Chicks for Charity Hopkins County Received the Community Pride Award
Chicks for Charity Hopkins County received the Community Pride Award Thursday night during the 89th Annual Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Banquet. Chicks for Charity started in November 2011 with a social gathering in the fellowship hall at First United Methodist Church. Each of eight women who regularly met as a dinner club invited 10 other women who shared their desire to make a difference in the community. When they met, each...
Hopkins County District Clerk’s Office Moves to the Annex Building
After the Hopkins County District Clerk’s Office moved from the Courthouse to across the street, office holders in the Courthouse made moves. The County Commissioners now have offices on the first floor with County Judge Robert Newsom. District Judge Eddie Northcutt has moved down to the second floor. District Judge Will Biard now has an office with Courthouse Bailiff Henry Turner. Now in new basement offices are County...
Judge Newsom Proposes a Fairer Way to Pay For New Jail
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom and most of the County Commissioners were in Austin several days this week. Judge Newsom is proposing an idea that if approved by the State Legislature could result in a slight increase in sales tax here that would offset the six-cent increase in the tax rate affecting property taxes to build the $16-million County Jail. I talked with Judge Newsom Friday morning. [pb_vidembed title=””...
Judge Newsom Is Doing Double Duty
Next week will be a very busy one for Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom. As of January 1, the county’s two Justices of the Peace, B.J. Teer in Precinct 1 and Brad Cummings in Precinct 2, are new to the job. Both will be in job-related school next week. Their duties will be performed by Judge Newsom who will be doing his job and theirs too all week long, setting bonds at the jail and considering cause of death for the deceased....
New JP’s and County Judge Sworn In
Eight Hopkins County elected officials received the oath of office during a swearing-in ceremony on News Year’s Day at 10 a.m. in the District Courtroom in the County Courthouse. A ninth official, County Court-at-Law Judge Amy Smith will be sworn-in on Monday. County Judge Robert Newsom presided. County Commissioner for Precinct 4 Danny Evans was sworn-in by Judge Newsom. County Commissioner for Precinct 2 Mike Odell was sworn-in...
Nine Hopkins County Officials Will Receive the Oath of Office on New Years Day
Nine Hopkins County officials will receive the oath of office during a Swearing-In Ceremony on New Year’s Day at 10 a.m. at the County Courthouse. Included will be County Judge Robert Newsom, County Court at Law Judge Amy Smith, Cheryl Fulcher as District Clerk, County Clerk Debbie Shirley, Jim Thompson as County Treasurer, Precinct 2 County Commissioner Mike Odell, Precinct 4 County Commissioner Danny Evans, B.J. Teer as Precinct 1,...
“Updated” County Requires No Additional Funding for Right of Way Purchases on Hwy 11
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom had just finished his first county budget when he got a letter from TXDOT saying they needed more than $100,000 from the county for right-of-way purchases for phase three of a Highway 11 West improvement project from Commerce to Sulphur Springs. The story has a happy ending as TXDOT agreed to use left over county right-of-way funds from the Highway 154 South project on Highway 11 West. Phase three of...
“Updated” Capital Murder Cases to Cost County Hundreds of Thousands
Hopkins County will have to pick up the costs of attorneys for one of two men indicted for capital murder in what are expected to be a death penalty cases. County Judge Robert Newsom said an insurance policy would pay for attorneys for Cody Scott Shaw of Emory. The policy will not cover co-defendant Patrick Wayne McMahan of Sulphur Springs. The cost could be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The men were indicted December 8. DA...
“Updated” County Jail Project Update
Walls are going up at the site of the new Hopkins County Jail project. Recent rains have slowed things down and County Judge Robert Newsom says the project is now 17 days behind schedule. By mid-January, Judge Newsom says the contractor hopes to have all the concrete poured. The judge says plans still call for prisoners to be moved in next October. County Judge Robert Newsom gives us an update.
Mike Pribble Honored by the Hopkins County Commissioners Court
Some day soon a plaque will be put up at the Hopkins County Equine Pavilion honoring the memory of Mike Pribble, a famous trick roper on horseback. Pribble hosted a July 4 rodeo for many years in an area where the Equine Pavilion now sits. Monday at Commissioners Court, a proclamation will be read featuring language that will be on the plaque. We learn more from County Judge Robert Newsom.
