Hopkins County Road Closed Due to Erosion
Hopkins Country Road 1170 is closed due to soil erosion around two tank car-culverts in the low area between County Road 1171 and Country Road 1181, according to Beth Wisenbaker, Commissioner Precinct 1. This is not the first road closed due to the erosion issue. County Road 1445 was closed June 1st due to concerns that would endanger life safety. At that time, Wisenbaker said that county road serves a heavy traffic flow in her...
Alliance Bank Donation Made in Celebration of 25th Year of Independence Day Concert
Monday morning at 10 a.m. in the lobby of Alliance Bank, representatives of the Sulphur Springs Symphony League accepted a $10,000 donation from Alliance Bank that will assist in funding the annual Independence Day Concert set for July 2 on Celebration Plaza. This is the 25th year for the annual Independence Day concert. Tom Sellers, President of Alliance Bank, presented the check to league representatives Linda Galligher and Kala...
Evans Named Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen
Sadie Evans was named Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen Saturday night following competition in the Sulphur Springs Schools Fine Arts Auditorium. Emma Boyett was first runner-up, Ann Marie Winborn, second runner-up, Lauren Helm, third runner-up, and Alexis Howard was named Miss Congeniality. Queen Sadie Evans, sponsored by Dial Study Club and Askins Propane Company, is the daughter of Jason and Angie Evans, and the granddaughter of...
Commercial Growth in County Spurs Need to Find Answers for Roads
Lack of regulation in the county is one reason County Roads are becoming a big problem in Hopkins County according to Commissioner Precinct 1 Beth Wisenbaker. More people building houses, agricultural changes, and commercial operations opening such as open dirt pits, selling timber and dairy operations of 1,000 or more cattle, dairy’s that cut their own silage using heavy equipment and 18-wheeler trucks driven home full by residents...
Queen Sidney Deitze reviews her Royal Year
By Enola Gay Mathews A year ago, this young lady was hopeful that she would be chosen to wear the crown of Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen. Today, she is about to hand that crown over another young lady at the end of the 2016 Queen’s Pageant. And as all seventeen-year-olds do, Sidney has changed, grown and matured during her final year of high school, and has set some long-term goals for life. Sidney is unique in that she...
DWI, PI, and Mischief Increase in Summer; Consequences Remain; Man Arrested for Felony 3 DWI
Public intoxication and drinking and driving are a bad mix and the mix has increased in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County in the past few weeks according to offenses filed, arrests made, and the incarceration of several at the Hopkins County Jail. Among those charged with a 3rd degree felony, DWI 3rd Offense or More is Weldon David Jordan, 33. Sheriff-Elect Lewis Tatum and Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders point to summer...
Business As Usual for Local Hospice Office As FBI Conducts Sealed Investigation of Company
It’s business as usual at Heart to Heart Hospice in Sulphur Springs. However, companywide the FBI is investigating the Plano-based hospice company under a sealed investigation. The local manager for Heart to Heart Hospice had no comment regarding the investigation when contacted by KSST News. She did say that the investigation is having no effect on quality of care given those served by the local office. The company describes itself...
Avila Sentenced to 20 Years for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child
Jesus Avila, 39, of Saltillo was sentenced to 20 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Wednesday morning in 8th Judicial District Court. Avila had appeared for a pre-trial hearing but made a plea bargain for the 20 years. He pled guilty to a first degree felony, Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child under the age of 14 Avila was arrested Saturday, March 12, 2016, for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child under the age of...
*Updated* County Roads: Problems and Solutions?
We have had several comments on the road conditions in the county and continue to have people vote in our poll found below. Although, some folks have expressed other ideas for solutions suggesting changing the budget allocation and so on, we realize that the budget process and the money raised for road construction is a very complex process. We continue to monitor the poll results which so far overwhelmingly have favored the choices...
Couple Charged with Child Endangerment
Desiree Krystal Brown, 23, and Rogers Dale Petrea, 29, were arrested Tuesday, June 14, 2016 on a warrant at the Child Protective Services office in Sulphur Springs. Special Crimes Investigators assisted CPS with an investigation involving a one year old child that tested positive for high levels of methamphetamine. The couple was charged with Abandonment/Endangerment of a Child Criminal Negligence. Sgt. Mark Estes with the Special...
