City Manager’s Report – May 2022
Marc Maxwell, City Manager Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell presented the following report to the City Council during the regular monthly council meeting on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. COVID-19 RESPONSE We have 0 patients in the COVID unit at the hospital. (I hope soon we can leave this off entirely.) CLAIMS We had a fleet accident in March involving a police cruiser. One unlucky driver ran a red light and crashed into the squad...
Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report – April 5, 2022
Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell presented the following report to the City Council during the regular monthly council meeting on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. COVID-19 RESPONSE We have 0 patients in the COVID unit at the hospital. CLAIMS We had a fleet accident in March involving a truck from Water and Sewer Distribution Division. There were not any injuries. The other driver has not filed a claim with TML yet. We had one other...
Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report – March 1, 2022
Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell presented the following report to the City Council during the regular monthly council meeting on March 1, 2022. COVID-19 Response We have 3 patients in the COVID unit at the hospital. Claims We did not have any liability claims or workers compensation claims from February. Senior Citizens Building It looks like we are going to get the $2.4 million in grant funding that we...
City Manager’s Report – Feb. 1, 2022
Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell presented the following report to the City Council during the regular monthly council meeting on Feb. 1, 2022. COVID-19 RESPONSE We really don’t know the number of active COVID cases in Hopkins County. The state has once again changed its system for tracking COVID, and staff has lost confidence in the state’s numbers. Our most reliable indicator is the number of covid patients in the hospital....
2 Women, 2 Men Jailed On Controlled Substance Charges
Two women and two men were jailed on controlled substance charges over the past 3 days, police and deputies noted in arrest and jail reports. Albert Michael Reyna Sulphur Springs Police Officer Francisco Castro stopped a 36-year-old Wetumka, Oklahoma man at 8:33 a.m. Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, on North Hilcrest Drive for a traffic violation in a Chrysler Town & Country mini van. The driver, identified as Albert Michael Reyna,...
Tarrant County Murder Suspect Arrested In Sulphur Springs
A Tarrant County murder suspect was arrested Wednesday morning in Sulphur Springs, the second time the 24-year-old Sulphur Springs man has been jailed locally on an out-of-town murder warrant, according to arrest and jail reports. Keshawn Cardale Sims (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Special Crimes Unit Lt. Mark Estes reported being contacted by the North Texas Fugitive Task Force regarding 24-year-old Keshawn Cardale Sims, a...
Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report – Jan. 4, 2022
Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell presented the following report to the City Council during the regular monthly council meeting on Jan. 4, 2022. COVID-19 Response The Omicron variant of the COVID virus seems to be spreading like wildfire across the nation. Unfortunately, I cannot give you any accurate numbers regarding the number of local cases. The State of Texas is having difficulty updating the numbers. This has been a...
Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report – December 7, 2021
Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell presented the following report to the Sulphur Sprigs City Council during their Dec. 7, 2021 meeting: COVID-19 RESPONSE The Delta variant wave of Covid-19 declined for several months, but now the trend seems to have turned around. The number of active cases in Hopkins County fell from 122 to 44 in November, but quickly rebounded to 65. The number of COVID cases at the hospital also dropped to 2...
3 Arrested After Contraband Found During Traffic Stops
Three people were arrested after police found contraband during two separate traffic stops. I-30 east Traffic Stop Delma Jatavion Jefferson Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cleve Williams reported stopping a Buick Lacrosse at 9:25 p.m. Dec. 2, at mile marker 114 on Interstate 30 east for a traffic violation. The driver, 22-year-old Delma Jatavion Jefferson of Nash, was found to be in possession of a hand gun. He also was found to have a...
2 Women Caught Tuesday With Methamphetamine
Two women were caught Tuesday with methamphetamine at local businesses, officers allege in arrest reports. East Shannon Road Arrest While in the 1500 block of East Shannon Road, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Justin Wilkerson and Zack Steward saw a person slumped over the steering wheel on a white Dodge pickup parked at a gas pump at 12:47 a.m. Nov. 30, 2021. The deputies approached the truck, Wilkerson on the...
