID-19 tests conducted at the free testing site this week, 1,065 tests performed so far this month and 1,349 oral COVID-19 tests taken since the Jefferson Street testing site opened on Sept. 25. These do not necessarily reflect the number of Hopkins County residents tested as testing is open to anyone.

Testing is expected to continue from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. There are no requirements for testing. Simply register online at GoGetTested.com. Walk-ins are also welcome.

COVID-19 case counts reported Oct. 16 by Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management and the Local Health Authority for Hopkins and Delta Counties

4-H Project Show Results

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4-H Project Show Results

By Johanna HicksTexas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County

National 4-H Week Best of Show ribbon

The Hopkins County 4-H Project Show took place during National 4-H Week, and the results are in! Twenty-six projects were registered for judging.

Art:
William Ebel, Junior – Blue ribbon, Best of Show; Red ribbon
Jayci McClung, Junior – Red Ribbon
Johni McClung, Junior – Red ribbon
Penelope Deterding, Senior, 2 blue ribbons, Best of Show
Kirk Brown, Senior – Blue ribbon

4-H Logo

Crafts:
Ava Bessonett, Clover Kid – Blue Ribbon, Best of Show
Jayci McClung, Junior – Blue ribbon
Rylie Carroll, Intermediate – Blue ribbon

General Sewing:
Johni McClung, Junior – Blue ribbon
Lena Reyes, Intermediate – Blue ribbon
Penelope Deterding, Senior – Blue ribbon, Best of Show

Holiday:
Rylie Carroll, Intermediate – Blue ribbon, Best of Show

Horticulture:
Ava Bessonett, Clover Kid – Blue ribbon
Titus Bessonett, Junior – Blue ribbon, Best of Show
Lena Reyes, Intermediate – Blue ribbon; Red ribbon
Kirk Brown, Senior – Blue ribbon

Johanna Hicks
Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

Photography:
Johni McClung, Junior – Blue Ribbon
Jayci McClung, Junior – Blue ribbon, Best of Show
Lena Reyes, Intermediate – Blue ribbon, Best of Show
Kirk Brown, Senior – Red ribbon
Penelope Deterding, Senior – 2 blue ribbons, Best of Show; Red ribbon

Congratulations to each of these 4-H members for a job well done!!


Contact Johanna Hicks, B.S., M.Ed., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office, P.O. Box 518, 1200-B W. Houston St, Sulphur Springs, TX, 75483; 903-885-3443; or [email protected]

Volleyball: Lady Cats Host Hallsville Lady Bobcats

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Volleyball: Lady Cats Host Hallsville Lady Bobcats

The Lady Cats Volleyball Team has a big district match at home on this game day Friday, Oct. 16. The Lady Cats host the Hallsville Lady Bobcats.

The Lady Cats’ varsity will play first starting at 4:30 p.m. in the Main Gym on the campus of Sulphur Springs High School. That match will be followed by a JV Blue contest at around 5:30 p.m. with a JV Gold match at around 6:30 p.m.

The Lady Cats varsity enters tonight’s big district match with a 3-1 district record. They have compiled three district wins at home with one defeat on the road at Texas High. The Lady Cats are 6-6 for the season. The Lady Cats had a bye Tuesday.

They last played one week ago winning a match against Pine Tree and a make-up match against Mount Pleasant. The score in both home matches was 3-0. According to Max Preps, the Lady Bobcats are 2-2 in district play and 5-4 for the season. Per district rules, the Lady Bobcats accrued at least one district loss when they had to play their JV team in varsity competition because their varsity was sidelined for a time due to coronavirus cases.

Tonight’s game is a rematch on last season’s bi-district contest won by the Lady Cats at Tyler Junior College.

KSST Radio will have the Lady Bobcats and Lady Cats match for you beginning at around 4:30 p.m. It is hoped that the broadcast will include live video and audio streaming. The game will also be recorded for replay at a later date on Channel 18 on Suddenlink Cable.

