Wildcats Open With Thrilling 43-42 Win
The Wildcats’ football team won a thrilling season opener over Sherman, 43-42 at Gerald Prim Stadium Friday night. The game was in doubt until Wildcats safety D.J. Abron intercepted a Bearcat pass with just 1:22 left. The Wildcats were able to run out the clock. Both teams scored six touchdowns and each had one two-point conversion. The difference in the game was a missed Sherman extra point kick after their very first...
Bill Bradford Road Update
The good news is that all water, sewer, and drainage work on Bill Bradford Road has been completed and Atmos Energy will complete their gas lines within a week. The continuation of work on Bill Bradford Road will continue to limit traffic and as the concrete roadway is put in place a definite traffic balancing act will begin, according to City Manager Marc Maxwell. Maxwell told KSST News Friday morning that cement stabilization and...
Tatum Issues Internet Scam Alert
An internet scam alleging that the internet provider is going out of business and wants to refund money that has been paid the internet provider since the customer has signed up with the company has hit locally, according to Sheriff-elect Lewis Tatum. Tatum encourages anyone contacted by the scam to not respond in any manner to their requests. Tatum says that if you respond the scam will make your bank accounts appear to have all the...
August Grand Jury Hands Down 58 Indictments
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed down 58 indictments, 14 of which were sealed, on Monday August 22, 2016. Among those indictments released were five injury to a child/elderly/disabled indictments, one possession of child pornography, several burglaries, a number of drug charges, and others. Christopher Charles Reichle and his wife Jessica Lynn Reichle were individually indicted for injury to a child. Christopher Charles and Jessica...
Defense Department Reviewing Placing Names on Wall Following Francis Ride
Monday afternoon Sulphur Springs celebrated the return of Del Francis following his bicycle ride to Washington DC. Francis, 74, rode his bicycle over 1500 miles to the capital to raise awareness for the 74 seamen who lost their lives during the Vietnam War. His desire is to have their names placed on the National Vietnam War Memorial Wall. June 3, 1969, 3 a.m. maneuvering around an Australian Aircraft Carrier, inexperienced sailors on...
Sulphur Springs Man Arrested for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child
Hopkins County Deputies found him standing in the doorway of his apartment on Jackson Street. There they served an indictment warrant for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child on William Lonnie Wallis, 57, of Sulphur Springs. The offense occurred in February of this year according to Sulphur Springs Detective Sgt. David Gilmore. Wallis is charged with having committed the aggravated sexual assault of a 3 year old child. Gilmore...
“Updated” Warrant Served; It’s Complicated
Hopkins County Deputies were searching for Scott Arthur Gorton, 53, to serve a warrant for Violation of Probation for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Penalty Group 1 over 1-gram and less than 4-grams. In the process of their search things became complicated when Jana Marie Kirtley, 50, attempted to hinder his apprehension, was in Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 under 1-gram, resisted arrest, and tampered...
Large Sum of Money and Controlled Substance Found in Cumby Traffic Stop
August 21, 2016 – A traffic violation led to the arrest of Destiny Darlene Bradshaw, 22 and Billy Joe Duke,29, Saturday. Duke and Bradshaw admitted to having a controlled substance in the vehicle. They also had a large sum of money in their possession. At the jail, Bradshaw was found to have more drugs on her person. The large sum of money resulted the Unlawful Use of a Criminal Instrument charges according to court officers....
Commissioners’ Court Considers Housing Rockwall County Inmates In Local Jail
An inter-local agreement with Rockwall County that will house some of that county’s inmates in Hopkins County Jail is on the agenda for Hopkins County Commissioners’ Court agenda for Monday, August 22. The court meets at 9 a.m. in the courthouse first floor courtroom. The contract has cleared attorneys and was on the desk of County Judge Robert Newsom Friday morning. The agreement calls for Rockwall County to pay $45 per day, provide...
Former Cumby Teacher Sentenced To Federal Prison for Enticement of a Minor
Former Cumby ISD Math Teacher Lucus Ray Hill, 39, was sentenced to 405 months (33 years, 9 months) in Federal Prison Friday morning, August 19, 2016. He was found guilty of enticement of a minor. He will also serve five years supervised release when he leaves prison after serving the day-for-day sentence. According to Lewis Tatum, Chief Criminal Investigator and Sheriff-elect for Hopkins County, the sentence is the maximum allowed by...
