Local Men Jailed On Insurance Fraud Charge
September 19, 2022 – Two local men were jailed on an insurance fraud charge each over the weekend. Each is are accused of involvement in a scheme in which a $115,000 pickup was reported stolen and burned; a third man has also been implicated in connection with the July case, according to sheriff’s investigators. Jerry Wayne Hill Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Dennis Findley said the case has been...
Dial Study Club Homecoming Parade Presented by Triple Crown Roofing Official Route
The all new for 2022 Dial Study Club Homecoming Parade Presented by Triple Crown Roofing will commerce Thursday at 6:30pm. The route will head towards Celebration Plaza, but will not actually enter the possible congestion of the downtown area. Spectators should position themselves along Connally Street, Davis Street and Houston Street. Parade Route 2022 Dial Study Club member Emily Glass spoke with KSST on Monday about the event....
Recall: Certain Colgate Products Sold At Family Dollar Stores In Texas, 10 Other States
News Release — Sept. 19, 2022 Family Dollar is initiating a voluntary retail level product recall of certain products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that were stored and shipped to a limited number of stores in AZ, CA, GA, ID, IN, MT, NM, NV, OR, TX, and UT on or around May 1, 2022 through June 21, 2022 due to product being stored outside of labeled temperature requirements. To date, Family Dollar is not...
2 Hopkins County Women Killed In One-Vehicle Crash On I-30 Saturday
09-19-2022 – Two Hopkins County women were killed in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 30 west Saturday morning. Hopkins County dispatchers received the first 911 call about the crash at 7:41 a.m. Sept. 17, 2022; a vehicle was reported to have run off of Interstate 30 west in the area of the 136 and 137 mile markers and was on fire. According to a preliminary crash investigation by Texas Department of Public Safety, Celecia...
Hopkins County’s Unemployment Rate Is Lowest In NET Workforce Area For 2nd Straight Month
Hopkins County’s unemployment rate continued to be the lowest in Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area for the second straight month in August, according to the latest Texas Labor Market Information report. Overall, the number of people unemployed in Texas actually dropped from 632,432 in July 2022 to 607,1211 unemployed in August 2022, both down from August 2021 when 781,301 were unemployed across the state. Although fewer...
Police Seek Information Regarding Dumping Of Construction Materials On Holiday Drive
Sulphur Springs Police Department is investigating a case of construction materials being dumped along a city street. Trash with construction materials dumped on the side of Holiday Drive behind Lowe’s More than a dozen large filled black trash bags along with padding and carpeting materials, drink bottles, a paint cans, pieces of wood, paper plate, cup, and other trash were located late Friday morning on the side of Holiday...
Traffic Stop Results In Felony Warrant Arrest
A League traffic stop Thursday afternoon resulted in one felony warrant arrest. Sulphur Springs Police reported stopping a Honda Odyssey at 4:02 p.m. Sept. 15, 2022, on North League Street at Buford Park for a traffic violation. The driver, 18-year-old Mark Douglas Kelly, reportedly told the officer he was going to a business off of League Street to talk to his mother. Mark Douglas Kelly (HCSO jail photo) Castro pointed out he’d...
Michigan Pair Caught In Stolen Jeep
Man Charged With Forgery and Escape After Taking Off Across I-30 In Handcuffs After Presenting Indiana Man’s ID With His Photo Deputies stopped a Michigan pair traveling on I-30 west in a stolen Jeep Thursday night. The man compounded his charges by trying to pass an Indiana man’s driver’s, according to arrest reports. No HCSO jail photos were available Friday, Sept. 16, 2022; the sheriff’s office is in the...
North Hopkins ISD Inducts More Than 30 Students Into New Elementary Beta Club
North Hopkins ISD inducted more than 30 students into the district’s newest organization, the Elementary Beta Club, Thursday evening, Sept. 15, 2022. “Junior and Senior BETA have already been running two very successful programs for years so we are expanding to offer the opportunity to students in grades 4-6. Students being inducted had to meet minimum grade requirements, have good attendance and a good discipline...
Jeffery Sentenced To Total Of 60 Years In Prison Murder, Aggravated Assault
Robert Clevon Jeffery was sentenced Thursday afternoon, Sept. 15, 2022, to a total of 60 years in prison, 45 years for the murder of 35-year-old Damien Damon Wiley of Cooper and 15 years for the aggravated assault of 22-year-old Saquan Harrion Reynolds on Aug. 29, 2021. The two sentences, however, are to be served concurrently, officials reported Thursday afternoon. The sentence was reached after about 4 hours of deliberations by the...
