No Problems Found in Local Electronic Early Voting
County Clerk Debbie Shirley stated that no problems are being found in the electronic voting process locally. All votes after Friday will be cast electronically. In November 2015, Hopkins County qualified to allow voters to cast ballots at any polling place in the county. That mandated that votes would only be cast electronically. Only ballot by mail votes are the exception. Friday is the last day for the election officials to receive...
Joe Dan Clifton
Funeral services for Joe Dan Clifton, age 76, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 29, 2016 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Charles Moore, Rev. Jim Moore and Rev. Pete Adrian officiating. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Mike McNutt, Jimmy Jones, Dick Stevens, Mike Stevens, Paul Jones and Jerod Hill serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Jim Stuth,...
Kristin Earle Hilbun
Funeral services for Kristin Earle Hilbun, age 42, of Lone Oak, will be conducted at 12:00 noon Friday, October 28, 2016 at Prairie Valley Baptist Church in Campbell with Rev. Tom Witt officiating. Interment will follow at Prairie Valley Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, October 27, 2016 at West Oaks Funeral Home. Kristin passed away Friday, October 21, 2016 in Hunt County. Kristin was born on August 24,...
Game Day: Lady Cats at Marshall
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team can wrap up the runner up spot in the district with a win at Marshall Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. The Lady Cats come into the contest with the district’s second best record at 8-3. The Lady Cats cannot catch first place Hallsville but they are at least one game ahead of the rest of the district heading into p[lay Tuesday night at Marshall. When the Lady Cats and the Lady Mavericks played in...
Winnsboro Police Report October 17-23
Winnsboro Police made three arrests, investigated one accident, responded to 133 calls for service and issued 57 citations and 36 warnings during the seven day period October 17-23. Jessica Bentle, 29, of Winnsboro, was arrested October 17 for Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, over 4-grams less than 200-grams in a drug free zone. Candice Boriski, 38, of Hawkins, was arrested October 17 on a Wood County warrant....
Country Club Cooking Team Qualified for World Food Championship
Can you make a steak that’s worth $100,000? Sulphur Springs Country Club certainly thinks they can, and they are making plans right now to prove it. SSCC successfully qualified for the world’s largest event in Food Sport – the World Food Championships (WFC). From Nov 9-15th, SSCC will be competing for a $300,000 prize purse and the title of 2016 World Food Champion in Orange Beach, Alabama. Sulphur Springs Country Club’s team,...
Hospital District Selects Folwell for District Manager; Hears Reports on Physician Recruitment
Hopkins County Hospital District Board authorized the remount of Medic 6, heard reports regarding nursing homes owned, and employed Ron Folwell as Manager for the district during their meeting Monday night in the hospital conference room. Medic 6 will mount the emergency medical service box on a new chassis and be restored. According to EMS, a remount on a Medic unit will be done on a yearly basis. Currently, there are seven units....
Early Voting Moving at Brisk Pace
Tuesday found a crowded early voting room as 877 made their way to vote early at the Justice of the Peace Courtroom located in the County Tax office/JP building, 128 Jefferson Street for the November General election. County Clerk Debbie Shirley said 385 ballots by mail have already been returned. Over 700 ballot by mail were mailed from her office. Shirley said that all went well and equipment worked well on the first day of voting....
Jail Trustee Charged with Tampering With Evidence
October 25, 2016 – When Quentin Latham, 17, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 3 over 28 Grams but under 200 grams, he dropped three pills on the floor of the book-in room at the local jail. They had not been found at the time of the traffic stop that led to his arrest. Video in the book-in room captured Blake Adam Friddle, 21, a trustee at Hopkins County Jail, as he was performing the duties of...
