Deputies: Woman Claims Substance Found In Her Bag Is Gag Gift, Not Meth
Rosemary Boone Springer A 63-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was arrested early Tuesday morning near a South Broadway Street eye care business after officers found a baggy with a crystal-like substance she claimed wasn’t methamphetamine, but a gag gift. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies Lance Burdick and Zack Horne spotted the woman, identified in arrest reports as Rosemary Boone Springer, walking at 2:10 a.m. Aug. 13, on...
Teen Reportedly Injured In County Road 4712 ATV Crash
A 16-year-old was reportedly injured and flown from the crash site to an area trauma center for treatment Monday evening. Hopkins County emergency dispatchers at 6:18 p.m. Monday were notified of an ATV crash with injuries on County Road 4712. Hopkins County and Cumby firefighters, and sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the location, according to reports. A 16-year-old was reportedly found trapped beneath a crashed ATV. Once...
Merger Of North Hopkins, South Sulphur VFDs Receives Approval Of Commissioners
North Hopkins VFD Chief Bobby Harris and South Sulphur VFD Chief Jim Rich shake hands in agreement over the combining of the two departments, approved by Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning, Aug. 12, 2019. A handshake between North Hopkins Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bobby Harris and South Sulphur VFD Chief Jim Rich marked what Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom called a “historic moment” in county...
Wildcats Varsity And JV Football Teams Begin Practice Monday Evening
The Wildcats Varsity and JV Football Teams will have their first practice of the season Monday evening, August 12, at the Multipurpose Building. After several meetings, the teams were expected to take the field, either indoors or out, beginning at around 6 p.m. Practice is expected to go until around 9 p.m. The Wildcats are starting a week later than some because they had spring football practice. Because of spring ball, they lose not...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner Was Generally Pleased With Her Team At First Tournament of Season
Volleyball on Wood Floor Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner said the Lady Cats played tough teams and looked good against them during the Garland ISD Volleyball Tournament this past Friday and Saturday, Aug. 8-9. Coach Dorner said she would be tweaking some things in practice but he added her team had an overall good weekend and stepped up their play. The Lady Cats went 1-2 in pool play Friday defeating Kilgore while losing to...
Officials Proposing No Change To County Tax Rate
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning gave approval for the county tax rate to remain the same, at the recommendation of Tax Assessor/Collector Debbie Pogue Mitchell. She reported officials from her office and those of the appraisal district and auditor’s office met last week to go over tax rolls. Work proceeded to calculate a tax rate to propose to commissioners court. Recent legislative changes regarding tax caps...
Emory Man Accused of Disorderly Conduct, Making Terroristic Threat
Allen Ray Stuart A 60-year-old Emory man was arrested during the noon hour Saturday at Starbucks after alarming patrons at two businesses by making “alarming” statements regarding the recent shooting at the El Paso Walmart, according to police reports. Sulphur Springs officers’ first contact with Allen Ray Stuart Saturday was at Walmart, where store management told police a person had been reported for “making...
Emory Man Dies After Being Struck By Vehicle Monday
A 62-year-old Emory man died Monday morning after being struck by a vehicle in Rains County. The crash reportedly occurred before 6:30 a.m. near the Hopkins-Rains County line on State Highway 19 south. Initial reports to Texas Department of Public Safety dispatchers were that a waste management worker was struck while picking up trash in the the course of work. The deceased was identified as Gary Michael Bishop, 62, of Emory,...
Sulphur Springs Couple Jailed For DWI After Crashing Into Each Other
A Sulphur Springs couple reportedly crashed their vehicles into each other Sunday night. No one was reported to have been injured, but both the man and woman were arrested for drunk driving, according to arrest reports. Troopers responded at 11:27 p.m. Aug. 11 on the north Interstate 30 service road at mile marker 131 where the husband and wife allegedly crashed into each other and both driver’s had been drinking before driving....
DPS: Sulphur Springs Man Arrested For Felony DWI Following Crash
Almando Avina Alvarez A 59-year-old Sulphur Springs man allegedly failed to stop when involved in a vehicle crash on State Highway was was arrested on a felony driving while intoxicated charge, marking at least the third time’s he’s been charged with drunk driving, according to arrest reports. Armando Avina Alvarez was allegedly the driver of a H3 sport utility vehicle reported to have been involved in a hit and run crash...
