SSISD Trustees Approve 2020 Tax Rate, 9 Personnel Changes, Budget Amendments
Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees during a special called noon meeting Friday, Aug. 28, approved budget amendments, 9 personnel changes, the SSISD 2020 tax rate and the Virtual Academy plan. SSISD 2020 Tax Rate SSISD Tax Assessor Collector Sandra Gibby recommended a SSISD 2020 tax rate of $1.251380 per $100 cash valuation of property within SSISD, with $0.9409 of that rate going toward the local maintenance fund for daily...
$2,000 Reward Offered For Information On Cattle, Saddle Thefts in NE Texas
A $2000 reward is being offered through Lake Country Crime Stoppers for information about recent cattle and saddle thefts in the Northeast Texas area. The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office along with the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association are investigating a theft of eleven, 450-pound heifers with purple ear tags in the left ear, that were taken from a ranch on Interstate 30 west of Sulphur Springs. The cattle theft...
Williams Sentenced For Role In Lee Street Home Invasion, Robbery
A 21-year-old Paris man has been sentenced for his role in a 2019 Lee Street home invasion robbery in Sulphur Springs, according to the 8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Tyrees Tupac Shukar Williams (HCSO jail photo) Arrangements were made for Tyreese Tupac Shukar Williams to make an open plea in court earlier this month on two aggravated robbery charges and a burglary of a habitation with intent to commit another felony...
Motorist Hands Alcoholic Beverage To Deputy, Drives Off
A motorist allegedly drove off after handing an alcoholic beverage to the deputy, who stopped to check on the man parked at the roadside. The 54-year-old Arlington man was charged with evading arrest or detention with a vehicle and driving while intoxicated with an open container, according to arrest reports. No HCSO jail photo available for Reginald Dewayne Shackelford Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies Justin Wilkerson, Chris...
Arkansas Man Jailed On Hope, Terrell Warrants
A traffic stop on Interstate 30 at mile marker 112 by Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cleve Williams resulted in a 32-year-old Texarkana, Arkansas man’s arrest. No HCSO jail photo available for Brian Roshaud Williamson Williams reported stopping the a black truck Thursday night for a traffic violation. The driver was identified as Brian Roshaud Williamson. A records check showed the driver of the stopped Dodge Laramie to be wanted by...
Police Arrest 2 Men In Connection With Freeman Street Assault
Sulphur Springs Police arrested two Sulphur Springs men this week in connection with a Freeman Street assault. Joseph Rashad Washington (HCSO jail photo) Joseph Rashad Washington, 27, was taken into custody at 2:03 p.m. Aug. 26, and Trondamion Andrezhel Cleveland, 28, at 3:16 p.m. Aug. 26, on one second-degree felony aggravated assault warrant each, in connection with the Freeman Street assault, according to police and arrest reports....
2 New, 47 Active COVID-19 Cases Aug. 28 In Hopkins County
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom shortly after 5 p.m. Aug. 28 reported that local emergency management officials have been notified of 2 new positive COVID-19 cases for Hopkins County. That bring the cumulative total of positive COVID-19 cases assigned to Hopkins County since March to 240, including 47 active cases. There were no new recoveries reported on Friday. In fact, the last time Hopkins County Emergency Management officials...
City Manager: Senior Citizens Center Fully Funded According To Plan, Design Process Not Final
Sulphur Springs Approved For $750,000 TPWD Grant For Pacific Park Improvements The new Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center will be fully funded for construction of an 8,331 square-foot building, according to the city’s original plan, which will “meet all the needs” for the facility, Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell said during a press conference called Friday morning to clarify details about the project....
SSISD Reminds Motorists, Parents To Be Aware Of School Zones, Drop Off, Pick Up Procedures
Sulphur Springs motorists are reminded to be aware of schools zones when traveling through town in the morning and afternoons starting next week, as Sulphur Springs ISD students will return to classes on Sept. 1. School Zones Motorist should be alert for students arriving and going home from school, as students will be out and about. Failure to slow down or put away cell phones school zones could result in costly fines. “Lights...
2 Additional COVID-19 Deaths Assigned To Hopkins County Aug. 27
While no new positive COVID-19 cases were reported in Hopkins County on Thursday, there were no recoveries either. Two additional deaths were assigned to Hopkins County by the state and three additional patients were reported to have been admitted to the COVID-19 unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs. novel coronavirus 2019 Texas Department of State Health Services on August 27 showed 7 fatalities assigned to...
