CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Receives Highest Rating
Jul31

CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Receives Highest Rating

CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Earns National Recognition for Nurse Communication  (Sulphur Springs, Texas) – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has receivedthe highest rating for nurse communication in a recent survey conducted by the Hospital ConsumerAssessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) data. The hospital is one of 27 in Texas and two in East Texas to earn five stars for nurse...

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Trading Post for August 3, 2023
Jul31

Trading Post for August 3, 2023

For Sale: 5 tier adjustable shelf (steel rack) Heavy Duty, $45.00, Also 21″ Murray Push Mower, $45.00. Can be seen at 1140 Bowie St, or Call 903-885-9155 21 round bales mixed grass hay for sale. $50.00 a bale. South of Sulphur Springs. 903-485-2984. FREE HAY near Winnsboro. I need the land cleared and have no use for the hay. Located 8-10 miles east of Winnsboro on Highway 11. It’s in the ballpark of 15-25 acres. Free to...

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Pickton Man Arrested on Theft Warrant
Jul31

Pickton Man Arrested on Theft Warrant

July 31, 2023 – RICKY LEE SCHAKOSKY aka Ricky Lee Schakasky was arrested this weekend in Hopkins County on a Tarrant County warrant for Theft. RICKY LEE SCHAKOSKY aka Ricky Lee Schakasky Sulphur Springs Police received a tip that Schakasky, who lists himself as a self employed mechanic, was at a Jennings Street address in Sulphur Springs. They confirmed a warrant for his arrest. Schakasky was arrested and transported to Hopkins...

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Toles Back in Hopkins County Jail
Jul31

Toles Back in Hopkins County Jail

July 31, 2023 – Eighteen year-old Bradyn James Toles was arrested over the weekend for violating his probation on an Evading Arrest/Detention charge. Bradyn James Toles Toles was arrested at his family home without incident and transported to Hopkins County Jail. This is not the first time Toles has been in Hopkins County Jail. In November of 2022, he was arrested and charged with felony assault of his 11 year-old brother. See...

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Lipe Pleads Guilty
Jul29

Lipe Pleads Guilty

July 28, 2023 – Crystal McLin Lipe, 41, pleaded guilty on July 27, 2023, to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Aileen Goldman Durrett. According to court documents presented in court, Lipe worked as a registered nurse in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a hospital in the Eastern District of Texas. At various points during her time with the hospital, Lipe knowingly accessed and obtained...

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Gilreath Arrested on Warrants
Jul29

Gilreath Arrested on Warrants

July 29, 2023 – Jackson Blaze Gilreath, age 27 of Sulphur Springs, was arrested Friday afternoon at a family members home in Sulphur Springs. Jackson Blaze Gilreath, 2023 Gilreath, who lists himself as unemployed, was arrested without incident and transported to the Hopkins County Jail. The warrants for Gilreath’s arrest included: 22-3413 1 DRIVING WHILE LICENSE INVALID (MC)22-3414 1 3070 FAILED TO DRIVE IN A SINGLE...

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The Biggest Beneficiaries of the ‘The Inflation Reduction Act’ From One Year Ago So Far Are Foreign Companies
Jul28

The Biggest Beneficiaries of the ‘The Inflation Reduction Act’ From One Year Ago So Far Are Foreign Companies

The 2022 climate law unleashed a torrent of government subsidies to help the U.S. build clean-energy industries. The biggest beneficiaries so far are foreign companies.” (“The Biggest Winners In America’s Climate Law: Foreign Companies,” The Wall Street Journal, 7/20/2023) The Inflation Reduction Act has spurred nearly $110 billion in U.S. clean-energy projects since it passed almost a year ago, a Wall Street Journal analysis shows....

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Clayton Homes Donates Horse Shelter
Jul27

Clayton Homes Donates Horse Shelter

A statement of thanks from Shadow Ranch to Clayton Homes of Sulphur Springs. “Shadow Ranch is so grateful to Clayton Homes for rebuilding our horse shelter and round pen. As a small nonprofit, being hit by a tornado was devastating. Our horses must have shelter and I had no idea how we were going get them shade in a timely manner. We lost one horse to the storm itself. Clayton Homes helped ensured that we would not lose anymore...

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Rains County Jury Believed the Children not Jimmy Ardell Harden
Jul27

Rains County Jury Believed the Children not Jimmy Ardell Harden

Office of the County Attorney Robert F. VititowRains County, Texas220 W. QUITMAN SUITE D EMORY, TEXAS 75440TELEPHONE (903) 473-5000 * TELECOPIER (903) 4743-5085 PRESS RELEASEJULY 25, 2023 A jury was selected on Monday, July 17, 2023, in the Eighth Judicial District Court of Rains County in Cause Nos. 6260, 6261, 6453, 6454, 6455, and 6456, entitled The State of Texas v. Jimmy Ardell Harden. Harden, a local citizen of Rains County was...

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Bass In Jail on Wood County Warrants; Attempted to Evade Arrest
Jul27

Bass In Jail on Wood County Warrants; Attempted to Evade Arrest

July 27, 2023 – A Winnsboro, Tx resident led Hopkins County Deputies on a chase that started south of Pickton. Deputies were out late at night Wednesday in an attempt to serve a Wood County warrant on 36 year-old DONNY GEORGE BASS. Deputies recognized Bass driving a car on FM 269. The vehicle he was driving showed a Garland TX registration address. Deputies attempted to perform a traffic stop the vehicle, suspecting that Bass...

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