Obituary – Matt Matlock
Matt Matlock A funeral service for Matt Matlock, age 54, of Saltillo, Texas, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 15, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Danny Christenberry officiating and with Mike Umbaugh, Beau Orren, Daniel Elliot, Patrick Nichols, Rusty Garmin, and Brent Heflen serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour before the service, at 1 p.m. Saturday, October 15, 2022. Mr. Matlock passed away on...
Carson Bradley Hicks
Carson Bradley Hicks, 26, ascended to heaven on October 6, 2022, as a result of injuries sustained in an ATV accident on the family land, in Pickton, Texas, where he loved to work and hunt. Carson was born on March 7, 1996, in Dallas, Texas. He attended Sulphur Springs schools and graduated from Sulphur Springs High School in 2015. He attended Texas A & M University-Commerce and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 2018 and...
Meet The 2022 SSHS Homecoming Nominees
Sulphur Springs High School administrators this week introduced the 10 young ladies selected as the 2022 SSHS Homecoming Nominees. After a week of spirit activities, including a parade, the community will learn which of these seniors are selected as this year’s Homecoming Royalty during the pregame activities at Gerald Prim Stadium starting around 6:40 tonight (Sept. 23, 2022). During a special media event, each of the 2022 SSHS...
Hopkins County Records – Sept. 10, 2022
Land Deed Transactions The following land deed transactions were filed the week of Aug. 28, 2022, and posted at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office: Deed Records at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office Johnny Mack Courson and Rose Courson to Donna Lynn Jacobs; tract in the Henry McCauley survey Shanon W. Morris to Myra Darlene Lummus; tract in the Juan Palvadore survey Leslie Nicole McDowell to Matthew Cody McDowell; tract in the Green...
Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Elects New Board Members And Officers
The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation approved four new board members and one returning board member at its recent meeting. New members are Dr. Martin Fielder, Don Sapaugh, Sally Toliver, and Dr. Andrew Yoder. Charles Helm will serve a second three-year term on the board. (Left) Chair Sharla Campbell presents long-time hospital volunteer and supporter Wanda Galyean with a plaque for her service to the Hopkins County Health Care...
Sex Offender Who Shot Deputy in the Face Receives Life Sentence
News Release – Aug. 11, 2022 AUSTIN –Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Criminal Prosecutions trial team secured a guilty verdict this week against a man who committed Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant. Shazizz Mateen shot a sheriff’s deputy in the face, blinding him for life. Mateen was sentenced to life in prison and assessed a $10,000 fine by an Austin County jury. It was on November 1, 2018, that Mateen shot and...
Dike Man Accused Of Shooting At Son During Disturbance
A 46-year-old Dike man was accused Saturday evening of shooting at his son during a disturbance, according to arrest reports. Kenneth George Andrews Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies Isaac Foley, Zack Horne, Chris Baumann and Sgt. Tanner Steward responded at 6:14 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, to a disturbance in which a man was alleged to be shooting a firearm at another man in front of a County Road 3518 residence. Upon arrival,...
Obituary – Walter B. Pair
Walter Pair Walter B. Pair, age 91, of Sulphur Springs and formerly from Wylie, Texas, passed away on July 15, 2022. A funeral service is scheduled for 1:45 p.m. Sunday, July 24, 2022, at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home with Cody Alan Rushing officiating. Interment following on Monday, July 25, 2022, at 11 a.m. at Pecan Grove Cemetery in McKinney, Texas. He was born on September 20, 1930, to Harrison Andrew Pair and Maggie Belle Roberts...
Hopkins County Records — July 2, 2022
Land Deed Transactions The following are land deed transactions filed and posted at Hopkins County Clerk’s office between June 16, 2022 and June 22, 2022: Records at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office Jane Dixon AKA Linda Jane Dixon to Harold Glenn Dixon; tract in the MA Bowlin surveyUleta Taylor to Debora Taylor Gray, Tammie Taylor Stafford and Charles Lesley Taylor; tract in the ED Chinneth surveyVali Brannon and WE Brannon...
Hopkins County Records — June 25, 2022
Land Deed Transactions The following are land deed transfers filed and posted at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office from June 6-15, 2022: Records at Hopkins County County Clerk’s Office Liberty Tierra LTD to Joe Buddy Freeman Jr. and Charlotte E. McLarry; tract in the Twin Lake FarmsFreddie Hughes and Brooke McKee Sikes to Sulphur Springs Development LLCHillcrest Mortgage Inc. DBA Hillcrest Mortgage Services Inc. to Henly Land &...
