L. D. (Dave) Adams, Jr
L. D. (Dave) Adams, Jr., was born on October 14, 1937, in Dallas, Texas. He passed away at his home in Sulphur Springs on November 6, 2023, at the age of 86. Dave attended Crozier Tech High School in Dallas until he left to join the Army. He served from 1954 until 1957, at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Washington, and in Fairbanks, Alaska. After his discharge, he returned home to Texas, where he lived until his death....
Faulty Muffler Leads to Drug Arrest
November 9, 2023 – A traffic stop on Hwy 19 near County Road 4764 was initiated Wednesday evening just before 8 pm by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies as a Dodge Durango was noticed to be dragging part of it’s muffler down the roadway. As the 2006 SUV turned onto the County Road, deputies noticed a black bag hurled out of the driver’s side window into the road ditch. The vehicle came to a stop a short distance...
State District 2 Representative Election Results
November 7, 2023 – With 100% of polling locations reporting it appears, a runoff election will be required to determine our next District 2 House Rep as no candidate received more than 50% of the votes cast in the November 7th election to become the sole winner. Voters will have to return to the polls at a future election to choose between the top two candidates receiving votes: Brent Money received approx 32% of the votes and...
Como-Pickton School District Bond Passes
November 7, 2023 – With 582 votes cast in the Como-Pickton Consolidated Independent School District $29 Million bond election, 63% were in favor of the much needed repairs and enhancements the bond will provide. Votes “for” the bond exceeded “against” on election day as well as in early voting. A total of 367 votes for the measure were made up of 5 absentee, 215 early, and 147 on election day. Those...
Vallie Hardgrave
A memorial service to celebrate Vallie’s remarkable life will be held on November 18th at Clover Hill Baptist Church 1816 FM 69, Quitman, TX 75783 at 10:30 AM. The service will provide an opportunity for family and friends to come together and share their fond memories of a remarkable woman who left an indelible mark on the lives she touched. Vallie Hardgrave, of Quitman, Texas, passed away on November 2, 2023, at Sulphur...
Mary Taylor
Funeral services for Mary Ruth Taylor, age 92, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Peter Waguespack, Paul Lane, Terry Perry, Jeremy Jenkins, Marc Mann and Lanny Holmes serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Myles Mann, Lance Taylor, Gene Anderson, and Ryan Izzo. Visitation will be held...
Upshur County Sheriff’s Office Seeks Suspect in Double Murder
November 6, 2023 – The Upshur County Sheriff’s Office released a statement as they are looking for a suspect in a Double Murder in Gilmer over the weekend. Statement from Upshur County Sheriff’s Office: On November 4, 2023 at approximately 11:42 pm. Upshur County Deputies, along with Gilmer Police Officers and Texas State Troopers responded to a report of a shooting at a home in the 2800 block of U.S. Highway 271...
November 7th, 2023 Election Day Polling Locations
November 6, 2023 – Early voting is over with 2,683 voters taking advantage of the convenient option to early vote. That number is a little over ten percent of the 24,456 registered voters in Hopkins County. Polling locations will be open from 7am until 7pm on Tuesday November 7th for registered voters to cast their vote for 14 Texas Constitutional Amendments as well as election of Texas State Representative for District 2, which...
Ada Malone Sims
Funeral Services for Ada Malone Sims, age 92 of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 11, 2023 at Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Ada Malone Sims Interment will follow at East Caney Cemetery with Corey Spigner, Vincent Sims, Marquise Ford, Azrow III, Kristopher Thomlinson, Kieron Sims serving as pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be Azrow Moore, Jr., John C. Moore, Walter Roland, Darrell L....
Kimberlyn “Kim” Renae Kelley (Covey) Perrin
Kimberlyn “Kim” Renae Kelley (Covey) Perrin, 64, passed away in a Plano hospital on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Kim was born on May 23, 1959, in Ft. Worth, TX to Milton Ray Kelley and Pat Wafford Kelley. She graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1977 in the top ten of her class. She went on to graduate from the University of North Texas in 1989 with honors. On January 11, 1982, she married Tom Covey, and they later...
