Hopkins County COVID-19 Sept. 4 Update: 1 Additional Death, 3 New Cases, 29 Positive Antigen Results
Hopkins County Emergency Management officials reported they’d received notification in the last 48 hours of 3 new positive COVID-19 cases, bumping the number of active COVID-19 cases in Hopkins County to 50 on Sept. 4. That’s 9 new cases reported so far in September and 12 new cases reported this week. That’s less than half the number of cases reported during the first 4 days of August but two man than on July 4. The...
Man Stopped For Speeding, Arrested On DWI Charge
An Arkansas man stopped for speeding Thursday morning on Interstate 30 claimed he needed to use the restroom, according to arrest reports. The Texas Department of Public Safety trooper, who stopped the man for traveling 100 miles per hour in the 75 mph speed zone near the 128 mile marker on I-30 west at shortly before noon Sept. 3, allowed the man to use the restroom in an adjacent motel before conversing further with him. While...
Advantage Copy Systems Acquired By Datamax
Advantage Copy Systems, a Sulphur Springs business that provides office machines and copier-related consumer products, has been acquired by Datamax, which provides office equipment and technology solutions in Arkansas and Texas. Advantage was established as a Canon dealer in 1992. In 2006, Sulphur Springs residents Dan and Paula Brown purchased the company. Datamax Inc. President Barry Simon, in a release earlier this week,...
Theft Investigation Resulted In 3 Controlled Substance Arrests
A theft investigation resulted in three controlled substance arrests Thursday. Ismael Gonzales (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Department Special Crimes Sgt. Joe Scott and Lt. Mark Estes responded in the 100 block of Nicholson Street to assisted detectives who were investigating a report that stolen property could be potentially located in the area. Upon arrival Thursday morning, SCU investigators encountered Ismael Gonzales,...
64-Year-Old Caught Giving Beer To A Minor In Front Of A Sheriff’s Investigator
A 64-year-old was allegedly caught giving beer to a minor in front of a sheriff’s investigator around lunch time Tuesday, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Wade Sheets was in the parking lot of a College Street gas station at 11:50 a.m. September 2, when the 64-year-old walked out of the store with 4 cans of Steel Reserve. The investigator reported witnessing a minor in the vehicle...
Rural Sulphur Springs Resident Arrested On Felony Warrant
A rural Sulphur Springs resident was arrested on a felony warrant Wednesday, according to jail and arrest reports. Harleah Irene Petrea (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Sgt. Richard Greer located 22-year-old Harleah Irene Petrea at her residence and took her into custody at 4:36 p.m. Sept. 2. Greer transported her to Hopkins County jail, where she was booked in at 5:14 p.m. on the warrant for violation of probation,...
Mother Accused Of Shaking Her Baby
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Investigators Wade Sheets and Michael Russell arrested a 23-year-old Sulphur Springs woman Sept. 2 on an abandoning or endangering of a child-criminal negligence charge. The mother is accused of shaking her baby. No HCSO jail photo available for Rachael Marie Joslin The sheriff’s investigators reported contacting Rachael Marie Joslin at her residence after receiving information the woman...
Sulphur Springs Man Arrested On Sexual Assault Of A Child Charge
A 23-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested Sept. 2 on a sexual assault of a child charge, according to police reports. Chasen Lane Beaver (HCSO jail photo) Chasen Lane Beaver was taken into custody at 9:48 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. at Sulphur Springs Police Department, after he “admitted to having sexual intercourse and performing oral sex on” a 16-year-old female on or about July 15, 2020, at a Duckworth Street address,...
Channel 18 Marks 30th Anniversary
Channel 18 has been there for all of the community events, happenings and special occasions. Today, the station marks a milestone of its own — the station’s 30th anniversary of operation. The brainchild of Dwayne and Kelly Bradford Grimes, Channel 18’s official ribbon cutting was Sept. 3, 1990. The station was created with the purpose of keeping Sulphur Springs informed of everything that was going on, everything...
Genealogical Fall Seminar To Be Offered Virtually and In-Person on September 19
John Sellers will present the seminar Due to popular request, the day-long Genealogical Research Seminar to be presented by John Sellers on Saturday September 19, 2020 now has an added dimension to accommodate everyone interested in attending. The Seminar, a project of the Hopkins County Genealogical Society, has been expanded from an in-person setting to also include a virtual setting. Four topics to hone your researching skills...
