2,970 First-Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines Allocated To Hopkins County Providers This Coming Week
The state is ramping up COVID-19 vaccine distributions next week as eligibility to receive the vaccination expands to everyone age 16 or older. A total of 2,970 of the more than 1 million first-doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be shipped out to providers across the state have been allocated to two Hopkins County providers in Week 16 of vaccine allocations (March 29). Christus Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has been...
10 Arrested On Controlled Substance And Related Charges
Ten people were jailed on controlled substance and related charges on Friday and early Saturday – two for having methamphetamine and marijuana in their room, five on drug paraphernalia charges, and three on warrants, according to arrest reports. South Broadway Street Arrests Officers went to a South Broadway Street address to serve a felony warrant, found 2.6 grams of suspected methamphetamine, about 5 ounces of marijuana and...
Hopkins County Continues To Have Lowest Unemployment Rate In Workforce Area
Although Hopkins County continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in the Northeast Texas/Texarkana Workforce Development Area, February 2021 marked at least the fifth consecutive month the unemployment rate has risen in the county as has been the case for the state and 9-county WDA to which Hopkins belongs. Texas Workforce Commission and Texas Labor Market Information reports show fluctuations in Texas’ labor force over the...
Friday Game day Features Soccer, Baseball, Softball and Tennis
The Wildcats Soccer Team is taking on Whitehouse in a bi-district soccer game at Whitehouse at 6:30 p.m. on this game day Friday. The Wildcats are the #4 seed in District 15-5A. The Wildcats went 6-6 in district play and their season record is 15-10-1. Whitehouse is the district champion in District 16-5A. They were 8-2 in district play and their season record is 18-2-1. The winner of this bi-district match will face the winner of a...
3 Arrested On Controlled Substance And Related Offenses
Three men were arrested Thursday on controlled substance and related offenses, according to arrest reports. Houston Street Traffic Stop Michael Anthony Williams (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Officer Francisco Castro stopped a Pontiac Grand Prix around 10:45 p.m. March 25 on Houston Street at Mulberry Street for a traffic violation. Upon contact with the 52-year-old Commerce man driving, Castro recognized him as Michael...
2021 Texas Ranger Ticket Giveaway Info
Changes to the Texas Ranger Ticket Giveaways on KSST and KRVA for the 2021 Season. Screen Shot of the App for a Texas Ranger Home Game Once again, KSST and KRVA will be giving away Texas Ranger Tickets. This season’s tickets will be offered in a digital format. To be a winner, you will need to download and install the Offical MLB Ball Park App for your smart device. Think of the app as a digital wallet for your tickets. The...
Sulphur Springs ISD Head Start Program To Apply For Grant Continuation And Refunding, Transportation Waiver
Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees during the regular monthly meeting this week gave the Head Start program director the go-ahead to apply for grant continuation and refunding, as well as a Head Start transportation waiver application. Transportation Wavier Sulphur Spring ISD Head Start program Director Angela Edwards asked trustees to approve a request for a transportation waiver for the Head Start program. She noted the SSISD...
COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Offered March 29; Registration Required
For those who still want to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, but were unable to register for the two-dose Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Thursday at the hospital or during shot administrations, the state will be hosting another COVID-19 vaccine clinic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. this coming Monday, March 29, in Sulphur Springs at the Hopkins County Civic Center. The vaccine will be the Pfizer, also a two-dose vaccine which requires a second dose in...
60-Year-Old Man Allegedly Hid Methamphetamine In A Soda Can
Marijuana Found In Truck Where Man Was Sleeping In Como Deputies arrested a 60-year-old who allegedly hid methamphetamine in a soda can and a a 25-year-old sleeping in his truck at a Como business Wednesday, March 24, on Main Street on possession charges, according to sheriff’s and arrest reports. An Alba woman turned herself in Tuesday night at the county jail on a controlled substance related charge, according to arrest...
Inmate Allegedly Threatened Retaliation Against Father
A Hopkins County jail inmate allegedly threatened retaliation against his father for reporting him to police, an investigator noted in arrest reports. Brandon Darel Roach (HCSO jail photo) Brandon Darel Roach has been in Hopkins County jail since his arrest Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, following a disturbance in which the 39-year-old allegedly threatened to burn down a residence with his nephew inside if the nephew and his family did not...
