Macon, 52 Others Indicted by Hopkins County Grand Jury Wednesday
A total of 89 indictments against 53 individuals were handed down by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Wednesday, September 23, 2015. Tressa Shana Macon indicted for hindering the apprehension of a felon. Macon, the girlfriend of Tilton Joshua Mapps, was apprehended while trying to assist Mapps eludes arrest. Mapps was indicted for the murder of Jonathon Trahern Young and for tampering with or fabricating physical evidence (see story...
SSPD Chief Says Don’t Believe Everything on Facebook
As incredible as it may seem, some people are really believing a story that truly stretches credibility to the extreme. It’s posted on-line at a web site with the headline Slaughterhouse Employee Accused of Murdering 71 Co-Workers Over 17 years. There is not a single so called fact in the story that checks out. Check out some of the other hot news under recent posts to find more utterly fantastic stories. Sulphur Springs Police...
Additional Charge Filed Against Mapps
An additional charge has been filed against Tilton Joshua Isaiah Mapps based on a complaint from the 8th Judicial District Attorney’s office. Added to the murder charge is a tampering with evidence with intent to injure. Mapps admitted to throwing into an unspecified body of water the weapon used in the Pacific Park murder of Johnathan Young. The U S Marshal’s office is also processing a charge of crossing state lines to...
$1.5 Million Bond Set for Mapps; Girlfriend Also in Local Jail
A $1.5 million bond was set Friday morning, July 3rd for Tilton Isaiah Joshua Mapps who now resides in Hopkins County Jail. Mapps is charged with murder. He was arrested Monday June 29th at 1:45 p.m. in Fort Smith Arkansas for the murder of Johnathan Traehan Young. Young died as the result of multiple gunshot wounds received June 8th at Pacific Park. Mapps, identified by witnesses at the scene, had fled and has been the object of...
“Updated” U S Marshal’s Service Take Lead in Mapps Arrest
“Good police work by the U S Marshal’s service,” said Sulphur Springs Police Detective Sgt. David Gilmore. Gilmore’s remarks were made Tuesday morning after his return to Sulphur Springs from Fort Smith, Arkansas where Tilton Isaiah Joshua Mapps had been arrested Monday afternoon at 1:45 p.m. for the murder of Johnathan Traehan Young. (See arrest story here.) Young died as the result of multiple gunshot...
“Updated” Duffey Sentenced to 20 Years
Roy Dean Duffey was sentenced to 20 years in the Texas Department of Corrections and a fine of $5,000 Wednesday afternoon. In pronouncing the sentence, 8th Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt reviewed the testimony of a number of witnesses who had testified to the character of Duffey and David Harrison Cooper whom Duffey murdered with a battle knife. Duffey was found guilty of murder late Tuesday afternoon in the bench trial in...
Spring at the Sulphur Springs Public Library… by Hope Cain
Spring is an exciting time for us at Sulphur Springs Public Library. Winners of many book awards come out and we look forward to which books will win these prestigious awards. I wanted to share some of the kids and young adult selections with you. Texas Bluebonnet Book Award for 2015 is The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt. Coretta Scott King (author) Book Award for Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Caldecott Award The...
BONNIE AND CLYDE APRIL 2, 2015 – Eddie Trapp
For ten or twelve years I have attended the Uncle Earl’s hog dog trials in Winnfield, Louisiana. Each time while traveling along Interstate 20, I pass the Gibsland, Louisiana exit and remember Bonnie and Clyde were killed in the area. One time Jean, some grand-kids, AND I were on the trip and we stopped at a Bonny and Clyde Museum in Gibsland. As luck would have it the museum was closed and we could barely see inside since it was so...
Don Julian’s Top Twelve Stories for 2014
I’m Don Julian, KSST News and Sports Director and here are my top stories for 2014 for our area. #12 is the Sulphur Springs ISD negotiating a lease deal with Hopkins County concerning the Civic Center Auditorium. The school district will begin renovating the facility next summer. #11, Sulphur Springs Police Chief resigned to take a position as Chief of the Sulphur Springs ISD PD. The city council named Patrol Captain Jay Sanders to...
December Events at Sulphur Springs Public Library, Author Lindsay Cummings
December 11 is a big day at the Public Library! Please come and make us part of your holiday celebrations! Preschoolers and their parents are looking forward to the winter themed Read To Me with Lacey and the mysterious Elf on a Shelf! It is held in the Storytime room from 11:15am to 12:15. All kids will make a special ornament! Teens get their chance to visit author Lindsay Cummings and construct a gingerbread house to take home...
