Wildcats Football 7-on-7 Season in Full Swing
The Wildcats’ varsity 7 on 7 football team won both games they played against Paris Tuesday at Paris. The Wildcats’ JV split a pair of games. Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young said some 30 to 35 players participated. He said it was a great night although he mentioned he could see a little bit of rust since the 7 on 7 teams haven’t played anyone in a while. Still Coach Young said it was a good night...
Sandra Kay Jones
Funeral service for Sandra Kay Jones, age 69, of Emory, will be held 2:00 pm, Friday, June 2, 2017, at First Assembly of God in Emory. Bro. Monte Parker will officiate. Interment will follow in Smyrna Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time. Sandra Kay Jones passed away in the early morning hours of Wednesday, May 31, 2017, at Senior Suite Care and Rehab in Emory. She was born in Dallas, Feb. 4, 1948, to Travis...
Dennis Lee James
Dennis Lee James, age 58, of Mt. Pleasant, Texas, passed away, in his home, on Friday, May 26, 2017. Memorial services will be held on Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home with Dominique Crescimanno officiating. Dennis was born in Monette, Arkansas, on March 11, 1959, to Jerry James and Barbara Fortson. After retiring from AMPI, Dennis was self-employed in air conditioning and refrigeration work. Dennis...
Pickton Man Charged with Aggravated Assault Family Violence With a Deadly Weapon
A woman in Florida called a Hopkins County resident regarding someone who lived in her rent house locally. The renter, according to the property owner was being harmed by the renter’s boyfriend. The local resident called Hopkins County Sheriff’s office. While in route to the address, it was found that the female renter was being threatened by Paige Spencer Whitworth, 48, of Pickton. Whitworth apparently had possession of a gun while...
Ronda Smith
Funeral service for Ronda Smith, age 45, of Sulphur Springs, TX are pending with Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Ronda passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at her residence in Sulphur Springs.
Argument Inside Auto on I-30 Attracts Attention of Law Enforcement
A Hunt County Deputy notified Hopkins County that he observed a man and woman arguing inside a vehicle. At the 138 mile marker on westbound I-30, the argument was ended when Hopkins County law enforcement located the described vehicle driving in the left lane where prohibited. When contact was made with the two, one of the subjects, Edwin Trevon Carter, 35, of Dallas was found to be wanted on an outstanding warrant for Assault Causing...
Wednesday Forecast
High: 86; Low: 69; 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8 p.m.; Wind: East, southeast 5-10 mph
Former Teacher’s Appeal Dismissed by Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Last week, May 26, 2017, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal that had been made in the conviction and sentencing of former Cumby ISD Math Teacher Lucus Ray Hill. Hill was sentenced to 405 months (33 years, 9 months) in Federal Prison Friday morning, August 19, 2016. He was found guilty of enticement of a minor. He will also serve five years supervised release when he leaves prison after serving the day-for-day...
TxDOT Begins $8.8 Million Seal Coat Projects in Hopkins and Surrounding Counties
PARIS – Motorists traveling in Northeast Texas should pay special attention to all traffic control devices and flaggers, and slow down when they encounter work on area roads this summer. Texas Department of Transportation officials recently cleared CDM Holdings LLC and Brannan Paving to seal coat several roads in Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Rains and Red River counties. Construction will begin the week of...
