Obituary – Jerry Skaggs
Jerry Skaggs A military memorial service for Jerry Skaggs, age 69 of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 9, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Jonathan McGraw officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Troy Ewton, Jerry Gillispie, Willie Sanchez, Thomas Funderburk, Cort Alford and Kendrick Mosley. Mr. Skaggs passed away on May 5, 2022, in Tyler, Texas. Jerry...
Conceptual Plat Of New 278-Acre Subdivision Receives Preliminary Approval
A request from James Webb of Oak National Development for approval of a conceptual plat of a new 278-acre subdivision with 1,159 single family lots with 11 common areas received preliminary approval of the Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night. A rezoning request was removed from the May 3 agenda, and some ground lease agreements at the airport were considered as well. Proposed 278-Acre Subdivision The preliminary plat approval...
Saturday Is Election Day For SSISD Bond, WISD Trustees, Constitutional Amendments Elections
Registered voters will have one more opportunity to cast ballots on Election Day, Saturday, May 7, 2022, in the Sulphur Springs ISD bond, Winnsboro ISD trustees and Texas Constitutional Amendment Elections. Early Voting Totals As of the close of early voting on Tuesday, only 5.51% of Hopkins County’s 24,492 registered voters had cast ballots. Of the 1,350 ballots cast during the early voting period, 1,212 (4.95%) were in-person...
Suspicious Activity Report Results In Felony Warrant Arrest
A suspicious activity report Wednesday night resulted in a felony warrant arrest, according to arrest reports. William Pearce Ewton AKA William Pierce Ewion and William Pierce Ewton (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Zack Horne and Sgt. Tanner Steward responded at 9:45 p.m. May 4, 2022, to a complaint of suspicious activity on the north boat ramp at Sulphur Springs Lake. Upon arrival, Horne located William...
4-Time State UIL Competitor AllieGrace Woodard Earns 2 Medals In Theatrical Design
Sulphur Springs High School Theater Student AllieGrace Woodard received two medals in Theatrical Design at the Texas State Academic UIL Contest this week. Not only was 2022 Woodard’s fourth year to compete at State in Theatrical Design, school officials report she has earned the distinction of being the only double medalist ever in the same year in theatrical design. AllieGrace Woodard earned two medals in the State UIL...
City Council Approves Purchase Of Materials For 3 Major Street Projects
Sulphur Springs City Council this week approved the purchase of materials for three major street projects, with one project progressing in Phase 2. City Manager Marc Maxwell during Tuesday’s regular May City Council meeting reported that water, sewer and drainage work from Celebration Plaza to Patton Street is complete for Phase 1 of the College Street rebuilding project, completing the city’s portion of Phase 1. College...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed On A Probation Warrant
A 22-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed on a probation warrant early Wednesday morning, according to arrest reports. Dequarian Terran Pitts (HCSO jail photo) Dequarian Terran Pitts was escorted by Deputy Bobby Osornio and Sgt. Scott Davis from the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office lobby into the county jail, at 2:57 a.m. May 4, 2022. Pitts was booked in at 3:05 a.m. Wednesday, on a warrant for violation of probation, which he...
2 Caught With Suspected Methamphetamine, 1 Jailed On Controlled Substance-Related Warrant
Woman Found Hiding In Dilapidated Mobile Home,, Where She’d Been Trespassing Since The Day Before Two people, including a woman who’d reportedly been hiding in dilapidated mobile home since the day before, were caught with suspected methamphetamine Tuesday by local authorities, and one man was jailed on a controlled substance-related warrant, according to arrest reports. FM 275 North Traffic Stop Tatiana Marie Ugalde AKA...
Volunteer Driver Needed Tuesdays To Deliver Meals
A volunteer driver is needed on Tuesdays to help deliver meals to Meal A Day recipients. Meal A Day is staffed by volunteers who donate their time to prepare and deliver food to senior citizens and individuals who are unable to provide or prepare meals for themselves. Cypress Basin Hospice has, for the past few years, been delivering meals to seniors and shut ins along the Tuesday route, but is having to give it up. The route is...
FDA Permits Marketing For New Test To Improve Diagnosis Of Alzheimer’s Disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today (Wednesday, May 4, 2022) permitted marketing for the first in vitro diagnostic test for early detection of amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The Lumipulse G β-Amyloid Ratio (1-42/1-40) test is intended to be used in adult patients, aged 55 years and older, presenting with cognitive impairment who are being evaluated for Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of cognitive...