Meanwhile the Wildcats’ football team is idle for the second straight Friday night. The team is quarantined until October 23. The SSISD announced Thursday that they are still considering the fate of the Wildcats’ next home game one week from tonight against Ennis at Gerald Prim Stadium.


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.

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Hopkins, Delta Counties Had The Lowest September Unemployment Rate In Area

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Hopkins, Delta Counties Had The Lowest September Unemployment Rate In Area

While unemployment rates across the state and Northeast Texas increased 1.3 percent in September, the unemployment rate in the Texarkana/Northeast Texas area as a whole only increased 0.6 percent. Hopkins and Delta Counties had the lowest September unemployment rate (5,8 percent) in the area, according to LAUS, local area area unemployment statistics reported by Texas Workforce Commission in the Texas Labor information report.

Texas Workforce Commission on Oct. 16 reported 7.7 percent of the civilian labor force across the country was looking for work, a decrease of 0.8 percent from August and 4.4 percent higher than in September of 2019.

Unemployment Statistics

Texas’ unemployment rate, however, was 0.6 percent higher than the national unemployment. The unemployment rate in all 9 counties in the Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area (WDA)/Texarkana LAUS, which includes Hopkins County, also rose from August to September.

TWC attributed the increase in the unemployment rates to the civilian labor force shrinking as the number of individuals actively looking for work contracted.

“Texas employers added 40,700 jobs despite the increase in individuals exiting the labor force which also includes the self-employed. This marks the fifth consecutive month of job growth since measures taken to control the spread of corona virus began. The monthly job increase exceeded September 2019, when 12,800 jobs were added,” an Oct. 16 TWC press release states.

In September of 2020, 8.3 percent of 1,177 of Texas’ civilian labor force of 14,208 was unemployed. That’s still 4.9 percent higher than in September of 2019, when 482.8 of the 14,111.3 civilian labor force as unemployed.

In the Northeast Texas region, unemployment rose from 6.1 percent in August 2020 to 7.4 percent in September 2020, with 9,218 of the 124,497 labor force reported by TWC to be unemployed in September 2020. That’s 3.6 percent higher than in September of 2019, when 3.8 percent or 4,765 of civilian labor force of 124,845 in NE Texas were seeking work, according to the TWC data.

In the Texarkana LAUS area, 4,791 of the civilian labor force (CLF) of 64,815 (7.3 percent) were unemployed in September 2020, which is 0.6 percent more than in August 2020, when 4,439 of the CLF of 65,931 were unemployed. In September of 2019, the unemployment rate was 4.1 percent the Texarkana area, with only 2,662 of the 65,295 CLF unemployed

Hopkins and Delta counties had the lowest unemployment rate in the NET/Texarkana LAUS area in September 2020.

Hopkins County’s unemployment rate rose from 4.6 percent in August 2020 to 5.8 percent in September 2020. Hopkins County’s CLF shrunk from 17,451 in August to 17,180 in September of 2020. Last month, 990 people in Hopkins County were unemployed, compared to September 2019 when only 508 of 17661 CLF were unemployed (2.9 percent) and August 2020 (when 795 people were unemployed.

Delta County’s September 2020 unemployment rate also as 5.8 percent, up from 4.8 percent (the second lowest) in August 2020. The CLF decreased from 2,418 in August to 2,379 in September 2020. Only 115 were unemployed in August 2020, but that 137 were unemployed last month. The unemployment rate in Delta County was 3.5 percent in September 2019 (the 4th lowest), when 85 of the 2,456 CLF were reported to be unemployed.

Unemployment in Franklin County was 6.1 percent in September, up from 5 percent in August 2020 and 3.5 percent in September 2019.

Lamar County’s unemployment rate rose from 5.7 percent in August 2020 to 6.9 percent in September 2020. The unemployment rate in September 2020 was 3.2 percent in Lamar County.

