Winnsboro Police Department Media Report — Aug. 22-28, 2022
Winnsboro Police Department each week provides a media report with information about department activity. WPD activity for the week Aug. 22-28, 2022, included: Arrests No arrests Calls for Service The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a total of 100 calls for service during this reporting period. Citations The Winnsboro Police Department issued 24 citations and 25 warnings during this reporting...
AG: 2 Indicted In Connection With $6.9 Million Medicaid Fraud And Kickback Scheme
News Release — Aug. 29, 2022 AUSTIN –An investigation by the Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the FBI, Department of Health and Human Services – Office of the Inspector General, and Customs and Border Protection has led to charges being brought against two Houstonians for their role in a nearly $6.9 million Medicaid fraud and kickback scheme. Ifeanyi Ndubisi Ozoh, 51, and Rene Fernandez Gaviola, 65, acted as...
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News — Aug. 29, 2022
By Jennifer Heitman, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Sulphur Springs, Texas, August 29, 2022 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. Mobile Athletic Training Room and Wildcat Tailgate Thank you to all who came by our CHRISTUS tent at the first Wildcat football home game....
A Scarlet Fire Dogwood Is Ideal For Small Spaces
By David Wall, Mount Pleasant Master Gardener Scarlet Fire Dogwood (Photo: Arbor Day Foundation) Horticulturists are always trying to find something better with regard to plants of all types. Sometimes a “new” variety can be developed in just a few years, but others take much longer. Such an example is the Scarlet Fire Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa ‘Rutpink’), which took Rutgers University 45 years to develop. It first appeared in 2016,...
Flag Flying Parade Planned For Sept. 11
A “Flag Flying Parade” is planned for Sept. 11, 2022, in Sulphur Springs by a local group called Freedom Flyers. All are encouraged to show their patriotism by turning out along a designated parade route with flags starting at 4 p.m., with a flag parade slated to begin at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, according to Mark Maddox, president for the local group. “My goal is just for us to roll, have a good time, putting a...
Michigan Pair Arrested After Counterfeit Cash; Marijuana Found During I-30 Stop
5 Memphis Men Jailed On Multiple Charges Each, Including Marijuana and ID fraud A Michigan pair was arrested Friday morning after a trooper found counterfeit cash and marijuana in their vehicle during an I-30 traffic stop, according to arrest reports. Five men out of Memphis, Tennessee were also arrested one week earlier for having contraband that included a stolen firearm, marijuana, a controlled substance and ID that didn’t...
Meal A Day Menu – Aug. 29-Sept. 2, 2022
Volunteers prepare meals at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center and deliver them five days a week to Meal A Day program recipients in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. The Meal A Day Menu for the week of Aug. 29-Sept. 2, 2022 includes: Monday – Chicken Parmesan On a bed of Egg Noodles, Italian Vegetables and Garlic Toast.Tuesday – Ham and Potato Casserole, Pinto Beans and Brussels Sprouts.Wednesday – Cheesy...
Hopkins County Records — Aug. 27, 2022
Land Deed Transactions The following land deed transactions were filed and posted between Aug. 4-6, 2022, at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office: Record books at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office Jim Edward Brattan and Jennifer Brooke Goggans to Billy Paul Bratten; tract in the HL Ward surveyGretchen Roberts, independently and as independent executor for the William Archie Highfield Estate, to Cole Boseman and Elyssa Boseman; tract in the...
1 Person Injured In Tractor Accident
One person was reported to have been injured in a tractor accident Friday evening. Hopkins County 911 dispatchers received a call at 5:25 p.m. Aug. 26, 2022, from County Road 4708, where a man said a tractor had fallen on someone and was pressing on the individual’s abdomen and legs. Emergency responders reported tractor had flipped over onto one person, resulting in possible injury to the lower and chest portions of the body. A...
Dike Man To Serve Commitment For Assault Of Public Servant Offense
Nine Others Jailed On Felony Warrants A 52-year-old Dike man was taken into custody to serve a commitment for an assault on a public servant offense, and nine others were jailed on felony warrants over the last week. Arrested In District Court Jerry Mack Price Jr. AKA JJ Price and Kerry Mack Price Jr. Jerry Mack Price Jr. was taken into custody in the 8th Judicial District Courtroom at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, after being...
