Winnsboro Police Department Media Report – Feb. 21-27, 2022
Winnsboro Police Department provided the following media report for the week of Feb. 21-27, 2022: Arrests Aaron Bennett, 34 years of age, of Sulphur Springs, was arrested on Feb. 21, 2022, for possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance; possession of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance; resisting arrest, search or transport; and a Hopkins County warrant for...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report – Feb. 7-13, 2022
Winnsboro Police Department provided the following media report for the week of Feb. 2-13, 2022: Arrests Whalen Roach, 44 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on 2-08-2022 on Wood County Warrants for Interference with Emergency Request for Assistance and Assault Family Violence Impeding Breathing with Previous Convictions.Justin Richardson, 37 years of age, of Como, was arrested on 2-09-2022 on Winnsboro Municipal Warrants for...
Sulphur Springs ISD Board To Consider Calling A Bond Election
Hearing On 2020-2021 Annual Report Of Educational Performance Slated During Public Forum Sulphur Springs ISD Board Of Trustees will be asked to consider calling a bond election to fund district facilities improvements, upgrades, additions and replacements during the trustees’ regular meeting Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. SSISD logo The board also will receive several reports and informational items, and be asked during the 6 p.m....
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....
Sulphur Springs ISD Trustees Approve 7 Personnel Changes, Wage Payments During School Closings
Sulphur Springs ISD trustees approved 7 personnel changes, wage payments for staff during emergency school closing and the annual superintendent evaluation during a special board meeting this week. SSISD logo Personnel Changes In addition to officially approving and announcing Brandon Faircloth as athletic director and head coach, the school board also accepted resignations from three middle school employees and an instructional aide,...
Middle School Students Face Charges In Connection With Alleged Sulphur Springs ISD Bus Incident
SSISD Administration: Bus Driver, Monitor Are No Longer With District Following Jan. 8 Incident An incident on a school bus on Jan. 8 allegedly resulted in middle school students being injured by other students, and the bus driver and monitor are no longer in the employ of Sulphur Springs ISD, according to a release from the superintendent’s office Friday afternoon, Jan. 21, 2022. “In addition to disciplinary measures...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed Twice In 4 Days
A 25-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed twice in four days on a felony charge, according to arrest reports. Steven Charles Gilreath (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Bobby Osornio, Josh Davis and Colt Patterson, and Sgt. Scott Davis went to a Brinker Street residence early Monday morning, Jan. 17, 2021, after being made aware Steven Charles Gilreath, a wanted man, was at the location. When deputies...
Crime In Sulphur Springs At 22-Year Low In 2021
New 22-Year Lows Set in 3 Major Offense Categories, High Set In Another Last Year Crime declined in 2021 in Sulphur Springs, dropping from 188 offenses in 2020 to a new 22-year record low of 128 offenses recorded by Sulphur Springs Police Department in the seven major offense reporting categories. In the past, the least number of offenses recorded by SSPD in a year was 162 in 2019 and the most was 371 offenses in 2004. From 2020 to...
Sulphur Springs Man Accused Of Choking Woman
A 38-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed on a felony assault charge for allegedly choking a woman, according to arrest reports. Kenneth Katzenmaier Sulphur Springs Police officers were dispatched to a disturbance at his Putman Street residence at 12:35 p.m. Jan. 12, 2022. Upon arrival, police reported hearing a man yelling and a female crying. Police officers said they told the man, identified in arrest reports as Kenneth...
Major Crash Reported On I-30 East In Sulphur Springs
A major crash was reported on I-30 east in Sulphur Springs in the area of Bill Bradford Road and South Broadway Street early Friday morning, Jan. 7, 2022. No apparent life-threatening or incapacitating injuries were reported to have resulted from the four-vehicle collision. The multi-car crash was reported to emergency dispatchers at 6:20 a.m. Friday on I-30 east in the area at the Bill Bradford Road overpass. When law enforcement...