Unemployment in Morris County spiked from 11.2 percent in August to 14 percent in September, more than the state high of 13.5 percent reported in April 2020 at the peak of the COVID-19 shutdowns. Morris County’s CLF rose from 4,980 in August to 5,106 in September 2020. The number of unemployed in Morris County rose from 556 in August to 701 last month The CLF in September 2019 was 4,853, with 246 or 5.2 percent unemployed.

Cass County had the second worst unemployment rate in the region in September. The labor force shrunk from 12,641 in August to 12,538 last month. The number of people seeking jobs rose from 918 in August (7.3 percent) to 1,101 last month (8.8 percent). Unemployment rate in September 2020 was still more than double that of Sept. 2019, when only 525 of the 12,435 CLF (4.2 percent) were unemployed.

Civilian Labor Force Estimates (in thousands) for Texas Metropolitan Statistical Areas, not seasonally adjusted, as reported by Texas Workforce Commission, based on  Texas Labor Market & Career Information data.

16 New Sulphur Springs ISD COVID-19 Cases Reported Over The Last Week

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16 New Sulphur Springs ISD COVID-19 Cases Reported Over The Last Week

Over the last week, 16 new Sulphur Springs ISD COVID-19 cases were reported. All except 3 of the lab-confirmed novel coronavirus 2019 cases are students and staff of Sulphur Springs High School.

Sulphur Springs High School sign

SSISD Administrators on Oct. 15 notified students, employees an family members at SSHS that 4 additional students and 1 additional staff member who were on the high school campus within the last week had received positive COVID-19 test results.

That’s 11 students and 2 staff members at SSHS who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week (Oct. 9-15), and 14 students and 6 staff members so far this month from SSHS who have tested positive for COVID-19. Since school started on Sept. 1, the district has received notifications for 32 students and 8 staff at SSHS who have tested positive for COVID-19. At least 2 sports schedules have been impacted by the SSISD COVID-19 cases, including varsity football.

Also on Oct. 15, SSISD notified parents, staff and students that a student who had been on the Sulphur Springs Middle School campus within the last week has tested positive for COVID-19. That makes 3 staff and 2 students of SSMS who have tested positive for the virus this month, and 6 staff and 4 students from the campus 4 students since school started who have received positive COVID-19 results.

SSISD
SSISD logo

Only 1 other COVID-19 case was reported for SSISD this week, a Douglass ECLC staff member on Oct. 12. Earlier in the month, four staff members at Barbara Bush Primary also tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the monthly COVID-19 case total through Oct. 15 to 21 students and 14 employees who have received positive COVID-19 results. That’s four more SSISD staff members who have tested positive so far in October than the entire month of September. That’s only 3 fewer students half way through October than during the whole month of September.

Cumulatively, that makes 40 SSISD students and 21 employees of SSISD who have received positive COVID test results since Sept. 1. These totals include only students and staff who have been on campus since school started, and that SSISD sent official notifications for.


Drug Take Back Event Planned Oct. 24

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Drug Take Back Event Planned Oct. 24

Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration, will be hosting a Drug Take Back event next Saturday.

People are invited to bring their leftover unused prescription or over-the-counter medications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 24, to Atwood’s parking lot, located at 817 Gilmer St. in Sulphur Springs, for proper disposal.

The Drug Take Back Event is for medications that are not needed or that are out of date so that officials can have them properly destroyed. This could also be a good way to get rid of remaining medication from a family member who has passed away or may have left them behind.

In a 2018 national survey on drug use and health, 9.9 million American were reported to have misused controlled prescription drugs; the majority of abused prescription drugs obtained from family and friends, often from home medicine cabinets.

The Drug Take Back events help keep these drugs out of water systems and the trash, and helps prevent the medications from being available for potential use by anyone other than the person they were prescribed to or intended from, including children. That in turn could help prevent drug addition and overdose deaths, according to the DEA’s event web page.

