City Manager’s Report December 4, 2018
CROSSTOWN TRAIL – Construction continues on the Hopkin County Civic Center grounds. The Capital Construction division installed 317 linear feet of pathway on the Civic Center grounds. SUNSET STREET – We opened bids for materials for this project on October 24th. Of the 5 bid packets, we only had successful bids on 2 of them. We will have to rebid the remaining. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT – Phase 2 is well under way....
City Manager’s Report to Council November 6, 2018
CROSSTOWN TRAIL – The flashing lights for the Main Street crossing have been installed and are now operational. The capital construction division installed 596 linear feet of sidewalk divided among Coleman Dam, Peavine Pinion Pond and the high school. SUNSET STREET – We opened bids for materials for this project on October 24th. Of the 5 bid packets, we only had successful bids on 2 of them. We will have to rebid the...
Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report October 2, 2018
CANTEX FORCE MAIN – This project is completed. The Capital Construction division connected the final segment of sewer main to the Cantex Lift Station and began pumping through the new force main Monday night. This was the final capital improvement project in the 2013-2017 C.I.P. It replaces 2,400 linear feet of aging sewer force main and 2,900 feet of gravity main. The sewer main did pass through the middle of the hospital...
Local Man Arrested on Warrants for Sale of Illegal Substances
At an apartment on Bill Bradford Road, Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit arrested Traylon Lynn Clayton, 25, of Sulphur Springs, on warrants for Delivery of Marijuana more than a quarter of an ounce but less than 5lbs and for Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 2 or 2-A less than 1-gram. Both are State Jail Felonies. The arrest was the result of an investigation into Clayton’s possession and sales of...
Scroggins Man Arrested for Manufacture Delivery of Meth
During an investigation by the Special Crimes Unit approximately 3.2 grams of Methamphetamine was purchased from Kevin Taylor Umbaugh, 27, of Scroggins, TX. As a result of the purchase and the investigation, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Umbaugh. SCU Investigators, DPS State Troopers, and Franklin County Sheriff’s Investigators and Deputies located Umbaugh away from his residence and make the arrest. Umbaugh is in Hopkins...
Sicard Sentenced to 15 Years
Justin Blaine Sicard, 28, of Winnsboro was sentenced to 15 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Thursday morning in Eighth Judicial District Court. Sicard accepted a plea agreement presented by Assistant District Attorney Clay Harrison. Sicard faced one count of Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 more than 4-grams but less than 200-grams in a Drug Free Zone and one count of Possession of a...
Gilreath Sentenced in Probation Revocation
August 30, 2018 – Probation for Jackson Blaze Gilreath was revoked Thursday morning in Eighth Judicial District Court, according to Assistant District Attorney Clay Harrison. Gilreath will serve 4-years in prison. He has previously been sent to Dream Center, a 12-month faith-based residential Drug Addiction Treatment Center, to Substance Abuse Felony Punishment, a part of the Texas Substance Abuse Treatment Program run by the...
City of Sulphur Springs Manager’s Report for August Council Meeting
CROSSTOWN TRAIL -The railroad crossing is complete. The Capital Construction Division is now constructing the portion of the trail from the KCS railroad tracks to Coleman Park. When finished, this grant-funded project will connect Buford Park to Coleman Park and the high school/civic center complex. It will also replace the sidewalk on the north side of Connally Street. CANTEX FORCE MAIN – This project is about 50% completed....
Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report July 10, 2018
CROSSTOWN TRAIL –The railroad crossing is complete. The Capital Construction Division is now constructing the portion of the trail from the KCS railroad tracks to Coleman Park. When finished, this grant-funded project will connect Buford Park to Coleman Park and the high school/civic center complex. It will also replace the sidewalk on the north side of Connally Street. CANTEX FORCE MAIN – The materials for this project have been...
Two Buys, Two Dates, One Arrest
May 22, 2018 – Two separate purchases of methamphetamine on two separate dates led to warrants for the arrest of Jackson Blaze Gilreath, 22, of Sulphur Springs. The purchases of approximately 2.6 grams of meth from Gilreath were made by the Special Crimes Unit. Gilreath was arrested at Clayton Homes Monday at 2:12 p.m. by officers of the SCU. He is in Hopkins County Jail charged with one count of Manufacture Deliver Controlled...
