2 Arrested At Walmart Friday Night
Two people were arrested at Walmart Friday night, a man for shoplifting and a wanted woman spotted as the officers were leaving the store, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Justin Wilkerson and Zack Steward reported responding to a theft report at Walmart late Dec. 17, 2021, at Walmart. Upon arrival they contacted the store asset protection staff, who had detained a male...
Two-Vehicle Crash On FM 2285 Results In 1 Fatality, 2 Being Flown To Area Hospitals
A major two-vehicle crash on FM 2285 Friday night resulted in one fatality and two people being flown to area trauma centers. According to a news release from Sulphur Springs Police Department, police responded to what was reported as a fatal crash on FM 2285 near Sulphur Springs Lake at 8:47 p.m. Dec. 17, 2021. The crash on FM 2285 was a head-on collision involving two vehicles, a Toyota Camry driven by 73-year-old Shirley Robinson...
Trash Collection Schedule In Sulphur Springs Unchanged During Holidays
Sulphur Springs residents should plan to dispose of garbage as usual during the holidays. Trash collection trucks will run on the normal schedule throughout the 2021 holidays, with no changes planned, Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell reported Saturday morning, Dec. 18, 2021. The schedule for trash collection in the City of Sulphur Springs can be viewed below or downloaded from the city website by clicking here:
Winnsboro Man Arrested On Felony Evading Arrest Charge
A 58-year-old Winnsboro man was arrested on a felony evading arrest charge Friday night, following a foot pursuit into the woods off FM 900, according to arrest reports. Bryan Keith Burns Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Warren Williamson was checking the area of FM 900 at FM 3192 for a vehicle reportedly involved in two separate hit and run crashes in the area of FM 900 and State Highway 37 in Franklin County around 8:50...
Franklin, Hopkins Continued To Have Lowest Unemployment Rates In November 2021 In NET Workforce Development Area
Franklin and Hopkins Counties continued to have the lowest unemployment rates in the Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area in November 2021. Eight of the nine counties did have unemployment rates of less than 6% for the 11th month of the year, giving the Northeast Texas WDA an overall 4.9% unemployment rate, which is just above the state average of 4.5% unemployment last month. In fact, only three of the counties – Franklin,...
Enola Gay Mathews Retiring After 32 Years At KSST
Community Invited To Mathews’ Retirement Reception Dec. 22 At KSST Studios Although she was not the first to hold the job, most Hopkins County residents associate mornings with Enola Gay Mathews and KSST. For about 30 years now, many Hopkins County residents have started their day with Enola Gay on KSST Radio 1230 AM. Station manager and owner Chad Young will take over the microphone to continue to inform and entertain KSST...
Three Teams in Action For Friday Game Day, Plus Lady Cats Soccer Hosts Scrimmage Tournament Saturday
The Lady Cats basketball team are the only squad in action at home on this Friday game day. The women’s basketball team host Texas High for their second contest in District 15-5A play. Sulphur Springs lost their opener Tuesday in Mount Pleasant. Coach Erica Delley and her team will look to get their first win in district tonight when they host the Lady Tigers. That game tips-off at 6:15 P.M. and broadcasted tonight on KSST...
Hopkins County Masonic Lodges Donate To Blue Santa
Hopkins County Masonic Lodges – made up of Sulphur Bluff, Sulphur Springs, and Cumby Lodges – made a donation of $1.000 to the Blue Santa program today. The funding from the Hopkins County Masonic Lodges would be utilized if there are any emergency Christmas toys needs, such as a family losing all of their belongings to a fire, this year. Otherwise, it will go into the account, used to pick up toys throughout the next year...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed For Allegedly Assaulting His Father With Hedge Trimmers
A 32-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed Thursday afternoon for allegedly assaulting his father with hedge trimmers, according police reports. Brady Layne Mathews Sulphur Springs Police and emergency responders were initially dispatched at 10:31 a.m. Dec. 16, 2021, to the 600 block of Tate Street, to what was reported as a traumatic injury. Upon arrival, a man was indeed reported to have been injured, and determined an assault had...
Teen Jailed On Aggravated Sexual Assault Of Child Charge
A Sulphur Springs teen was jailed on an aggravated sexual assault of a child charge shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to arrest reports. Mark Douglas Kelly Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Brandon Mayes located Mark Douglas Kelly at a Peach Street residence at 3:01 p.m. Dec. 15, 2021, and served him with the first-degree felony warrant. Mayes transported the 18-year-old to Hopkins County jail, where he was booked on the aggravated...