HCSO and Posse members said while all pills will be accepted, needles and inhalers will not be accepted at the takeback event. Not sure where a medication from? Provided the drug is not an inhaler or needle it will be accepted. Just drop it off for disposal. No questions will be asked.

This will be the 19th year the DEA has partnered with law enforcement agencies across the country to host take back events. Typically, they are offered twice a year, one in April and another in October, at various locations.

The DEA reports that through the partnership of 4,896 law enforcement agencies a total of 882,919 pounds (441.5 tons) of medications were collected from the 6,174 sites participating in the October 2019 National Take Back event.

For additional information about the DEA’s 19th National Drug Take Back event, go online to DEATakeBack.com

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.

Oct. 14-15 Hopkins County COVID-19 Update: 12 New Cases, 1 Additional Death

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Oct. 14-15 Hopkins County COVID-19 Update: 12 New Cases, 1 Additional Death

THHS Reported Significant Changes In COVID-19 Cases, Deaths At Sulphur Springs Nursing Homes

COVID-19 case counts continue to rise Wednesday and Thursday, according to local and state reports. Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials reported 8 new cases and the Local Health Authority reported a 4 percent increase in cumulative COVID-19 cases among adults age 61 over the last 2 weeks on Oct. 14. Three additional Hopkins County residents had tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 15, HC/SSEM officials reported.

State officials on Oct. 14 also reported 1 additional death of a Hopkins County resident from COVID-19 as well as significant changes in COVID-19 cases at local nursing homes, including deaths.

positive COVID-19 result

DSHS Death Reports

Texas Department of State Health Services On Oct. 14 reported another Hopkins County resident was confirmed by death certificate to have died as a result of COVID-19 on Oct. 9, increasing the number of COVID-19 deaths reported to have occurred in October. Two Hopkins County residents died on Oct. 5 and one on Oct. 8, according to the DSHS Oct. 14-15 County Trends reports.

That makes 21 Hopkins County residents confirmed by death certificate to have died as a result of COVID-19 since July. There were no additional deaths reported for Hopkins County on Oct. 15, according to DSHS reports.

HHS Nursing, Assisted Living Reports

The Oct. 14 Texas Health and Human Services nursing facility report attributed 9 deaths at local nursing homes to COVID-19, and reported 13 new employee cases and 19 active resident cases of novel coronavirus 2019 at Sulphur Springs nursing homes on Sept. 30. There were no changes in the number of COVID-19 cases and fatalities reported at local nursing facilities on Oct. 15.

While the number of active cases among residents of Carriage House Manor decreased from 27 to 18 on Sept. 30, an additional 4 residents had died as a result of COVID-1. That increased the number facility residents of COVID-19 deaths at the facility to 8 as of Sept. 30, according to the Oct. 14 and 15 HHS nursing facility reports.

Texas Health and Human Services on Oct. 14 also reported 13 additional employees of Carriage House Manor had tested positive for COVID-19 on Sept. 30. That makes 38 CHM employees who have tested positive for COVID-19 since March, according to the Oct. 14-15 HHS reports. That’s just 1 shy of the total number of Hopkins County residents DSHS has reported have been confirmed by death certificate to have died in September.

Sulphur Springs Health and Rehabilitation was reported for the first time to not only have resident COVID-19 cases on Sept. 30, but one of the two residents had died from the virus. The other case remained active on Oct. 1, according to the HHS Oct. 14 and 15 nursing facility reports.

The only active case at Sulphur Springs assisted living facilities as Oct. 1 continued to be a Wesley House employee, according to the Oct. 15 HHS reports.

There were no active cases of COVID-19 at licensed child care centers in Hopkins County on either Oct. 13 or Oct. 14, according to the Oct. 14-15 HHS child care report.

