Frost Advisory for Hopkins County Area Tuesday 4 AM to 10 AM
The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for parts of North and Central Texas along and east of a line from Breckenridge to Killeen and along and northwest of a Temple to Athens line. Hopkins County is included in the advisory. The frost advisory is in effect from 4 a.m. to 10 a.m. Tuesday. Overnight temperatures will fall into the 30’s. Frost may damage or even kill sensitive vegetation if left...
Sulphur Springs Symphony League 18th Annual Children’s Concert
Students from around Hopkins County filled the Hopkins County Civic Thursday April 10th, 2017. The annual concert presented by the Sulphur Springs Symphony League featured Conductor Douglas Bakenhus. SSSL President Maletta Reynolds welcomed the crowd and thanked City National Bank for their support. This concert, the Independence Concert on Celebration Plaza, and other support for Arts in North East Texas are provided by the SSSL...
Como Man Arrested for Prohibited Sexual Conduct
Seven counts of Prohibited Sexual Conduct charges have been filed against David Allen Woolverton, 35. Woolverton, of Como is in Hopkins County Jail being held on a $20,000 bond for each charge. The conduct with a family member began in 2011 and has continued until the arrest. Currently, Woolverton has been charged with one count for each year, but, according to the arrest report, the activity has numbered 50 or more...
Aggravated Assault Disturbance Endangered Child
A disturbance that began at Broadway Street led to Parkins Street ended at 4:23 p.m. Wednesday with the arrest of Paul Edward Watson, Jr., 47, of Sulphur Springs. During the investigation of the disturbance, Watson became belligerent and combative. He used loud profanity with neighbors and children present making it impossible for the Sulphur Springs Police Officer to continue the investigation. The officer secured Watson in handcuffs...
Oxford Withdraws From Council Race; Name Will be on Ballot
According to City staff, perennial candidate for Sulphur Springs City Council Charles Oxford has withdrawn from the race for Place 6 but his name will remain on the ballot. Oxford withdrew from the race two days after the deadline that would have kept his name off the ballot. Oxford personally conveyed his withdrawal to City staff this week. However, he did not fill out paperwork stating that he was tired of paperwork, according to...
SSHS Senior Joiner Qualifies for National BPA Conference
Dylan Joiner, a senior at Sulphur Springs High School qualified for the National Student Leadership Conference for Business Professionals of America at a state BPA conference last week at Sheraton Dallas Hotel. The national conference will be in Orlando, Florida the second week in May. Joiner specializes in economics, specifically in fiscal policy for the government such as the budget the executive branch would release to decide...
County, City Settle Lawsuit without Blame in Death of Ross
In a change of interpretation of the magistrate’s ruling, both the City of Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County have publicly stated the amount paid to the family of Chance Ross following Monday mediation in Sherman Division of the Eastern District Court of Texas. Tuesday night the Sulphur Springs City Council approved a sum of $1,000 from the city and $349,000 from the city’s insurance carrier to settle the award. Included in the...
Federal Magistrate Seals Proceedings and Award Made in Chance Ross Family Case Against City
When the Sulphur Springs City Council meets Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. in Executive Session, one item discussed will focus on pending litigation. In open session the council will discuss and take action on the Executive Session item regarding pending litigation. That litigation is the decision of a Federal Magistrate handed down Monday in Federal Court regarding the case. The council will be presented the findings of the magistrate and...
Former Jailer Arrested For Official Oppression
A former Hopkins County jailer, wanted on a Misdemeanor A warrant, turned himself in to Sheriff’s Deputies Tuesday morning. The man was fired two weeks ago by Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum when the jailer’s supervisor caught him in the act of official oppression of a female inmate. Inappropriate comments made by the man to the inmate were noted, investigated, and found to be sufficient to terminate employment immediately and to...
McQueen Sentenced to Five Years in Plea Bargain Agreement
Monday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court, Justin Joe McQueen plead guilty to the October, 2015, murder of Jesse Louis Vasquez. Vasquez died from gunshot wounds following a Sunday night shootout on Ingram Street in Sulphur Springs. McQueen, 19-years of age at the time of the shooting, was one of several who exchanged gunfire that night. Witnesses at the scene reported to police that a white male had left the scene. During...
