Mapps Sentenced to 99 Years for Murder of Young
Thursday morning in Eighth Judicial District Court, a Hopkins County Jury assessed a penalty of 99 years without a fine in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for Tilton Joshua Isaiah Mapps of the murder of Jonathan Trahern Young. Wednesday at noon that same jury found Mapps guilty. The jury deliberated for 30 minutes on the guilty verdict but took four hours to determine the penalty. That four hours was separated by a night of...
Mapps Testifies on His Behalf Wednesday; Jury Finds Him Guilty
At noon Wednesday, Tilton Joshua Isaiah Mapps was found guilty of the murder of Jonathan Trahern Young. Mapps is accused of the murder of Young at Pacific Park on June 8, 2015. Just before 10 a.m., both the Prosecution and defense closed their case before a Hopkins County Jury in Eighth Judicial Court in Hopkins County in the murder trial. The punishment phase of the trial will begin at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 10, 2016. The final...
Overlay of I-30 Service Roads From State Highway 19 to Loop 301 Begins August 15
PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation officials today said work on Interstate Highway 30 north and south frontage roads through Sulphur Springs in Hopkins County will begin Aug. 15. The contractor, RK Hall, Paris, Texas, has 62 days to complete this overlay and renovation project with an estimated cost of more than $2.4 million. Weather permitting, this roadway improvement project will be completed by mid-November 2016. The...
SSISD Meet the Teacher Schedule for All Grades
Sulphur Springs Independent School District Meet the Teacher Activities August 2016 Schedule of Events Tuesday, August 16 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Head Start 3, Head Start 4, and Pre-K ECLC 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Kindergarten (K) and Transitional First (T-1) ECLC Thursday, August 18 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. 1st and 2nd Grades Bowie, Lamar, Travis Students in grades 1 or 2, who are new to the district, must pre-register with the...
Frazier Testifies He Saw Mapps Shoot Young; Said Young Did Not Have Weapon
Testimony continues in the murder trial underway in Eighth Judicial Court in Hopkins County. TTilton Joshua Isaiah Mapps, 21, is being tried for the murder of Jonathan Trahern Young. Mapps is accused of the murder of Young at Pacific Park on June 8, 2015. On Monday, Assistant District Attorney Matt Harris Harris had begun opening arguments stating that the shooting developed over time due to an argument between Kendall Frazier and K C...
Mapps Trial Begins With Testimony From Young’s Mother and SSPD Officer First on Scene
A jury trial began Monday morning in 8th Judicial District Court for Tilton Joshua Isaiah Mapps, 21, who is being tried for the murder of Jonathan Trahern Young. Mapps is accused of the murder of Young at Pacific Park on June 8, 2015. Following opening instruction to the jury by Judge Eddie Northcutt, Assistant District Attorney Matt Harris arraigned Mapps reading his indictment before the jury. Standing with his hands in his pocket...
Senior Citizens Center Closed Today Due To Gas Leak
The Sulphur Springs Senior Center will be closed today 8/8/2016 due to a gas leak. Activities as well as lunch will be cancelled today. For more updated information stay tuned into KSSTRadio.com DSC_0417 DSC_0418 DSC_0419...
Kaufman County Warrant Increases Hykel’s Charges in Hopkins County
After his arrest for burglary of a habitation in Hopkins County, Clayton Matthew Hykel, 33, of Pickton is now being held on a $200,000 bond for Kaufman County. A warrant for Assault Family Violence there was served on Hykel late Friday at Hopkins County Jail. That also changed his charges in Hopkins County. He is now also charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon and a $30,000 bond has been added to his $30,000 for...
Mapps Trial Begins Monday
Tilton Joshua Isaiah Mapps, 21, will be tried for the murder of Jonathan Trahern Young in the Eighth Judicial Criminal Court beginning Monday. Mapps is accused of the murder of Young at Pacific Park on June 8, 2015. He has been held in Hopkins County Jail on a $1- million bond for murder and a $20,000 bond for tampering with physical evidence. He was indicted for the charges by a Hopkins County Grand Jury on Wednesday afternoon,...
Hiding in Attic with Stolen Firearms Didn’t Help; Firearms, Jewelry Recovered in Arrest
A burglary of a habitation south of the city of Sulphur Springs that occurred on Wednesday was solved Thursday evening around 8:34 p.m. with the arrest of Clayton Matthew Hykel, 33, of Pickton. Hykel had taken firearms and jewelry in the burglary. Deputies received information Thursday that firearms taken in the burglary could be located at a residence on a County Road between Como and Pickton. Deputies found Hykel hiding in the attic...
