Sulphur Bluff ISD Accepts Application For Value Limitation for Dike Solar Farm
Shelly Leung and Rick Lambert of Powell, Youngblood & Taylor discuss with Sulphur Bluff ISD trustees the application for appraised value limitation Hopkins Energy LLC submitted to SBISD for a proposed nearly 3,000-acre solar farm. A nearly 3,000-acre $240 million solar project is one step closer to being located in northeastern Hopkins County. The Dike location is one of many international company Alpin Sun is considering in the...
Douglas Hollon Walker
Douglas Hollon Walker, 53-year-old Freedom, Oklahoma resident passed away Friday afternoon June 7, 2019 in OU Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma after major illness. Doug’s parents were Wesley Walker and Beverly Hollon. Doug was born in Woodward November 18, 1965. One of Doug’s favorite things as a little boy was to play with his Tonka trucks, tractors and dirt moving equipment. Doug grew up on the Walker Ranch at Freedom,...
Hopkins County Records for the Week of June 14, 2019
Applications for Marriage Licenses Cedric Dwight Mosely and Angela Yvette Johnson Ashton Tailor Smith and Skyler Lucile Marie Swann James Wayne Evans and Macy Laine Griner Kerry Dewayne Spence and Krystle Renay Pearson Marlon Josue Garcia Rivas and Analis Paredes Limber L. Ponce Hernandez and Idania Perez Al Tamirano Paul Arthur Stieber Jr. and Sarah E. Courtney-Mesko Land Deed Transactions Janice Faye Petty Buck, independent executor...
Tom Green (Joseph Thomas Green)
Tom Green Funeral services for Joseph Thomas Green, 77, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 15, in First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ed Lantz and Lew Riggsby officiating. The family will receive visitors in the Fellowship Hall immediately following the service. Honorary pallbearers are Benny Johnson, Max Bradford, Warren Brewer, Barry Teller and Bill Sidebottom. Tom Green died from complications of lung cancer Tuesday,...
New Solar Energy Project Proposed for Dike area
Another solar electric generating facility is being considered for the Dike area of northeastern Hopkins County. Sites in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma, as well as other “locations across the world and other parts the United States” are being also reportedly being considered for the Alpin Sun solar project. Alpin Sun is the same company responsible for Solemio Solar farm SSISD granted a limited value agreement for tax...
Chris Brown Appointed To Hospital District Board
Chris Brown takes the oath as the newly appointed member of Hopkins County Hospital District Board. Brown was appointed Tuesday evening to fill Dan Roper’s unexpired seat. Hopkins County Hospital District Board Tuesday evening selected Chris Brown of Sulphur Springs to serve in the unexpired seat of the board, swore in reelected members and elected officers. Brown was among five candidates who expressed interest to Hopkins...
7 Pounds Of Suspected Methamphetamine Discovered In Car Speaker During Traffic Stop
Andrew Zachery Berry A traffic stop on Interstate 30 by Cumby police yielded more than 7 pounds of methamphetamine in a sub-woofer box located in the trunk of a car and a small container of THC inside of the vehicle, according to arrest reports. Cumby Police Officer Kenneth Jones reported seeing an eastbound beige colored vehicle drive onto the shoulder and over the white line, after passing him on I-30 around 1:45 p.m. Thursday....
Hopkins County Records
Posted Week of April 26, 2019 Applications for Marriage Licenses Jimmy Dale Taylor and Leanne DuludeAndrew Craig McLarry and Melissa Dawn PickleKushal Aryal and Alyssa Joyce McLarry-ArdenDarrel Glenn Pierce and Elizabeth Kate HamrickKerry Louis Bailey and Tammy Yvette TimmonsRobert Edward McKnight and Crystal Mechelle HarrellBobby Hue Jones and Nita Marie BarrettJovany Lopez and Veronica Ramirez ResendizBradley Jackson Worsham and...
Margaret Ann Henley
Funeral services for Margaret Ann Henley, age 70, have been set for Monday, April 29, 2019 at 12:00PM at Mitchell Chapel with Rev. Nelson Gatlin officiating. Interment will follow in Mel Haven Cemetery. No visitation has been scheduled. Margaret was born on December 27, 1948, in Sulphur Springs, the daughter of Andrew Petty and Lillian Debase. Ms. Henley was a member of Mitchell Chapel Church. She passed away on...
Thomas “Tom” Melton Howell
July 15, 1951 – April 18, 2019 Thomas “Tom” Melton Howell, Jr, 67, of Sulphur Springs passed from this life to join his Lord and Savior on April 18, 2019. Tom was born on July 15, 1951 in San Antonio, Texas to Thomas and Dorothy Howell. When Tom was 3, the family moved from San Antonio to Garland, Texas. Growing up in Garland, Tom was the oldest of 5 siblings. His dad, Thomas Sr, would take him and his siblings to their family farm...