LHA Age Range Report

The largest rise in cumulative COVID-19 cases among all Hopkins County residents over the last 2 weeks was in residents ages 61 and older. On Oct. 14, residents age 61 and older accounted for 31 percent of the cumulative COVID-19 cases, the most by any group since the Local Health Authority and HC/SSEM began reporting statistics by age on Sept. 1. That’s a 4 percent increase in the last 2 weeks and a 9 percent increase in the last month.

Young people ages 11-20 accounted for another 15 percent of the Hopkins County resident who have tested positive for COVID-19 since March, the same as on Sept. 30, 5 percent more on Sept. 1 and 3 percent more than on Sept. 14.

Residents ages 41-50 accounted have continued to account for 13 percent of Hopkins COVID-19 patients since Sept. 14, and is 1 percent less than the Sept. 1 report.

Hopkins County residents ages 1-10 accounted for 4 percent of the cumulative COVID-19 patients on Oct. 14, ages 21-30 for 11 percent, ages 31-40 14 percent, ages 51-60 for 12 percent; each of these age groups declined 1 percent each from the Sept. 30 report period to the Oct. 14 report period. Since Sept. 1, that’s a 2 percent drop for ages 1-10, 3 percent drop for ages 21-30, 3 percent drop for ages 21-30, 5 percent drop for ages 31-40, 1 percent drop for 41-50 years and 3 percent drop for 51-60.

Cumulative percentages of Hopkins County COVID-19 Cases by Age Range as of Oct. 14,2020

HC/SSEM Oct. 14-15 Reports

Hopkins County Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials reported 8 new COVID-19 cases on Oct. 14 and 3 new cases on Oct.15, increasing the active case county to 111 and the weekly case county so far to 52. That brings the total number of Hopkins County residents who have tested positive with COVID-19 from Oct. 1-15 to 103, just 15 cases shy of September’s 30-day total and 2 more than last week’s positive antigen test total. The new cases on Oct. 14 and make 464 Hopkins County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 since March.

There were no new recoveries reported on either Oct. 14 or Oct. 15 for Hopkins County, so the weekly total remains 30. There have been 70 Hopkins County residents who have recovered from the virus so far this month and 353 since March.

One additional patient was reported to be in the COVID-19 Unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs on Thursday, according to the Oct. 15 Hopkins County COVID-19 update. That’s 3 days in a row that the patient count has risen by 1, from 5 on Oct. 12 to 8 on Oct. 15.

Testing at the free testing site at 128-A Jefferson Street slowed a little on Tuesday and Wednesday, with 93 tests performed each day, 39 fewer than on Oct. 12, according to HC/SSEM reports.

Free testing continues to be offered from starting at 9 a.m. until at least 6 p.m. weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. To register go online to GoGetTested.com, scroll down to the “Sulphur Springs — Red Cross/Old Fidelity Express — Texas Emergency Management” testing site (they are usually listed alphabetically), click the green “Book It” button and follow the prompts.


Canned Meats Needed For Tira Food Pantry

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Canned Meats Needed For Tira Food Pantry

By Jan Vaughn

A baby shower was held at the Weir home on Saturday afternoon for Dakota Weir and Sarah Theriault. Destri and Natalie Weir were the hostesses. Dacy was unable to come due to illness. Ladies attending included Joyce Dodd, Dana Waggoner, Regina Taylor, Malorie Padron, Jan Vaughn, Elizabeth Wallace and Yvonne Weir. Dustin, Wesley, and Robert Weir were there, too, along with lots of children who enjoyed running around and playing during the outdoor event. The weather was beautiful and it was a very nice shower. Yvonne adds, “Dustin, Natalie and Everly spent the night, as did Sarah and Lucus.”

Our daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter, Tiffany, Perry and Jaidyn, came on Saturday and we celebrated Jaidyn’s 12th birthday that evening. Joining us were Malcolm and Melinda Joslin, and Ben and Shayla, and Kenden Joslin and Emma Hall. We enjoyed hamburgers, hot dogs, homemade ice cream and cake, and visiting in the backyard.

