Teen To Serve Commitment For Criminal Activity Charge
Miklo Vargas Miklo Jose Vargas, 18, of Sulphur Springs turned himself in at the sheriff’s office at 5 p.m. July 8 to serve a commitment in an intermediate sanctioned facility on an engaging in organized criminal activity charge. He was escorted by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin Lester into the jail and held on the first degree felony charge, according to arrest reports. The first-degree felony offense is alleged to...
Police Catch Sulphur Springs Man With Stolen Items
A Sulphur Springs man, 37, was allegedly caught early Tuesday morning with merchandise he was alleged to have just stolen from a store.Police were dispatched to a gas station in the 1300 block of South League Street, where a theft was reported to have occurred just before 3:30 a.m. Police were given a description of the suspect, who reportedly walked toward a nearby apartment complex upon exiting the store.Officers also watched a...
SSISD Trustees Approve 14 Personnel Changes
Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees Monday evening approved 14 personnel changes. Overall, the seven resignations and seven new hires will impact five campuses. At Barbara Bush Primary, Mary Surber resigned as a transitional first grade teacher while Jessica Takacs was approved to join the faculty as a new special education teachers. Bowie Primary physical education Melissa Aaron’s resignation was...
5 Arrested By Local Authorities On Warrants
Local authorities took at least five people into custody Monday on warrants on unrelated charges, most following traffic stops, according to arrest reports. Orbin Roy Reyes Orbin Roy Reyes, 37, of Sulphur Springs was arrested at 2:19 p.m. on East Industrial Drive by Sulphur Springs Police Office Justin Findley on Titus County warrants for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, possession of less than...
2 Men Jailed For Failing to Comply With Sex Offender Registration Requirements
Two men were jailed Monday for failure to com ply with sex offender’s requirement to register annually for life. Vernon Vincent Vaughan III Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigator Charles Humphries reportedly took 42-year-old Vernon Vincent Vaughan III into custody at 11:17 a.m. at his West Industrial Drive residence. Humphries alleged the man, a convicted sex offender, did not report his address change with his...
Johanna Hicks: Keep Your Baby Rear-Facing As Long As Possible
Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Family & Consumer Sciences, 1200-B West Houston Street, P.O.Box 518 Sulphur Springs, TX 75483; 903-885-3443 – phone; 903-439-4909 – Fax; [email protected], email. By Johanna Hicks Although it is not yet the law in Texas to keep children rear-facing until at least age two, it is best practice to follow the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to keep children...
DCTF Predicts Football Wildcats to Finish Sixth in Their District
Sulphur Springs Wildcats By Don Julian Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine is out and they have picked the Wildcats to finish in sixth place in their nine team District 8-5A in Division II. Some also picked the Wildcats sixth in preseason last year but the Wildcats finished third and made the playoffs. The Wildcats finished the season at 6-4 including a bi-district loss to Frisco. They were 5-3 in district play. This season,...
Good Start for The Edge Monday During an Unusual Week
An unusual, week five of The Edge conditioning program got off to a good start Monday, July 8, according to Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young. After 4th of July week, Monday’s attendance at The Edge continued right where it has been with 60 showing up. Coach Young said only two or three players did not show up out of the top 25 varsity football players. He said that was one of their best attendance days since...
Student Accident Insurance, Budget, TASB Delegates Top July 8 SSISD Board Meeting
School Health Advisory Committee composition, student accident insurance coverage and conference delegates are among the items Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees will be asked to consider approving during their regular monthly meeting tonight, July 8. The trustees too are scheduled to hold a budget work session during the 6 p.m. meeting. At the regular June meeting, SSISD Business Manager Sherry McGraw...
Connally Street Water Main Installation Complete; Drainage Improvements, Contract Work Planned
Connally Street construction continues with drainage improvements, excavation, stabilization and concrete paving still to go. Work to rebuild Connally Street progresses, with a contractor hired to excavate, stabilize and pave the street following the next phase of construction. With water main installation complete, city crews in the last week began connecting residences to the new water main. Sulphur Springs’ Construction...
