Miller Grove, Saltillo Cross Country Athletes Recognized As Top 1A Teams
The Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning recognized the Miller Grove and Saltillo Cross Country athletes for being the Top 1A Teams in the state. Judge Robert Newsom read a proclamation in honor of each school’s achievements. 2021 Miller Grove ISD Boys Cross County 1A State Champions are recognized Feb. 14, 2022, by Hopkins County Commissioners Court. The Miller Grove Hornets won the UIL State 1A Boys Cross Country...
Early Voting In March 1 Primary Elections Began This Morning
Early voting in the March 1, 2022 Democratic and Republican Party Primary Elections began this morning (Feb. 14, 2022), and will continue through Feb. 24, 2022. Dates, Location Of Early Voting Voters in Hopkins County, regardless of party – Republican or Democratic – will cast ballots in the Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Courtroom located inside Hopkins County Courthouse Annex Building (the building where car...
Sulphur Springs ISD Board To Consider Calling A Bond Election
Hearing On 2020-2021 Annual Report Of Educational Performance Slated During Public Forum Sulphur Springs ISD Board Of Trustees will be asked to consider calling a bond election to fund district facilities improvements, upgrades, additions and replacements during the trustees’ regular meeting Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. SSISD logo The board also will receive several reports and informational items, and be asked during the 6 p.m....
Commissioners Court To Recognize Cross Country Athletes, Consider Taking In SH 11 Spur
Hopkins County Commissioners Court is slated to Monday morning to recognize cross country athletes from two schools in addition to regular agenda items, including considering taking in the State Highway 11 Spur. Proclamations are to be given in honor of Miller Grove ISD and Saltillo ISD athletes’ accomplishments at the most recent state cross country event. The Commissioners Court too at the 9 a.m. meeting Feb. 14, 2022, will be...
Wanted Mount Pleasant Woman Arrested On Controlled Substance Charge
A wanted Mount Pleasant woman was arrested on a controlled substance charge early Saturday morning, according to arrest reports. Carolyn Suzanne Hinson Sulphur Springs Police Officers Dustin Green and Thad Cook reported stopping a Ford F150 pickup at 1:35 a.m. Feb. 12, 2022, on South Broadway Street for a traffic violation. Upon contact with the woman inside, she refused to identify herself. Later she reportedly gave herself a false...
Scroggins Man Jailed In Hopkins County On Kaufman County Aggravated Assault Warrant
A 48-year-old Scroggins man’s speed as he drove a Range Rover along State Highway 11 was what caught Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Colin Bradshaw’s attention and got him stopped near FM 269 at 5:53 p.m. Thursday. However, an outstanding Kaufman County warrant, discovered during a routine records check using his driver’s license, was the reason Larry Murl Smith was arrested Thursday evening, Bradshaw noted...
City Officials To Begin Process Of Rousting Buzzards From Trees In Town Monday
Sulphur Springs officials will begin working with the USDA biologists Monday evening to begin the process of rousting buzzards from their roosts in the area of Main and Connally streets between Fore and Water Oak Streets. Sulphur Springs resident Gene White asked Sulphur Springs City Council during the elected officials’ January meeting to consider intervening in the area, where what appeared to be buzzards have ensconced...
Friday Game Day Has Basketball, Baseball, and Soccer On Deck
Friday, Feb. 11 has four teams in action: both soccer teams, baseball, and men’s basketball hosting senior night. With golf, tennis, and track and field all beginning their seasons next week, today is the least busy Friday game day over the next month. Men’s baseball is scheduled to host Terrell on this Friday game day. Coach Jerrod Hammack and his squad take on the Tigers at Wildcats Park. That scrimmage tees off at 6 P.M. ...
13 Hopkins County COVID Deaths So Far In 2022, 166 Since March 2020
While many states and countries are lowering and, in some cases, even eliminating COVID-19 restrictions altogether, the virus has surged in other areas. After almost 2 full years, many have become weary of the extra precautions, whether required vaccinations, frequent testing, booster shots, masking, lockdowns, restricted gatherings or frequent sanitizing and extra cleansing with virus-killing substances. Health care and educational...
4 Jailed in Hopkins County On Felony Warrants
Three men and a woman were jailed in Hopkins County on felony warrants Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 8-9, 2022, according to arrest and jail reports. Joe Don Dial turned himself in at Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office and was taken into custody at 11 p.m. Feb. 9, 2022. Deputy Isaac Foley escorted Dial from the department lobby into the jail, where the 42-year-old Winnsboro man was booked in on the warrant for violation of...
