Cattle Tyrant Lands in Corpus Christi
December 4, 2023 – Bird lovers are flocking to Corpus Christi as a rare sighting of a bird known as the cattle tyrant has made it’s way much farther north than it’s normal habitat. The flycatcher bird is native to South America and never before been spotted in North America. Now a wayard example of the little yellow bird has taken up residence in a busy section of a street in Corpus Christi lined with restaurants....
Adams Sentenced For Criminally Negligent Homicide
December 1, 2023 – Judge Eddie Northcutt sentenced Gerald Lee Adams to seven years in prison in connection with a vehicle crash that resulted in the deaths of four people in December 2022. Adams was involved in multi-vehicle accident on SH 19, near CR 4764, just south of Birthright. Four were killed and nine were injured. See the original story here. Adams turned himself in to authorities in August of 2023 to face four charges...
Sulphur Springs Closing Portion of League Street For Urgent Repairs
December 1, 2023 – Sulphur Springs Capital Construction Director, Bryan Craig, announces that a portion of League Street (from Main St to Buford Circle) will be closed starting at 7:30 am on Monday, December 4, 2023 for urgent repairs to begin on the drainage system in that area. These repairs are expected to take several weeks as the work will be extensive.
Sulphur Springs Car Club Donates to Blue Santa
Dennis Gilbertson, Lewis Tatum, Tim Gee, James Courson (L-R) November 30, 2023 – Members of the local Corvette Club braved the rain to donate $1000 to this year’s Blue Santa program. The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse along with members of the Sheriff’s office and other local law enforcement are on hand this Thursday and Friday from 7am-7pm in the Walmart parking lot to accept toys for boys and girls ages 1-14....
Texas Youth Robotics Alliance Tournament Coming to Sulphur Springs This Saturday
November 29, 2023 – Sulphur Springs Middle School will be hosting the Texas Youth Robotics Alliance (TYRA) Kickoff Tournament at SSMS on Saturday, December 2nd. This tournament is using Peggy Reimers from TCEA’s ruleset, Hi, Bye, Pizza Pie! In this ruleset, teams of robotics students will form random alliances with other teams to run qualifying matches that score points based on manipulating objects...
Parking Infraction Leads to Arrest For Theft
November 29, 2023 – An investigator from the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office was contacted to investigate a complaint that a county resident on FM 275 was parking vehicles on his neighbor’s property. Jose Alonso Palacios-Esparaza The neighbor also reported that the vehicles were missing license plates and some parts had been removed from some vehicles. The investigator contacted the owner of the property, Jose Alonso...
Chamber Connection – November 29th
November 29, 2023 – Dr. Ray Perryman is coming back to Hopkins County after about a five-year absence, and if you’re a business professional, you won’t want to miss what he has to say about the local economic outlook.The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce and Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation are happy to announce that the renowned economist will be headlining the Economic Outlook Conference...
SSISD Bond Committee Pushes Forward to Find Path for Next Bond Request
November 27, 2023 – SSISD Bond Committee will meet again on Monday, November 27th at Douglass Early Childhood School to push forward with information on another bond request for much needed improvements to SSISD campuses. The 50-member committee has met three times previously at different campuses to get a better feel of what is needed for the district as well as how much the next bond request will be after two failed attempts...
Irving Man Spends Night of Black Friday in Hopkins County Jail
November 27, 2023 – An Irving man passing through Hopkins County on the day after Thanksgiving was stopped on Interstate 30 for expired registration and speeding near mile marker 127 in a black S5 Audi. A strong odor of marijuana emitted from inside the vehicle as the DPS officer was talking with the 40 year-old male, identified as George Kim. The driver and lone occupant of the car admitted to having a small amount of marijuana...
Sulphur Springs Trash Service Thanksgiving Schedule
November 21, 2023 – Those residents in Sulphur Springs expecting their normal trash pickup on this Thursday will have to wait an extra day so that the hard working men and women collecting the trash will be able to spend time with their families. Those customers with Thursday pickup day will be rescheduled to Friday. Other city services and offices will be closed on Thursday, and limited access to services on...
