Aguilar Files For Place 3 In Sulphur Springs City Council Election
Oscar Aguilar signed up Wednesday afternoon to run for Place 3 on Sulphur Springs City Council. Aguilar currently serves in the seat. He ran for and drew no opponents in 2020 for Place 3 on the council, one of four seats left vacant when four council members resigned in December 2019. Aguilar is now seeking a full 3-year term on the City Council. Oscar Aguilar Aguilar is the fourth incumbent to file Wednesday for a place on the May 1...
Julian Files Candidacy For Place 1 In Sulphur Springs City Council Election
Jay W. Julian Wednesday filed candidacy for Place 1 on Sulphur Springs City Council. Julian currently serves in the seat. He was elected in December, coming out ahead of Mark Bradley in a runoff election last month for the remaining months of the unexpired term. Julian is now seeking a full 3-year term on the City Council. Jay W. Julian The Place 1 seat was one of four on the 2020 ballot due to the resignations of four council members...
Nash, Spraggins Sign Up For Election for Places 2 and 5 On Sulphur Springs City Council
Candidate filing got under way Wednesday morning, with two candidates signing up, one each for Places 2 and 5 on the May 1, 2021 Sulphur Springs City Council Election ballot. Harold Nash Sr. is seeking a full 3-year term on the City Council for Place 2 and Gary Spraggins is seeking election to the 1-year unexpired term for Place 5. Both currently serve on the City Council. Gary Spraggins and Harold Nash Sr. Nash was appointed in...
Drug Paraphernalia, Methamphetamine Found During SH 11 Traffic Stop
A State Highway 11 traffic stop resulted in the arrest of a 40-year-old Leesburg woman for possession of methamphetamine found during a State Highway 11 traffic stop. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chris Baumann reported the woman was one of three passengers in a Chevrolet Silverado stopped around 8 p.m. Jan. 12 on State Highway 11 east near the county line for a defective license plate. The Leesburg woman and other...
Wright And Dietze Seeking Reelection To Sulphur Springs School Board
Kerry Wright and Jason Dietze filed candidate applications Wednesday morning, the first day of the filing period, seeking a place on the May 1 Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees Election. Incumbents Wright and Dietze are seeking another 3-year term on the school board. Dietze was first elected to the school board in 2009. He was re-elected secretary in 2020. He previously served as vice president and president. Wright...
Cumby Police Chief Moved To Lieutenant, Hundley Appointed Interim Chief
Cumby City Council Tuesday night made two administrative changes to the police department Tuesday night. Cumby Police Chief Paul Robertson is to become a lieutenant with the department and Officer Jeff Hundley has been appointed interim chief of police for a 6-month period. The City Council meeting was conducted Jan. 12 at the city building, but only 10 attendees were allowed to attend in person in order to properly observe social...
Jan. 12 COVID-19 Update: 2 Fatalities,12 New Cases, 6 Recoveries, 239 Active Cases
Texas Department of State Health Services and Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management’s Jan. 12 COVID-19 updates show a slight increase in COVID-19 recoveries in Hopkins County and the patient count in the local COVID unit remained unchanged on Tuesday. However, two additional COVID-19 fatalities have been confirmed for Hopkins County and an average of 12 new coronavirus cases have been reported daily this week and...
Cumby ISD Master Planning, Possible Bond Election To Be Discussed At Jan. 30 Meeting
Cumby ISD Board of Trustees are again considering calling a bond election to fund improvements at the school. Cumby ISD voters were asked during the Nov. 5, 2019 election to consider approving a school bond. In the early ballots, 60 percent of voters were in favor of the bond for school improvements and 40 percent voted against it. However, once Election Day totals were in, the bond was defeated by only 10 votes. Trustees and...
City Of Como Will Hold An Election For All 3 Places On Council
The City of Como will hold an election for all three places on the City Council. Filing for the two commissioner seats and mayor begins tomorrow. Currently, Jerry Radney serves as mayor. As mayor pro temp, he stepped up to mayor when Darla Henry resigned the position in August 2020, due to a move out of the city. Austin Baxley, a teacher at Como-Pickton school, was then appointed to the council as commissioner. Steve Smith is serving...
Omaha Man Jailed On DWI, Controlled Substance Charges
A 35-year-old Omaha, Texas man was jailed on DWI and controlled substance charges Monday night, the second time in three months he’s been jailed on the charges, according to arrest reports. Another man were jailed on a warrants for violating probation on a controlled substance charge, according to arrest and jail reports. Interstate 30 Traffic Stop Tyler Marcus Hightower (HCSO jail photo) A Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office...
