Billy Gregg
Funeral Service for Billy Gregg, age 86, of Dike, Texas will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Rev. David Larkin officiating. Interment will follow at Shooks Chapel with Masonic Rites. Serving as pallbearers will be all the grandsons, great grandsons and nephew. Honorary pallbearers are Coy Vicars, Ottis Collins and G.R. Romans. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service. ...
Billie Godfrey
Memorial service for Billie Godfrey, age 88, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Billie passed away on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at Rock Creek Health & Rehab in Sulphur Springs. TX. Billie Godfrey was born on May 18, 1931 in Hico, Texas, the daughter of Dave and Nadine (Malone) Snoddy. She married Charlie James “Shorty” Godfrey whom preceded her in death in...
David O’Neal Allen
Dallas O’Neal Allen, age 30, of Dallas, passed away Friday, May 12, 2017, in Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. Dallas was born Dec. 12, 1986, in Carrollton to Gene and Vicki McLeod Allen. He worked in the food industry as a manager of several locations in the Dallas area. Survivors include: Father: Gene Allen (Connie) of Lumberton; Mother: Vicki Allen-Freiley of Emory; Sisters: Kristy Lindley (Bobby) of Burleson; Diana Louise...
Video Added: Armed Robbery at Econo Lodge
Early Sunday morning two armed men entered the Encono Lodge on East Industrial brandishing automatic pistols. They took $200 in the robbery. The two black males were wearing bandanas and hoodies. They left the area on foot, according to Detective David Gilmore with the Sulphur Springs Police Department. The Desk Clerk was not injured in the robbery. Gilmore said he and other investigators with SSPD are working with Dallas area...
Meth in His Shoe
A bag of marijuana and digital scales with methamphetamine residue was not all Robert Charles Mathews, 33, 0f Winnsboro had in his possession when stopped by a Hopkins County deputy on FM 3019 at CR 2396. Mathews was nervous when stopped and was told to exit the vehicle. A pat down followed for the safety of the officer. When the contraband was found in the vehicle following consent to search, Mathews said he had nothing else in his...
Meth, Black Tar Heroin Found in Como Traffic Stop
A Hopkins County Deputy attempted to stop Justin Dwayne Humphries, 23, of Sulphur Springs on Highway 11 in Como. However, Humphries made a quick turn onto Taylor Street to avoid the stop. The deputy had attempted to stop the small passenger car that Humphries was driving for driving on the improved shoulder of the highway while headed eastbound on the state highway. After the turn onto Taylor Street, he stopped at a residence on...
Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest for Meth
Johnny Lee Speed, 35, of Pickton was stopped for a traffic violation and showed signs of nervousness. He gave consent to the deputy to search his vehicle on FM 3019 at CR 2381. In a brown wallet containing his social security card was a clear baggie containing suspected methamphetamine. Speed was charged with Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 less than1-g—a state jail felony.
Flag Lowered to Half-Staff Honor Peace Officers Memorial Day Monday, May 15, 2017
On the morning of Monday, May 15 at 8 a.m.,the Hopkins County Detachment of the Marine Corps League will lower all flag at the Veterans Memorial to half-staff in Honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day. All Hopkins County Peace Officers have been invited to attend. All Flags will be raised to full-staff at 5:30 p.m. the same day.
Awards, Pictures, Video: SSHS Band Banquet
The annual Sulphur Springs High School Band Banquet celebrated the accomplishments of the band and band members Saturday evening in the high school cafeteria. Below are a list of winners, pictures of the winners of the top four awards and a video of the banquet filmed and produced by KSST’s Doug Haston. Director’s Award….Emily Johnson Louis Armstrong Award….Sam Robinson Rex Wilemon Award….Christian...
