Looking to the Future: Water In Hopkins County
Mario Villarino By Mario Villarino, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Hopkins County, [email protected] The importance of water cannot be overstated or overvalued. Though we often take it for granted, access to abundant, clean, safe, and affordable water affects our health, drives our economy, and adds to our quality of life. Unfortunately, millions of people around the world live in...
Chamber Connection – Sept. 14
By Butch Burney, Chamber of Commerce President/CEO, [email protected] Past cooks have until Friday, Sept. 23, to register for the 53rd Annual Hopkins County StewFestival and retain their site from last year. A pot of Hopkins County Stew If you have cooked stew in the past or want to for the first time, now is the time to register for Stew Fest, presented by Alliance Bank. The Stew Festival is Saturday, Oct. 22, with Friday...
Additional Charge Added For Man Jailed Monday For Evading Arrest
An additional charge was added Tuesday afternoon for a Sulphur Springs man jailed on an evading arrest charge Monday, according to arrest reports. Dequarian Terran Pitts A detective advised Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Brandon Mayes that Dequarian Terran Pitts was scheduled to be at the police department for an interview, and that a felony warrant had been issued for the 22-year-old Sulphur Springs man’s arrest. Pitts was among...
Sulphur Springs ISD Bond Election To Be Discussed At Town Hall Meeting
The Sulphur Springs ISD Bond Election will be discussed at a special Town Hall Meeting scheduled at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in the Board Room inside SSISD Administration Building, 630 Connally St. SSISD Superintendent Michael Lamb will lead the discussion. The community is invited to attend to learn more about and ask any questions they may have related to the $81.5 million SSISD Bond Election called for facilities improvements...
Methamphetamine Found In Fast Food Cup
More than 7 grams of methamphetamine was reportedly found in a fast food cup during an traffic stop late Monday night along I-30 in Hopkins County, according to arrest reports. John Adam McGinn Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies reported stopping the driver of a white Ford F250 at 11:15 p.m. Sept. 12, 2022, on the south Interstate 30 service road at mile marker 135 for failure to maintain a single lane of traffic. Deputy...
Shots Fired Call Results In Pursuit, At Least 3 Arrests
A call reporting shots fired on Calvert Street in Sulphur Springs resulted in a pursuit and at least three arrests — a Malakoff woman on a felony charge, and Sulphur Springs and Commerce men on misdemeanor charges, according to arrest reports and officials. Brookelyn Robyn Purser Sulphur Springs Police Officers Robble Acosta responded at 7:19 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, in the 700 block of Carter Street, where dispatchers were told...
2022 NETBIO Seventh Annual Cattleman’s Classic And Ribeye Round Up
Texas Heritage National Bank is proud to be the title sponsor for the 2022 Cattleman’s Classic And Ribeye Roundup (CCRR) to be held October 1, on Celebration Plaza. Thirty cooking teams are expected to be competing. With $7,200 in prize money, plus bragging rights, the competition is expected to be intense. Setting up for the 2017 Ribeye Roundup Brandon Bell with Potts Feed Store out of Emory, states, “Every year the teams get better...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report — Sept. 5-11, 2022
Winnsboro Police Department each week provides a media report with information about department activity. WPD activity for the week Sept. 5-11, 2022, included: Arrests Tammy Crow, 56 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on Sept. 7, 2022 on a Wood County Warrant for Violation of Bond Conditions/Violate Protective Order. Melinda Johnson, 50 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on Sept. 8, for Possession of Dangerous Drug and...
Trial Of Cooper Man Accused Of 2021 Shooting At Delta County Gas Station Under Way
The trial of a 48-year-old Cooper man accused of a 2021 shooting at a Delta County gas station is under way in the 8th Judicial District Courtroom in Hopkins County just after 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, Sept. 13, 2022. Robert Clevon Jeffery of Cooper (2021 Delta County Sheriff’s Office photo) A jury panel was selected Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, in Delta County in the case, but the decision was made to move the trial to the Hopkins County...
Republicans Rally Around Stump Speakers
Republicans rallied around stump speakers while enjoying homemade ice cream, popcorn and hot dogs Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, at Hopkins County Civic Center. The prevailing message carried throughout the 2nd Old Time Political Rally hosted by Hopkins County Republican Party was the need to make a big push to get everyone possible to Stephen Willeford, national spokesman for Gun Owners of America and “The Good Man and a Gun”...
