SSPD: 72-Year-Old Woman Jailed Following Drunk Driving Crash
A 72-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was jailed following a drunk driving crash Thursday evening, police alleged in arrest reports. CHESTER,LAJUANA LANELL MINTY, March 2021, (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cameron Robinson responded at 5 p.m. March 18 in the 1200 block of Brinker Street, where a woman was alleged to have been involved in a motor vehicle crash. Lajuana Lanell Minty Chester appeared to Robinson to have...
Cumby Man Back In Jail For Second Time This Week
A 21-year-old Cumby man is back in jailed for the second time this week, according to arrest and sheriff’s reports. Cole William Peterson (HCSO jail photo) Cole William Peterson was jailed Sunday, March 14, for driving while intoxicated with a child passenger younger than 15 years of age in the vehicle, abandoning or endangering a child-criminal neglect and tampering with evidence. He was accused of crashing the vehicle he was...
Man Arrested On Child Porn And Controlled Substance Charges
March 19, 2021 – A lengthy investigation into alleged possession or promotion of child pornography resulted in a 39-year-old man’s arrest Thursday on child porn and controlled substance charges, according to arrest and sheriff’s reports. Hugo Enrique Menchaca (HCSO jail photo) “This was another child pornography investigation that’s been ongoing for a while. He was hard to track down. We’ve been...
Unemployment Rate Up In Hopkins County In January, But Still Lowest In NET Workforce Area
Unemployment rose slightly in Hopkins County from December 2020 to January 2021, but Hopkins County’s 5.4 percent unemployment rate was still the lowest in the Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area in January 2021. That’s also below the state unemployment rate of 7.3 percent and WDA unemployment rate of 7.1 percent. According to Texas Work Force Commission and Texas Labor Market Index’s Local Area Unemployment...
Emory Man Arrested On Rains County Warrant
Jesse Aaron Ragle Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Kevin Lester took a 27-year-old Emory man into custody around 2:25 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at the Adult Probation Office on a felony Rains County warrant. Lester transported Jesse Aaron Ragle to the county jail, where was booked on the warrant for violation of probation, which he was on for an online solicitation with a minor for sexual conduct charge, according to...
Work On Grays Building In Pacific Park Progressing With Roof Work
Deadline For Community Members To Complete Online Pacific Park Improvements Survey Is March 19 Work on the Grays Building in Pacific Park is progressing with the roof being installed Wednesday. Crews were on scene using equipment to lift large metal panels to the top of the building to be placed and secured atop the metal frame. Over the last month, framing and plumbing top-out were finished. Electrical rough-in was nearly complete,...
Sulphur Springs ISD New Student, Dual Language Program Registration Begins March 25
Registration For Current Pre-K, Head Start Students Conducted Via Skyward Family Access Sulphur Springs ISD New Student Registration Round-up for kindergarten through third begins March 25 for the 2021-2022 school year. This registration is for new students who did NOT end the 2020-2021 school year in Sulphur Springs ISD. Parents of current pre-kindergarten and Head Start students will complete a Returning Student Registration with...
Oklahoma Man Arrested On Cocaine, Weapon Charges
Emory Man Jailed For Bond Forfeiture Police arrested an Oklahoma man at 11:57 p.m. March 17 on cocaine and weapon charges. An Emory man was jailed on an order revoking his probation on a controlled substance charge, according to arrest reports. Main Street Traffic Stop Sulphur Springs Police Officer Robble Acosta reported stopping a GMC Sierra with a defective taillight pass around 11:35 p.m. Wednesday in the 1200 block of Main...
‘Welcome Home’ Celebration for Vietnam Vets Being Held Across the US by Wreaths Across America
The 48-foot long WAA Mobile Educational Exhibit is making stops in Texas this Spring Sulphur Springs, Texas was one of many Texas towns to host a Welcome Home Celebration specifically for returning Vietnam Vets…staged fifty years after their return home. Actually, through 2025, these Welcome Home celebrations will be held in towns across the nation as routes are planned and events scheduled. The Wreaths Across America Mobile...
2 Sulphur Springs Men In Custody On Felony Warrants
Two Sulphur Springs men were in custody at Hopkins County jail on felony warrants Wednesday, March 17. Chasen Lane Beaver (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Department Sgt. Brandon Mayes was told he could find Chasen Lane Beaver, a wanted man, at a Kasie Lane residence. Mayes contacted him at the address and took him into custody at 8:17 a.m. Tuesday, March 16, then transported him to jail, according to arrest report. The...
