Alliance Bank Announces Shurtleff Promotion
Monday, January 25, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Tom Sellers was pleased to announce that the Board of Directors for Alliance Bank has approved the promotion of Keith Shurtleff to Market President for the Hopkins County market. “We are very pleased to announce the promotion of Keith Shurtleff to Branch/Market President for the Hopkins County market. He has an active role in the Hopkins County community,...
Deputies Diligence, Hard Work Credited With Quick Identification, Location Of Vehicle Burglary Suspect
Deputies’ diligence and hard work Sunday is credited with the quick identification and location of a vehicle burglary suspect, according to Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Chief Investigator Corley Weatherford. Below is a news release from Weatherford regarding the vehicle burglary case: Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office release regarding identification and apprehension of a vehicle burglary...
Free SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training Class To Be Held Virtually Jan. 26
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jason Ricketson reminds community residents interested in learning more about the weather that the annual SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training Class will be conducted virtually at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, according to the National Weather Service and Sulphur Springs Police Department. The class is offered free for people in Delta, Fannin, Hopkins and Lamar Counties. SKYWARN® is a citizen volunteer program...
Cumby Police Arrests Grand Prairie Man Caught In A Stolen Vehicle
Cumby Police Lt. Paul Robertson arrested a 33-year-old Grand Prairie man caught in a stolen vehicle Saturday afternoon, according to arrest reports. Robertson initiated a traffic stop on a Chevrolet Impala at 1:20 p.m. Jan. 23, 2021, on Interstate 30 at mile marker 113. A records check of the vehicle information revealed the gray 2011 car had been reported to Grand Prairie Police Department as stolen. Dispatchers confirmed the vehicle...
Saltillo FFA Student Earns Blue Ribbon in Ag Mechanics Class
Miss Dacey Neal, a Saltillo FFA Chapter student, placed third overall in Wildlife Class with the project she entered in the Glenrose Show on January 19, 2021. She took home a blue ribbon. Congratulations to Dacey and the Saltillo FFA Chapter!
Saltillo Lions Basketball Homecoming Court, Duchess
Senior court – Sitting L to R: Kristina Wade, Ofelia Cabrera, Bianca Castro & Josey Bench; Standing L to R: Ally Smith, Anna Reeder, Brittney Peeples, Maddy Smith, Paisley Kastner & Chandler Bain. It’s Homecoming Week at Saltillo ISD, and it’s a good year for the Basketball teams. According to sponsor Johnna West, Friday night January 29, 2021 is the Homecoming game and will also be Senior night for the...
Hopkins County Continued To Have Lowest Unemployment Rate In Area In December
Hopkins County continued to have the lowest unemployment rate in the area, 1.8 percent lower than the state average and 1.6 lower than the average for the Northeast Texas workforce area, according to the Texas Labor Market Information and Texas Workforce Commission. While the unemployment rate fell from 5.8 in November 2020 to back to the 5.3 percent of October 2020, the December 2020 unemployment rate was still nearly twice the 2.8...
Jan. 22 COVID-19 Update: 17 New Cases, 56 Additional Vaccines Administered, COVID Hospitalizations Decrease
Although nearly twice as many new COVID-19 cases were reported on Friday than on Thursday, the COVID-19 hospitalizations decreased both locally and across the region, according to the Jan. 22 COVID-19 reports from Texas Department of State Health Services and Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management. While there were no new recoveries reported on Friday, there also were no new fatalities announced, but 56 additional doses...
Planning & Zoning Commission Approves Final Subdivision Plat Request, 2 Three-Story Apartments Planned
The Sulphur Springs Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a request from BGE, Inc. of Fort Worth, to combine two lots in Z. Jewell Subdivision, located northwest of the League and Bell Street intersection into one plat 5.488 acres plat for pair of three-story apartments. The Zoning Board of Adjustments also gave approval this week to Sergio Mendez’s request for a variance to setback requirements to construct a...
Five Jailed In Two Days On Warrants For Violating Probation
At least five people were jailed in the last two days in Hopkins County on warrants for violating probation, according to police and sheriff’s reports. Jacob Lee Ferrell (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cameron Robinson reported an investigatory stop was conducted by officers Jan. 21 on Jarbo Street at South Locust Street on a red Ford F-150 pickup a wanted man was known to drive. Upon contact, 39-year-old Jacob...
