Meal A Day Menu For July 12-16, 2021
Meal-A-Day Volunteers prepare meals at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center and deliver them five days a week to Meal A Day program recipients in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. The Meal A Day Menu for July 12-16, 2021, includes: Monday – Chicken Spectacular, Candied Carrots and Pickled Beets.Tuesday – Rope Sausage, Sauerkraut, Black-Eyed Peas and Cornbread Wednesday – Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans and a...
11 Jailed On Controlled Substance, Related Charges
At least 11 people were jailed on controlled substance and related charges between July 7 and July 10, according to arrest and jail reports. FM 275 Traffic Stop Edith Leanne Raney AK Edith Smith Raney (HCSO jail photos) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Aaron Chaney reported seeing a Honda Civic traveling at a high rate of speed south on FM 275 south, cross the the fog line then travel into the grass toward the ditch. He...
1 Jailed On A Warrant For Bond Violation, 2 On Warrants For Probation Violation
One Sulphur Springs man was jailed on a warrant for bond violations and two on warrants for violating probation, according to July 7-9 arrest reports. Leeroy Cecilio Lunda (HCSO jail photo) Leeroy Cecilio Luna surrendered himself at Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office at 1:40 a.m. July 7, 2021, and was taken into custody by HCSO Officer Mark Poindexter. The 33-year-old Sulphur Springs man was booked at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday for bond...
Sulphur Springs ISD Community Asked To Weigh In On ESSER III Fund Use Plan
The Sulphur Springs ISD community is asked to take a little time to weigh in on an ESSER III fund use plan. SSISD logo SSISD applied for its allocation, $7,984,629, of the $11.2 billion appropriated to the State of Texas for public education purposes under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act through the ESSER III Fund. Funds may be spent for costs incurred March 13, 2020 – September 30, 2024. The ESSER III funding must meet one of 15...
Casey Lee Chester
Casey Lee Chester Funeral services for Casey Lee Chester, age 34, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 10, 2021, at West Oaks Funeral Home with Rev. Ron Smedley officiating. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Ryan Chester, Kody Chester, Kehl Chester, Blake Chester, Eric Roland, Brian Floyd, AJ Powless, Chance Massey, Josey Hicks, James Carter, Lee Boles, and Trent Miller serving as...
Melissa (McVay) Darling Still Missing And, After 10 Years, Legally Declared Deceased
July 9, 2021 – In a hearing unlike those typically held in a Hopkins County Courtroom, Judge Robert Newsom granted a petition officially declaring Melissa Ann Darling, the missing 33-year-old woman known as Melissa Ann McVay as deceased. These types of cases are so rarely handled here that the judge and attorney in the case reportedly researched the matter to ensure the proper procedure was followed and that all requirements...
City Awarded Grant to Help Construct Outdoor Fitness Court At Pacific Park
Stock Donated To Help Fund Senior Citizens Center Project Sulphur Springs officials this week reported both good and bad news regarding the planned senior citizens center project, and good news regarding the Pacific Park project as well. While the bid for the pre-engineered metal frame for the new Senior Citizens building was much high than city officials had anticipated, the city also received a stock donation to help the project and...
Tom Dixon
Tom Dixon Funeral services for Thomas “Tom” Calvin Dixon, Jr., age 53, of Van, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 10, 2021, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tiny Freelen officiating. Interment will follow at Reilly Springs Cemetery with Ethan Dixon, Collin Jelinek, Justen Jelinek, Danny Hubbell, Kevin Wingfield, Toby Fowler, Gerald White, and Wes Armstrong serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held at 10 a.m., prior...
Len Hurley
Len Hurley Funeral Service for Len Hurley, age 71, of Reilly Springs, Tx will be held at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, July 10, 2021 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Shannon Gammill and Toney Hurley officiating. Interment will follow at Nelta Cemetery with Bryan Sells, Wayne Henegar, Montana Hurley, Brian Gumpert, Stewart Reppond, John McLane, Eddie Gossett and Jacob Hurley serving as pallbearers and Don Aulsbrook, Jackie Watkins, Zach...
Man Transferred From Colorado On Hopkins County Warrant
A 44-year-old man was transferred from a Colorado correctional facility on a Hopkins County warrant Wednesday, just prior to his release, according to arrest reports. Javier Perez Garcia (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office received notification that Javier Perez Garcia was scheduled to be release on July 8, 2021, from the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility. His release would have came after serving time on...
