Tuesday Proclaimed Dave Davidson Day in Hopkins County
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom read a proclamation Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. on the steps of the Hopkins County Courthouse honoring Dave Davidson for his life of service in Hopkins County Baseball. The proclamation named October 11, 2016 as Dave Davidson Day. P r o c l a m a t i o n WHEREAS, M. D. “Dave” Davidson was born in Hopkins County, Texas in 1934. He is known to his local league as “Dixie...
Roach on Trial for Continuous Sexual Abuse of Child Under 14
Tuesday morning Donald Michael Roach went on trial in a trial before the court in Hopkins County Eighth Judicial Court. Roach is being tried for Sex Abuse of a Child Continuous: Victim Under 14-Female. Among the witnesses are investigators for the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office, CPS, and the victim. In the victim’s testimony Tuesday morning, she drew circles around the private areas of both females and males and went on to describe...
Crawford Sentence to Life Without Parole by Franklin County Jury
A Franklin County Jury sentenced James Crawford, 21 to Life Without Parole in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice following a two weeks and a day trial in Eighth Judicial Court there. Crawford, of Talco, was tried for the murder of 75-year old Kenneth Raley of Mt. Vernon. The body of Raley was found in his Miller Street home. The home had also been burglarized. Crawford was tried for Capital Murder but did not face the death...
NHISD Superintendent Jolley Issues Statement Regarding Fatality Accident
In response to the double fatality accident Monday involving a North Hopkins Co-op Education bus, North Hopkins ISD issued the following statement from the office of Superintendent Dr. Darrin Jolley: The Hopkins County Special Education Cooperative is saddened to report the loss of a special education teacher and bus driver, Mr. Perry Evans. Mr. Evans was pronounced dead at the scene of a school bus accident when a northbound car...
Saltillo Hosted Cross Country at Bob Sandlin State Park
The Saltillo Lions finished second and the Lady Lions third at the Saltillo hosted Brookshire’s Challenge Cross Country Meet at Lake Bob Sandlin State Park last Thursday. Other area boys team finishers included Sulphur Bluff fifth, North Hopkins sixth, Como-Pickton tenth and Yantis eleventh. Among boys, Saltillo’s Dakota Patridge finished fifrth, Turner South of Sulphur Bluff was eighth, the Lions’ Walker McGill was...
Commissioners’ Court Approves Two Proclamations
Monday morning in Hopkins County Commissioners’ Court, two proclamations were read. One Proclamation named this week, Fire Prevention Safety Week, the second proclaimed October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Sunday, members of the Hopkins County Marine Corp League lowered the flags to half-staff at 9 a.m. to commemorate the day honoring those fallen in service as firefighters. In His proclamation, County Judge Robert Newsom...
Mt Vernon Man Arrested for Drug Possession in Hopkins County
A traffic stop by Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputy near Auto Zone in Sulphur Springs led to the arrest of Adrian Lopez Ontiveros, Jr., 21, of Mt Vernon. Detecting the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle led to a probable cause search. A clear plastic bag containing 1.5 oz of marijuana and a metal screw top container containing 14.4-gram of white powdery substance was identified as cocaine by Lopez Ontiveros. He is in Hopkins...