I want to express my appreciation to the council members who take care of the Tira Food Pantry weekly. Joyce Dodd reported that we are running low on canned meats. If you would like to donate food or money to the cause, please call Joyce at 903-348-8754.

I had the rare opportunity to see a bald eagle just up the road from our home on Wednesday. I was excited that it remained on its perch in the top of the tree while I took pictures.

I always need and appreciate input from my friends to help keep me informed of news in our community. If you have any news pertaining to Tira residents, past or present, please contact me, Jan Vaughn, at 903-945-2190 or 903-438-6688 or [email protected].

Tira Community Center

Cumby Homecoming Week Activities Announced

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Cumby Homecoming Week Activities Announced

Cumby ISD is gearing up for Homecoming Week. The 2020 homecoming festivities include recognition of the 2020 Cumby Homecoming Court, the crowning of a Homecoming Queen and King, daily spirit themes and other community activities planned during Cumby Homecoming Week, Oct. 19-23.

(Back row, left) Logan Miller, Colten Lindsey, Keagan McCullum, Darren Brewer and Cameron Rodriguez, Andrew Dignam and Lane McCraw; (front row) Dayli Sims, Lucero Osornio, Rylee Krotky, Brooke Petty, Rachael Dotson, Britney Jacobs and Lilly Campbell.

A different dress-up theme has been designated for each day of the Cumby Homecoming Week. Monday has been dubbed PJ Day. Tuesday is Twin Day. Wednesday will be Tourist/Hawaiian Day. Thursday is Throwback Thursday. Friday is Maroon Out, a day to don school colors. All Cumby students are encouraged to be creative and dress up for the daily theme to show their school spirit.

On Oct. 21, at Homecoming Parade will start at 6 p.m., with line-up at Matt’s at 5:30 p.m. The cheerleaders are scheduled to perform at the park. On Oct. 23, kickoff for the home game versus Clarksville is set for 7:30 p.m. Homecoming festivities, including the crowning of the 2020 Cumby Homecoming King and Queen. School officials report the Cumby Homecoming Week activities do not include a community bonfire.

Two representative from each class at Cumby High School were selected to the 2020 Cumby Homecoming Court. They include junior representatives are Logan Miller and Dayli Sims; sophomore representatives Andrew Dignam and Britney Jacobs; and freshman representatives Lane McCraw and Lilly Campbell. The nominees for Cumby High School 2020 Homecoming King are Colten Lindsey, Keagan McCullum, Darren Brewer and Cameron Rodriguez. The nominees for Cumby HS 2020 Homecoming Queen are Lucero Osornio, Rylee Krotky, Brooke Petty and Rachael Dotson, Cumby ISD announced Thursday afternoon, Oct. 15.

Cumby Homecoming Week festivities

Wood County Sheriff’s Report Oct. 7-13, 2020

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Wood County Sheriff’s Report Oct. 7-13, 2020

Wood County Sheriff’s Office provided the following activity report for Oct. 7-13, 2020:

  • Abandoned Vehicle: 5
  • Alarm: 10
  • Animal Complaint: 13
  • Arrest/Warrant: 6
  • Assault: 3
  • Burglary: 7
  • Criminal Mischief: 1
  • Criminal Trespass: 6
  • Disturbances/Disputes: 15
  • Fire-Vehicle: 1
  • Found Property: 3
  • Fraud: 2
  • Harassment: 3
  • Inquest: 2
  • Livestock at Large: 12
  • Lost Property: 1
  • Missing Person: 2
  • Motorist Assist: 2
  • Noise Complaint: 4
  • Reckless Driver: 3
  • Shots Fired: 1
  • Suspicious Activity: 22
  • Theft: 8
  • Traffic Hazard: 3
  • Traffic Stop Cleared by Arrest: 1
  • Welfare Check: 17
Wood County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicles