Commissioners Court To Recognize Cross Country Athletes, Consider Taking In SH 11 Spur
Hopkins County Commissioners Court is slated to Monday morning to recognize cross country athletes from two schools in addition to regular agenda items, including considering taking in the State Highway 11 Spur. Proclamations are to be given in honor of Miller Grove ISD and Saltillo ISD athletes’ accomplishments at the most recent state cross country event. The Commissioners Court too at the 9 a.m. meeting Feb. 14, 2022, will be...
Wanted Mount Pleasant Woman Arrested On Controlled Substance Charge
A wanted Mount Pleasant woman was arrested on a controlled substance charge early Saturday morning, according to arrest reports. Carolyn Suzanne Hinson Sulphur Springs Police Officers Dustin Green and Thad Cook reported stopping a Ford F150 pickup at 1:35 a.m. Feb. 12, 2022, on South Broadway Street for a traffic violation. Upon contact with the woman inside, she refused to identify herself. Later she reportedly gave herself a false...
Scroggins Man Jailed In Hopkins County On Kaufman County Aggravated Assault Warrant
A 48-year-old Scroggins man’s speed as he drove a Range Rover along State Highway 11 was what caught Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Colin Bradshaw’s attention and got him stopped near FM 269 at 5:53 p.m. Thursday. However, an outstanding Kaufman County warrant, discovered during a routine records check using his driver’s license, was the reason Larry Murl Smith was arrested Thursday evening, Bradshaw noted...
Hopkins County Records – Feb. 11, 2022
Land Deed Transactions Record books at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office McIlrath Properties LLC to Blanca Elizabeth Tirado Cadena and Rene Ortega; tract in the Samuel Burk surveyLarry Glen Jones to Atascosa Real Estate Group LLC; tract in the J. Y’Barbo surveyVicki Jo Dixon to Atascosa Real Estate Group LLC; tract in the MA Bowlin surveyCheri Pickett and Delbert R. Pickett to Stephen Tyler Price and Raven Brooke Sims; tract...
City Officials To Begin Process Of Rousting Buzzards From Trees In Town Monday
Sulphur Springs officials will begin working with the USDA biologists Monday evening to begin the process of rousting buzzards from their roosts in the area of Main and Connally streets between Fore and Water Oak Streets. Sulphur Springs resident Gene White asked Sulphur Springs City Council during the elected officials’ January meeting to consider intervening in the area, where what appeared to be buzzards have ensconced...
13 Hopkins County COVID Deaths So Far In 2022, 166 Since March 2020
While many states and countries are lowering and, in some cases, even eliminating COVID-19 restrictions altogether, the virus has surged in other areas. After almost 2 full years, many have become weary of the extra precautions, whether required vaccinations, frequent testing, booster shots, masking, lockdowns, restricted gatherings or frequent sanitizing and extra cleansing with virus-killing substances. Health care and educational...
April Moran
On Wednesday, November 18, 1970, April Rochelle “Peaches” Harrison was born to Archer Ben Harrison and the late Carolyn De ‘Lois Walker Harrison, in Topeka, Kansas. After moving to Texas, she was educated in Sulphur Springs school district and was a graduate of the class of 1989. April also attended East Texas State University in Commerce, Texas. Pursuing her goals, she worked as a business analyst for Nestle Water, before moving into...
Gene “Red” George
Gene “Red” George Funeral services for Gene “Red” George, age 79, of Brashear will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 13, 2022, at Brashear Baptist Church with Bro. David Burns and Bro. Byron George officiating. Interment will follow at Brashear Cemetery with David Almon, Paul French, Aiden Ellis, Robert Dorsey, Ray Petty, and Clint George serving as pallbearers. Joshua George and Kale Ellis will serve as honorary pallbearers. A...
Obituary – James Elvis Tully
James (Jim) Elvis Tully Memorial service for Dr. James (Jim) Elvis Tully, age 92, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Jerry Savage of League Street Church of Christ officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Jim passed away on January 12, 2022, at his residence. Jim was born on March 8, 1929, in Dike, Texas, to Joseph Lee and Rosa Bell (Eades)...
4 Jailed in Hopkins County On Felony Warrants
Three men and a woman were jailed in Hopkins County on felony warrants Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 8-9, 2022, according to arrest and jail reports. Joe Don Dial turned himself in at Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office and was taken into custody at 11 p.m. Feb. 9, 2022. Deputy Isaac Foley escorted Dial from the department lobby into the jail, where the 42-year-old Winnsboro man was booked in on the warrant for violation of...
