Grifter Arrested in Hopkins County
August 11, 2023 – JOEL HINTON DOWNS was arrested this week in Hopkins County Texas. He is currently charged with two counts of: 31.03(E)(4)(A) THEFT PROP >=$2,500<$30K JOEL HINTON DOWNS, 2023 Downs has been arrested several time in recent years and charged with numerous crimes. In February 2021 he was arrested in Hunt County and charged with: THEFT PROP >=$750<$2,500 PROBATION VIOL/THEFT PROP >=$2,500<$30K THEFT PROP...
Leave Her Alone
August 11, 2023 – If your home is like ours, we have had a good crop of spiders this year. My personal favorite is the Orb Weaving Spiders who decorate their web with a vertical stabilimentum. This zipper like structure may serve as a warning to birds, as an attractant to insects, or camouflage for the spider as she rests in the middle. It’s a safe bet that a spider of this size is female, as the male is tiny in...
Seattle Investor Arrested on Warrant
August 11, 2023 – Akeem Lamar D. Bailey-Rich, age 29 years-old, was arrested on a warrant this week in Sulphur Springs. Akeem Lamar D. Bailey-Rich, 2023 Sulphur Springs Police performed a traffic stop on Bailey-Rich’s Pontiac around 1AM. The stop took place on the east loop near Interstate 30. A records check showed an outstanding warrant for: 1 46.04(E) UNL POSS FIREARM BY FELON A search of court records shows the felony...
Freudiger May Avoid Additional Jail Time
August 11, 2023 – Michelle Denise Freudiger, who shot her husband in the face after an argument, may be able to avoid additional jail time. Michelle Denise Freudiger was arrested in April after Wood County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call about a woman shooting a man in the face. Freudiger’s husband survived the shooting. Freudiger, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, entered a guilty plea in Judge...
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...
