Brashear Man Jailed For Methamphetamine Possession
Cumby Police Officer Kenneth Jones arrested Cory Lane Belz, 34, of Brashear, TX for possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance. Jones reported seeing a Chevrolet pickup change lanes without signaling along Interstate 30, so he began to pursue it. The car took the 110 exit and continued half a mile before stopping at a trailer rental business. Jones, in arrest reports, claimed he could...
SSPD: Terrell Man Arrested On Parole Warrant
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Officer Brandon Murphy arrested Issac Grant, 33, of Terrell was arrested at 5:11 p.m. Thursday, June 13, on Interstate 30 east at mile marker 125 by for violation of parole. He was reportedly a passenger in a Mercedes-Benz stopped for a traffic violation. A records check showed the Louisiana warrant, resulting in Grant’s arrest, Murphy alleged in arrest reports. Issac Grant
Bus Altercation At Cumby Rest Stop Results In Virginia Man’s Arrest
A physical confrontation between two men sitting beside one another on a Greyhound bus early Thursday morning reportedly resulted in a 25-year-old Earlysville, Virginia man’s arrest for assault causing bodily injury. Cumby police were dispatched at 1:48 a.m. Thursday to a complaint of an active physical fight between two individuals on a Greyhound bus parked at the rest stop on Interstate 30 east. A 31-year-old mam claimed the...
Ceremonial Send-off For Veterans Honor Flight
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom recognizes U.S. Navy Veteran Ronnie Whitlock and U.S. Army Veteran Keith Klein, who departed at 9 a.m. Friday on Honor Flight DFW for Washington, D.C., where they will tour the veterans memorials and attend a banquet. Many filled Celebration Plaza just before noon Thursday to honor two local Vietnam veterans with a send-off for a Veterans Honor Flight this weekend. U.S. Army veteran Keith Klein and...
Home Built By Sulphur Springs High School CTE Students To Be Sold
Sulphur Springs High School CTE students over the last 2 school years have constructed a home at 128 Fore Street. The single-family residence is almost complete and sold soon. The Fore Street residence Sulphur Springs High School students have built as part of the construction class is nearing completion and could soon be available for sale. Remaining to be completed are the connection of the electric and gas meters, and condenser...
3 Arrested In Other Counties On Hopkins County Charges
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Joe Hooten had a busy day Wednesday, picking up inmates held in jails in three different counties on Hopkins County charges. Zachary Michael Boyett Wednesday morning, Hooten transported Zachary Michael Boyett, 25, of Dallas from Dallas County jail to Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center, where he was booked on a warrant for failure to comply with sex offender duty to register annually for life,...
Bicyclist Accused of Methamphetamine Possession
June 13, 2019 – A 20-year-old Sulphur Springs woman caught a deputy’s attention just after 1 a.m. Thursday by riding a bicycle on the wrong side of Jefferson Street and having an improper light and ended up in jail on a controlled substance charge. Jessica Nicole Hicks Hopkins County Sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Davis said after he contacted Jessica Nicole Hicks at 1:06 a.m. June 13 at the corner of Jefferson and Oak Grove,...
Man Arrested In May For Paris Car Theft Served With 3 Debit Card Abuse Warrants
Michael Allen Coker A 51-year-old Sulphur Springs man arrested May 28 in a stolen car with another man’s debit/credit card was served Wednesday afternoon with three additional counts of debit card abuse, according to arrest reports. Michael Allen Coker was first arrested Tuesday, after Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper William Gillentine discovered the silver Chevrolet sedan he stopped at 1:40 p.m. May 28, just west of...
SSISD Elementary, Secondary Campus Updates For June 2019
Each month Sulphur Springs Independent School District Assistant Superintendent Kristin Monk gives an update on activities, accomplishments and other notable things that have occurred between the last school board meeting and current months meeting from the elementary campuses, and Josh Williams presents an update on secondary campuses. Below are a few of the many highlights presented to school board members at their regular June...
Chamber Connection- June 13, 2019
Chamber Connection- June 13th The weather played its part in the success of the Balloon Festival, Ice Cream Freeze-off, Dairy Festival Parade, and Milking Contest that were held this weekend. We couldn’t have asked for anything better. However, that wasn’t my favorite part of the weekend. My favorite part was witnessing how Hopkins County always bands together for the good of the place we live and work. In a heartbeat of time news had...
