Crime Stoppers Tip Results In 2 Arrests, Location Of Guns, Clears Burglaries
A Crime Stoppers tip resulted in two arrests, location of a four firearms and cleared multiple recent burglary cases, according to arrest and sheriff’s reports. JUSTIN “JC” CARTY Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office investigators and patrol deputies Wednesday morning, Dec. 30, received a Crime Stoppers tip stating a potential person of interest in multiple recent theft/burglary cases was Justin Carty. The officers...
Hopkins County COVID-19 Hospitalizations Pass 30% As Year Comes To End
In a grim reminder of how awful 2020 has been, the latest report from the Hopkins County Emergency Management Team showed 30 Covid-19 patients are currently in the Covid Unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. With 96 staffed hospital beds at the local campus, that pushes the Covid Hospitalization Rate locally up to 31.25%. The Texas Department of State Health Services tracks this hospitalization rate but as a...
Annual SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training Class To Be Conducted Virtually
The annual SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training Class will be conducted virtually this year, according to the National Weather Service and Sulphur Springs Police Department. The class is offered free for Delta, Fannin, Hopkins and Lamar Counties at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26. SKYWARN® is a citizen volunteer program with 350,000-400,000 trained severe weather spotters, citizens volunteers who help keep their local communities safe by providing...
Dec. 30 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 8 New Cases, 30 In COVID Unit
Texas Department of State Health Services and Hopkins/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management’s Dec. 30 COVID-19 updates showed 8 new COVID-19 cases, 11 recoveries, 1 fatality, 39 additional vaccines for Hopkins County on Wednesday. A patient count in the hospital COVID unit reached a new high, and while fewer COVID-19 patients were in Trauma Area F hospitals, the overall patient counts rose. Dec. 30 COVID-19 Case Counts DSHS; Dec....
2nd Round of Economic Impact Payments Already Being Distributed
Some US residents will begin 2021 with money in the bank. The Internal Revenue Service Tuesday night reported a second round of Economic Impact Payments are already going out to taxpayers across the country. Authorized by the newly enacted Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, the second round of payments or “EIP 2,” is generally $600 for singles and...
2 Hopkins County Jail Inmates Served With Indictments
Two Hopkins County jail inmates were served with indictments Tuesday, according to arrest reports. Jordan Matthew Williams (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Kevin Lester served Jordan Matthew Williams at 10:15 a.m. Dec. 29, 2020, at the county jail with two third-degree felony indictments for indecency with a child by exposure. The offenses are alleged to have occurred in August of 2019. The 23-year-old...
Man Arrested For Second Time In Two Months On Felony Charge
A 41-year-old Sulphur Springs man has been arrested for the second time in two months on a felony charge, according to arrest reports. Alexander Garza (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Officer Silas Whaley located a wanted man at 2:35 a.m. Wednesday, December 30, at a Helm Lane convenience store. Alexander Garza was taken into custody on the outstanding warrant for violating probation on a third or more driving while...
State Highway 19 Traffic Stop Results In 2 Arrests
A State Highway 19 traffic stop resulted in two arrests early Wednesday morning, according to arrest reports. Chelsie Nicole Birdsong March, 2017 Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Aaron Chaney reported a Toyota Camry first caught his attention when the driver failed to dim the car’s high beam lights when it passed him on SH 19 north at County Road 4760. As it passed, Chaney noticed the car also had a defective tail...
Dec. 29 COVID-19 Update: 54 New Cases, 37 Recoveries, 28 More Vaccines Administered
Texas Department of State Health Services’ Dec. 29 COVID-19 reports showed 54 new COVID-19 cases (confirmed and probable), 37 recoveries and 28 additional vaccines administered for Hopkins County, while Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials in the Dec. 29 COVID-19 update reported a slight increase the COVID unit patient count and 146 more free COIVD-19 tests conducted on Monday. Texas Health and Human...
Roofing, Framing Work On Grays Building In Progress
Framing and roofing work on the new Grays Building in Pacific Park is in progress. Griffith Roofing was on site Tuesday furthering roofing work while Temo Construction began framing. With the steel metal framing in place, decking is installed over the framing. A icy water membrane is being applied to protect it from weather. Framing is expected to take less than 2 weeks to complete, weather permitting. “It won’t be long...
