Houston Street Getting Ready for School
August 11, 2023 – Houston Street along Gerald Prim Stadium, The SW Dairy Museum, the Civic Center and the student entrance to the SSISD High School is being resurfaced this week. Teachers and Staff are already working at all SSISD locations to get ready for the 2023-2024 Academic Year. Forms of asphalt recycling date back to 1915, becoming increasingly popular in the 1970s with the development of the modern milling machine. The...
CHRISTUS Health Provides Tips to Help Parents,Students Gear Up for New School Year
(Texas) – It’s back-to-school season for students across Texas, which means there will be somemajor adjustments families may need to work through. Those adjustments do not have to cause a huge disruption in a child’s life or health, if parentslearn how they can help their student get situated ahead of time. A big change for children as they make the switch from summer mode to school is their sleep.The demands of back-to-school...
Designer Handbag Bingo Nets $60,000
The most popular event in Hopkins County, the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’sDesigner Handbag Bingo, was held on August 3, 2023. With 539 participants, 34 designer bags, 10door prizes and 5 tie-breaker consolation prizes, the night was a big one! The Foundation had hoped to make $50,000 this year to provide programs such as a FreeMammography Clinic to be held in October. The preliminary income and expenses show thenet proceeds...
Covington Violates Parole, Back in Hopkins County Jail
August 10, 2023 – VALERIE NICHOLE COVINGTON was arrested this week for violating her parole. The 20 year-old sulphur Springs resident, who lists herself as unemployed, was taken into custody at a Milligan St address without incident. VALERIE NICHOLE COVINGTON, 2023 Covington was arrested in August 2021 at a Helm Lane apartment. She had an outstanding warrant for surety off bond on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty...
Gunter Burns in Custody
Press Release from Delta County Sheriff Charla SingletonOn Monday, August 7, 2023, at 9:30 p.m., deputies with the Delta County Sheriff’s Office conducted an investigation of an aggravated assault involving a firearm. Due to the ongoing nature of the incident, Sgt. Manrique acquired an arrest warrant for the suspect for the charge of Aggravated Assault on a Family Member with a Weapon. The suspect was identified as 29-year-old Cooper...
Bond for Baldwin Deemed Insufficient
August 9, 2023 – 45 year-old Christopher Lynn Baldwin of Sulphur Springs was arrested this week on a warrant for insufficient bond. Baldwin was located at his Precinct 2 address by Hopkins County Sheriff Deputies. His bond is now set at $500,000. Baldwin was charged in 2022 with indecency with a child. Christopher Lynn Baldwin, 2023 HCSO Deputy arrested Christopher Lynn Baldwin around 3 p.m. Dec. 22, 2022, at his State Highway...
Overturned Vehicle Snarls Traffic On I-30
August 9, 2023 – A vehicle headed westbound on Interstate 30 left the roadway and overturned in the center median close to the 120 mile marker Wednesday morning. Emergency crews diverted westbound interstate traffic onto the service road near the Coleman park exit as they cleaned up the accident.
Sulphur Springs Man Arrested for Failure to Register
August 9, 2023 – A Sulphur Springs man was arrested this week after forgetting to update his Sex Offender Registration information. GARRETT MATTHEW BURSBY aka GARRETT MAHEW BURSBY, 2023 GARRETT MATTHEW BURSBY who also goes by the name GARRETT MAHEW BURSBY, was registered to a Como Tx address. An anonymous tip was received by Law Enforcement, and a Hopkins County Sheriff Deputy followed up on that information. Bursby was located...
Backpack Giveaway and Ice Cream Social
On Saturday August 12, 2023, head over to 711 Fuller St in Sulphur Springs for Ice Cream and a Backpack for your school age child. Must be present to receive supplies.
Just In Time For School, Vape Pens That Look Like Common School Essentials
August 8, 2023 – Vaping is here to stay. People spend billions of the habit, and as more laws are passed and restrictions placed on the vice, ‘stealth vaping’ is becoming a realty. Vape pens disguised at markers and highlights have been around for years. Originally homemade, these products are available commercials, and appear exactly like the harmless models. A description from one online site, “Our flagship...
