Federal Court of Appeals Rules Texas Photo ID Law Racially Discriminatory; Hopkins County Clerk Responds
New Orleans, La. and Washington, D.C. – The full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found today that Texas’s photo ID law, the strictest in the nation, is racially discriminatory. This marks the fourth court to find that the law has a disproportionate impact on African-American and Latino voters in Texas. However, Hopkins County Clerk Debbie Shirley told KSST News that almost every Hopkins County voter used their photo ID and not their...
City of Commerce Sprays Area After Trapped Mosquitos Test Positive for West Nile
By Becky Pattillo COMMERCE, TX—The City of Commerce, with the assistance of Texas A&M University – Commerce, has been trapping mosquitoes and sending them to the Department of State Health Services as a precautionary measure to test for various diseases. Emergency Management Officials have been notified that additional mosquito samples have been returned with positive results for the West Nile Virus. At this time, no human cases...
William “Pete” Friddle
William “Pete” Friddle, age 64, passed away Monday, July 18, 2016 at his home in Yantis. He was born on October 20, 1951 in Hopkins county, the son of Willard Ancel and Doris Mae (Burns) Friddle. Pete was a dairy farmer and of Baptist faith. He is survived by his sons, William Anthony Friddle of Yantis, Jesse Scott Friddle and Rocky Dean Friddle both of Como; daughter, Amanda Kay Friddle of Yantis; grandchildren, Anthony Carter...
Friday Night Movie!
This week Friday the 22nd is Movie Night on Celebration Plaza! The good Dinosaur is this weeks movie. This movie is about luckily for young Arlo, his parents and his two siblings, the mighty dinosaurs were not wiped out 65 million years ago. When a rainstorm washes poor Arlo downriver, he ends up bruised, battered and miles away from home. Good fortune shines on the frightened dino when he meets Spot, a Neanderthal boy who...
From the Convention Floor: A Political Junkie’s Dream Comes True
Unity continues to be a common thread in the reports received from Hopkins County’s Donnie Wisenbaker, a delegate to the Republican National Convention this week. However, one of the dreams of his self-defined political junkie life came true Tuesday evening. Tuesday evening, Wisenbaker was on the floor as Lt. Governor Dan Patrick voiced the vote of the Texas Delegation during the roll call vote for the Presidential nominee....
Proposed PJC District Expansion Explained at Listening Session
Stating a desire to be transparent, Dr. Pam Anglin, President of Paris Junior College, addressed a small group of Hopkins County citizens regarding the November 8th ballot proposal to include Hopkins County in the PJC District. It would mean a new tax at 10-cents per $100 evaluation. Dr. Anglin pointed to the advantages of the community college as well as discussing the tax. Como-Pickton School District and the Saltillo School...
Three Arrested For Possession of Meth
Methamphetamine arrests in the county and city continue to increase over the past few months. Three were arrested Tuesday when Hopkins County deputies responded to an active disturbance at 2920 I-30 East at 10:37 p.m. There they found .07-grams of methamphetamine inside the residence. Arrested at the scene were Kayla Diane Alcorn, 33, Michael Keith Rhodes, 51, and Cory Frank Horton, 34. The three were placed in custody and transported...
Registered Sex Offender, Felon, Found with Firearms
A traffic stop on FM 1567 in Hopkins County led to the arrest of Cyprien Joseph Lacombe, 38. During the traffic stop by a Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy, the driver was found to be nervous. Two firearms were found in the vehicle. It was also found that Lacombe is a registered sex offender and a felon. He was also wanted on a Class C misdemeanor warrant. Lacombe is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm...
