Highway 19N Concerns Voiced as Coalition is Formed
A large crowd filled the cafeteria at North Hopkins School Tuesday evening as area residents formed the Highway 19N Coalition. Residents in northern Hopkins are forming the coalition to seek more immediate changes providing greater safety for those traveling the roadway that combines both State Highway 19 and State Highway 154 connecting to State Highway 24 providing a route between Sulphur Springs and Paris. Proposals by TxDOT are...
Carol Jean Crowder
Private memorial service for Carol Jean Crowder, age 78, will be held at a later date. Ms. Crowder passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.
Cumby Officer Arrests Two Dallas Men for Drugs, Theft of Firearm
Multiple times Cumby Police Sergeant Ray Embro warned the passenger of a 2016 Hyundai Accent to not reach under the passenger seat for anything after the driver of the vehicle told the passenger to give the officer the marijuana. Sgt. Embro had made a traffic stop for speeding on I-30 but smelled a strong odor of marijuana and both passengers appeared nervous. The driver of the auto, Jonathan Daniel Padilla, 22, of Dallas, told...
Wednesday Forecast
60% chance of showers and thunderstorms; High: 87; Low; 72; Wind: Southeast 5-10 mph
LadyCat Volleyball Camp Moved to Middle School Gym
LadyCat Volleyball camp set for Monday through Wednesday, June 25-27, has been moved to the Sulphur Springs Middle School gym. The move is necessitated by the ceiling work in the high school gym. Fourth through seventh grade camp is 9 a.m. until noon. Eighth and Ninth grade camp is 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Cost for Volleyball camp is $50.00.
Contested Sentencing Hearing Begins Wednesday in Eighth Judicial District Court
A contested sentencing hearing gets underway Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. in Eighth Judicial District Court. Victoria Grace Brawley, 26, of Azle, who has pled guilty in May to three indictments for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon faces a range of punishment from probation to 20 years in each case. Sentences are expected to run concurrent if she is sentenced to prison. Brawley has remained in jail since her arrest on December...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report May 30-June 5, 2018
Wood County Sheriff’s Report May 30, 2018 to June 5, 2018 includes: Disturbance: 11; Thefts: 5; Burglaries: 1; Terroristic Threats: 1; Criminal Mischief: 1; Inquests: 2; Suspicious Circumstances: 4; Suspicious Vehicles: 7; Suspicious Persons: 6; Alarms: 12; Harassments: 2; Criminal Trespasses: 3; Scams: 2; Frauds: 3; Abandoned Vehicles: 2; Cows Out: 17; Horses Out: 0; Welfare Checks: 3; Assaults: 0; Dog Bites: 0; Fires: 0; Noise...
Man Dies While Being Booked Into Hopkins County Jail
Texas Rangers are investigating the death of a Dallas man pronounced dead by Justice of the Peace Brad Cummings in the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 19, 2018. The man had been arrested for narcotics and money laundering following a traffic stop on I-30. According to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s office, the man had been very cooperative during the stop and arrest. Sheriff Lewis Tatum stated there had been no confrontation at any...
Margaret King
Mrs. Margaret King, age 77 of Winnsboro, passed away on Monday, June 18th, 2018 in Winnsboro. She was born on November 6th, 1940 in to the late Garrner Hill Stokley and Clara Jones Stokley. She was a homemaker and loving mother to her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a member of Cross Roads Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by parents, brothers, Donald Stokley, Manuel “Joe” Henry and...
