Tornado Watch Extended Then Cancelled
The tornado watch issued at noon today set to 8 p.m. had been extended until 11 p.m. Saturday night but at 9:50 p.m., the National Weather Service cancelled the watch. Severe thunderstorms moved through Van Zandt, Rains, Hopkins, and Red River counties earlier today produced heavy rain, hail, and cloud to ground lightning. These storms also produce rotating formations and tornadoes that did not touch ground. At 8 p.m. this evening,...
Christmas Day Assault on Disabled Mother Lands Man in Hopkins County Jail
Decmebr 26, 2015 – A 34-year old Brownsville man was arrested in the early morning hours of Christmas Day for allegedly assaulting his disabled mother. Police were called to a residence in the 300 block of Woodcrest Drive at 2:45 a.m. Friday. Both the victim and her mother told police that they feared the threat of future violent from the man. Joshua Scott Morris was charged with assaulting a disabled person, according to...
River Flood Warning Issued for South Sulphur River
The National Weather Service has issued a River Flood Warning for the South Sulphur River in Southern Delta and Northern Hopkins Counties from 2 p.m. Friday, December 25, 2015 until further notice or until cancelled. The river should rise above flood stage by Saturday morning and continue to rise to a crest near 23 feet by Tuesday after midnight. The river flood stage is 16 feet. Do not drive autos through flooded areas. Caution is...
Flash Flood Watch Issued for Weekend
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood watch for the eastern two-thirds of North Texas from 6 a.m. Saturday until 6 a.m. Monday. Hopkins, Delta, Rains, Van Zandt and surrounding counties are included in the watch. Rainfall will begin across the watch area on Christmas night as an upper level storm system approaches from the west. Rainfall intensities will increase on Saturday with embedded thunderstorms a possibility...
Zoning Board of Adjustments Reschedule Starbucks Sign Question
A meeting of the City of Sulphur Springs Zoning Board of Adjustments and Appeals has been rescheduled. It features property owners at 1320 South Broadway next to Chili’s who want to bring a Starbucks to town. The board will try for a quorum on Tuesday, January 12 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall. Recently two meetings of the Zoning Board of Adjustments and Appeals had to be postponed due to lack of a quorum. One member of the board has...
Expect Rain and Slight Chance of Snow During Holiday Weekend
Christmas Eve will find the wind giving Santa a light tailwind for his journey from the North Pole to Sulphur Springs although temperatures will just be in the comfortable stage for his warm red suit. Low temperature Christmas Eve will be 54. However, the jolly elf with be bringing more winter-like weather to the region. Christmas Day will find a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms increasing to 60% Friday night, 70% Saturday, and...
Sulphur Springs ISD and the War Against Stress
by Steven Payne, KSST Intern and SSHS Senior When people think about school, many things come to mind: waking up early before even the sun is out of bed, writing countless pages of notes, eating questionable cafeteria food, chatting with friends in class, getting wrapped up in drama, attending sports games and UIL meets, and more. Everyone may have different things come to mind when they think of school, but there is one thing that...
Threat of Termination Only a Scam
One of the latest scams local lawmen are learning about sounds like a terroristic threat or even extortion. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Chief Criminal Investigator Lewis Tatum said this scam is working both city and county. An employee of a local bank was contacted and told that a contract had been placed for their termination. The caller offered to forget the contract and to give the individual the name of the one who had placed...
Yates to Stand Trial in January
A January trial date in 8th Judicial Court is being set for Stanton Wayne Yates following Monday’s court docket that included a total of 52 cases. The docket called for Yates to face three charges of burglary of a habitation, theft of property under $20,000, three counts of theft of a firearm, and to be arraigned before District Judge Eddie Northcutt for four counts of engaging in organized criminal activity. Yates is one of two...
Commissioners Discuss Open Carry At the Courthouse
The Hopkins County Commissioners Court is trying to figure out what to do about new open carry law in Texas January 1. The court is expected to reach a decision Tuesday concerning signage and placement for the new law. An Attorney General’s opinion is expected. The Governor has spoken. Monday morning the County Commissioners Court met with County Attorney Dusty Rabe and District Attorney Will Ramsey for the work session. We hear...
