East Texas Horticultural Field Day Features Public Viewing and Presentations
OVERTON – The 2017 East Texas Horticultural Field Day will feature more than 500 ornamental plant and vegetable trial varieties for public viewing, along with presentations by experts at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Overton. The event, slated for June 29, will be held rain or shine. Gardeners, professional landscape managers and seed company representatives can learn which landscape plants and vegetables...
Winnsboro Police Report May 22-28, 2017
Winnsboro Police arrested one, investigated two non-injury accidents, issued 40 citations and 25 warnings, and responded to 158 calls during the report period May 22-28, 2017. Leon Morgan, 23, of Winnsboro was arrested May 24, 2017 on a Hopkins County warrant. On May 22, police responded to a minor two vehicle accident in the 400 block of West Broadway. On May 23, the police responded to a one vehicle accident in the 600 block of...
Representative Flynn Summarizes Legislative Session
State Representative District 2, Dan Flynn called the 85th Legislative Session a busy but successful session. During the session he served as the Chairman of the House Pensions Committee and as a member of the House Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee. Flynn navigated the Houston and Dallas Police and Firefighters pensions through the session. Both passed. The Texas House gave final and overwhelming approval Saturday to a budget...
Two Sulphur Springs Women Arrested After Deputies Find More than Marijuana
Two Sulphur Springs women were arrested following a stop for a minor traffic violation. A strong odor of marijuana led to the women admitting a marijuana joint was in the vehicle. They denied knowing about the methamphetamine that found during a probable cause search. However other evidence cast a shadow over their doubt. The marijuana joint was found in a container inside the driver’s purse and a syringe with clear color liquid...
Gerald “Sparky” Ledbetter
Graveside service for Gerald “Sparky” Ledbetter, age 88, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at North Hopkins Cemetery. Informal visitation will be held at the cemetery, prior to the service. Gerald passed away on Sunday, May 28, 2017 in Tyler, Texas. Gerald “Sparky” was born on June 12, 1928 in Granite, OK, the son of Esker Washington and Roxie G (Willis) Ledbetter. “Sparky” was a retired...
Delores Louise Kimmel
Delores Louise Kimmel, age 81, of Sulphur Springs passed away Monday, May 29, 2017 at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler. Delores was born on March 24, 1936 in Galena, Kansas, the daughter of Wilber Lee Hoyt and Inah Louella Cook Hoyt. Delores was a homemaker and a seamstress. She is survived by her children, Jerrilyn Tate of Osborne, KS, Russell Tate of Luray, KS, Walter Kimmel of Sulphur Springs, brothers, Willard Hoyt and Floyd Hoyt,...
Shirley Ann Hankins
Graveside service for Shirley Ann Hankins, age 80, of Sulphur Springs, have been scheduled for 11:00 AM, Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at Como Cemetery in Como, Texas. Shirley was born in Como on February 17, 1937, the daughter of Walter (Jack) Seawright and Mary Kate Smith Seawright. Ms. Hankins passed away Saturday, May 27, 2017 at Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab. Shirley was a waitress for 35 years for K-Bob’s Steak House and Lone...
Marijuana, Cocaine Found in Traffic Stop
Stopped for a traffic violation on FM 1870 at CR 2309, Damian Demarcus Williams, 23 of Fort Worth was arrested for possession of a plastic bag containing marijuana residue, cocaine, no driver’s license and drug paraphernalia. A strong odor of marijuana greeted the Hopkins County Deputy who made the stop. During a pat down for weapons, consent was granted for the officer to search Williams’ pockets. That’s when the baggie containing...
Tuesday Forecast
20% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m.; High: 85; Low: 67; Wind: East, southeast around 5 mph
