Santorum Plans Hopkins County Stop on Campaign Trail
Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum plans a stop in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County November 17th at noon at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center, according to Wade Bartley, Commissioner Precinct 3. Bartley is a Republican and seeking re-election to his commissioner’s post. A box lunch will be available and a mini auction fund raiser for the presidential candidate will follow Santorum’s speech.
“Updated” Lady Cats Volleyball Face Mansfield Legacy Next
The Lady Cats, now 28-13 and Bi-District Champs, play Mansfield Legacy 7 p.m. Saturday night at Wills Point High School Gym. Tuesday night in a crucial fourth set against Corsicana, the Lady Cats’ volleyball team fended off five match points and scored 7 straight points to take a 26-24 win. A 15-12 set five win gave the Lady Cats a thrilling 3-2 win in Forney.
“Update” Covington Found Guilty; Sentenced to Life in Prison
Around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night, a Hopkins County jury that had found Mark Covington, 46, of Pickton guilty of two counts of tampering with a witness sentenced him to life in prison for one count and 20 years in prison for the other count. The sentences are to run concurrent. Assistant District Attorney Clay Harrison presented a series of incarcerations to which Covington had been sentenced. The incarcerations date back to 1998 and...
Lights of Life Campaign Celebrates 20th Anniversary
The 20th Anniverary of the Lights of Life Campaign began Tuesday in the lobby of Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. Gloria Mitchell, Donna Rudzik and Polly Swatsell the 2015-2016 Lights of Life Campaign Chairs officially kicked-off of the celebration campaign. Previous Campaign Chairs were recognized as the 2015-2016 10th Anniversary Lights of Life Honorees. Past chairperson who will be recognized are: Mickey Master Barnett (2006),...
EDC, Neon Cloud Productions Makes Drone Video of Sulphur Springs
“We wanted to, in a short period of time, show what it’s like to live, work, and have a business in Sulphur Springs Hopkins County,” Executive Director of EDC Roger Feagley said. This led the Sulphur Springs Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation to made an aerial video of Sulphur Springs using a drone. The drone was hired out from Neon Cloud Productions from the Dallas Metroplex area. Feagley said the video...
*Updated* Local Taco Bell Confirms Giveaway
The local Taco Bell will participate in “Steal a Base, Steal a Breakfast” Thursday, November 5, 2015. In response to the first base stolen, by Lorenzo Cain, during the World Series, Taco Bell is giving away a free A.M. Crunchwrap to everyone from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. The fast food restaurant chain is promoting a nation-wide campaign on that day to draw attention to their new breakfast menu. “We are happy to participate...
Charges Filed in Theft From Grandparents
Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a disturbance call Sunday morning instead ended up with a case of a youth stealing a great deal of money from grandparents. 19-year old Dakota Lane Diener was charged with theft over $2,500. Justice of the Peace B.J. Teer set bond for Diener at $10,000. When Sheriff’s deputies responded to a disturbance, they found a youth and a couple arguing in the driveway of a home on...
Hospital Foundation Announces 20th Anniversary of Lights of Life Reception
[by Jackie Thornton, Director, Hopkins County Memorial Hospital Foundation] Tuesday, November 3, 2015 10a.m., Memorial Hospital Lobby – the Health Care Foundation will host the Annual Lights of Life Kick-off reception in the lobby of Memorial Hospital. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the campaign, there will lots of excitement. Gloria Mitchell, Donna Rudzik and Polly Swatsell the 2015-2016 Lights of Life Campaign...
Lady Cats Warm Up Win Before Tuesday’s Bi-district Match
In a warm up game for the playoffs Friday, the Lady Cats’ volleyball team went right up to the edge of defeat before rallying for a thrilling 3-2 win over Princeton in Wildcats Gym. The Lady Cats lost the first two sets, 25-18 and 25-16 before winning the last three sets 25-16, 25-23 and 15-13. The Lady Cats are now 27-13 for the season. They play Corsicana in a bi-district match Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Forney.
Bond Reduced for Mapps
Friday morning, 8th Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt reduced bond for Tilton Joshua Isaiah Mapps, 21, from $1.5 million to $1 million for the charge of murder and reduced the total of $40,000 for two counts of tampering with evidence to $20,000. The bond reduction hearing was the next step Mapps trail through the court system until his trial for murder and tampering with evidence. Mapps was arraigned before Judge Northcutt on...
