SSISD Changes Academic Calendar One Week Before Classes Start
The Board of Trustees of the Sulphur Springs Independent School District met this week and made sweeping changes for the 2023-2024 Calendar. The first day of classes for students remains to be August 22, 2023, but several staff prep days have now been changed to instructional days meaning students will report to the classroom on those days. This change is to create more time for students in the classroom. The six extra days that...
Speeding Leads to Arrest on Warrants and Drug Charge
August 15, 2023 – Cumby Police stopped a speeding vehicle this week and a records check revealed multiple warrants. CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN MARTIN, age 41 of Cumby, was found to be wanted by Hopkins County and the US Marshals. Martin was arrested and placed in a patrol car. The grey pickup he had been driving was about to be released to his mother. Martin had provided consent to have the pickup searched before she took possession,...
Hopkins County Commissioners Vote to Lower Tax Rate
August 14, 2023 – Hopkins County Tax Assessor-Collector Debbie Pogue Jenkins made the recommendation to the court Monday morning to lower the effective tax rate for county residents. The recommendation came as a result of an increase in the overall valuation of properties in the county as over 900 new properties were added to the tax rolls. The current tax rate for Hopkins County is set at .523900/$100 or a little over 52 cents...
Suspected Forger Back in Hopkins County Jail
August 12, 2023 – KEVIN LANK JONES was arrested at the Tarrant County Jail this week and returned to Hopkins County. KEVIN LANK JONES, 2023 Jones was arrested in Hopkins County in March of 2023 after he and a partner attempted to cash a forged check. They concocted a ridiculous story in an attempt to explain their actions. See that story here. His bond is currently set at $50,000.
Houston Truck Driver Arrested After 10 Mile Chase
August 12, 2023 – Sixty year-old BENIGNUS CHUKWUDILUM UZOMAH was arrested this week and charged with evading arrest with a vehicle. BENIGNUS CHUKWUDILUM UZOMAH, 2023 Hopkins County Sheriff Deputies received a report of a reckless west bound driver on Interstate 30 around 11 AM. A point of observation was set up at mile marker 131. The reported semi was located and a deputy began following it. He observed the driver acting in a...
FBI Seeks Victims in Investor or Other Financial Scams
August 11, 2023 – With the recent indictment of a local resident for what the Federal Bureau of Investigations is calling an investment scam, the Dallas FBI office is still looking for victims of this or any other scam from local residents. George Lewis Parsons, Jr. was indicted on July 12, 2023 on six counts of wire fraud totaling $3 million. Parsons and his attorney are set to respond to the federal court on August 14, 2023...
Mexican National Sentenced for Child Exploitation
Hopkins County Man Sentenced for Child Exploitation Violations PLANO, Texas – A Sulphur Springs, Texas man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs today. Hugo Enrique Menchaca, 42, pleaded guilty to transportation of child pornography and misuse of a Social Security number and was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison...
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...
