Power Surge Provides Sheriff’s Office Problems
Hopkins County Sheriff’s office was the victim of a power surge Tuesday at 5 p.m. resulting in Wednesday problems for cameras in the building. The generator for the building was engaged and other than some computers and the cameras there were no personnel or jail concerns as a result of the surge. The surge did affect the monitoring system for the sheriff’s office. Camera time lagged behind and the cameras on the parking lot were down...
Van Newton Bell
Funeral service for Van Newton Bell, age 88, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 17, 2017 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Pete Adrian officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with former Sheriff Butch Adams, Sheriff Lewis Tatum, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse members Sam Tatum, Earl Martin, Roger ‘Tex’ Maynard, and Billy Wayne Orr serving as pallbearers. Other members of...
June Personnel Changes Approved in SSISD
Tuesday night following their June regular meeting Executive Session, the Sulphur Springs ISD Board announced the following personnel changes. Summer Contracts- due to mid-term hire date Crystal Cervantes Grade 3 Teacher SS Elementary Maria Martinez Grade 5 Teacher Douglas Jordan...
Wednesday Forecast
20% chance of showers and thunderstorms; High: 90 with heat index values as high as 97; Low: 75; Wind: South 5-10 mph
Kevin Dean Morgan
Kevin Dean Morgan, age 51, of Emory, passed away, unexpectedly, Monday afternoon, June 12, 2017 at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. He was born Feb. 25, 1966, in Duncan, OK, to Walter Claude and Kay Frances Sullivan Morgan. He graduated from Rains High School. Kevin married Betty Ann Hicks in Emory, on May 11, 1984. He was employed with Saputo Dairy Foods in Sulphur Springs. Also, Kevin was a member of First...
Wildcat Athletic Booster Club Seeks More Members
The Wildcat Athletic Booster Club is seeking more members to support all the sports programs at Sulphur Springs High School. A membership drive in currently underway. Those who join up by July 10 will get their names in football programs this fall. Booster Club President David McCaig said memberships start at $10. Some booster members give hundreds of dollars. Those that give $200 or more qualify for reserved parking spots at football...
Day 2 of The Edge; Athletes Investing In Themselves
At the end of the second day of The Edge conditioning program Tuesday morning in the Multipurpose Building, Wildcats Defensive Coordinator Triston Abron asked the athletes if they got better today. He said only they know the answer. Wildcats Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Greg Owens told them if each of their reps were done with their best effort, they can’t help but get better. He had them chant, Build My House....
Winnsboro Police Report June 5-11, 2017
Winnsboro Police made four arrests, responded to 158 calls for service, and issued 44 citations and 20 warnings during the report period June 5-11, 2017. Jeffery Salisbury, 49, of Winnsboro was arrested June 6th on four Wood County Warrants and two Hopkins County Warrants. Leon Morgan, 22, of Winnsboro was arrested June 6th for Aggravated Assault with Serious Bodily Injury. Rodrick Carter, 32, of Winnsboro was arrested June 8th on a...
Law Enforcement Closing In On Arrests in May Armed Robbery
Early Sunday morning, May 14, 2017, SS Detective David Gilmore began the investigation of an armed robbery at the Econo Lodge in Sulphur Springs. His investigation has enlarged to include police departments in the metroplex and the possibility that the FBI will be involved. Locally two black males wearing bandanas and hoodies entered the local Econo Lodge brandishing silver over black handguns. They took $200 in the robbery. There...
