“Updated” Arrest Made in Ag Power Burglary
Additional charges have been filed against Andrea Dwaynd Johnson, 35, of Texarkana. Hopkins County has added an additional burglary of a building and two burglary of a building charges in Louisiana, one from Quitchita Parish and the other from Franklin Parish, were also added. His bond is currently at $200,000 with two of the charges awaiting a magistrates hearing. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigator Dennis Findley traveled to...
Agrilife: September Critical Month for Gardens
September is a critical month for our gardens. With temperatures starting to drop, it make a perfect time for working on the garden. The recommended activities for the garden for September by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (Dr. Welch, Horticulture) are as follows: Sustaining adequate moisture in the garden and landscape is the #1 priority for late summer and fall. Water trees and shrubs by giving them at least one inch of water per...
Breakfast Breaks the Fast
On the Breakfast Soap Box Bear with me as I climb up on my soap box. Each morning while getting ready for work, I listen to a local radio station for news and music. A contest is currently taking place where listeners can call in to give an answer to a question and win a prize. The radio announcer always greets the person calling in and asks if they have eaten breakfast. I have yet to hear one person say, “Yes!” Most comment that they...
Local Runaway Sought by Family, Law Enforcement
Sulphur Springs Police and the family of Ashlyn Wood, 14, are seeking the minor believed to be with Matthew Cady, 19. It is thought they are in the Dallas or surrounding area. It is thought that she is saying she is 19-years old, that she and Cady are married, and that they have baby on the way. She is considered a runaway by law enforcement. Anyone with information regarding the minor, listed as a runaway, please call 9-1-1 or the...
Identifying Information Found on Body That of Man Wanted for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child
In mid-May of this year, Hopkins County Sheriff’s officers obtained a warrant for the arrest of Michael Scott Ross. The charges in the warrant were for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child, according to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s office. Ross’ identifying information was found on a mummified-body in a pickup in a grove of trees near a county road just off FM 1870 Tuesday morning. The body of a white male was found in a 1992...
Sulphur Springs Woman Arrested for Injury to a Child
Ashley Deann Glover, 30, of Sulphur Springs is in Hopkins County Jail following her arrest on a warrant for injury to a child and for violation of probation for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Penalty Group 1 more than 1-gram but less than 4-grams. The offense occurred on July 5, 2016 when a child in her care tested positive for drugs during an investigation by Child Protective Services. Bond for the offense was set at...
Maxine Crisp Osburn
Services for Maxine Crisp Osburn, age 89, of Dallas, are pending with Tapp Funeral Home. Ms. Osburn passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at her residence in Dallas





