McQueen Charged With Vasquez Murder
A 25-year old white male is dead from gunshot wounds following a Sunday night shootout on Ingram Street in Sulphur Springs. A 19-year old white male is in custody at Hopkins County jail awaiting a magistrate’s hearing to be charged with murder Monday morning, according to Justice of the Peace B. J. Teer. Teer pronounced the victim of the shooting dead Sunday night at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital ER. Sulphur Springs Police...
8th Judicial District Judge Northcutt States Intent to Seek Re-election
SULPHUR SPRINGS—October 10, 2015— 8th Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt has announced his intention to seek re-election to the post. Northcutt was elected in 2012. A Republican, Northcutt will seek the nomination of his party in the March, 2016 primary. The 8th Judicial District is comprised of Hopkins, Franklin, Rains, and Delta counties. “It has been my distinct privilege and honor to serve as District Judge. When initially...
D A Ramsay Will Seek Re-election
SULPHUR SPRINGS—October 10, 2015—Will Ramsay has announced that he will seek re-election as the District Attorney of the 8th Judicial District. Ramsay, a Republican, has held the post since he took the oath of office on January 1, 2013. The 8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office serves Delta, Franklin and Hopkins counties. “Being entrusted to serve the people of these three counties as District Attorney is one of the great blessings...
Emergency Burn Ban Issued for Hopkins County
County Judge Robert Newsom has issued a burn ban for Hopkins County. In the Emergency Order issued, Newsom states that “…a state of disaster has been declared on the imminent threat of disaster from wildfire…” The ban is intended to impose “…controls on activities which tend to increase the likelihood of such fires…” The burn ban is for all unincorporated areas of the county for seven (7) days ending at midnight on October 15. In the...
Three County Burglaries Cleared; Items Recovered in Fannin County
A man from the Ladonia area in Fannin County was arrested at his residence Thursday in connection with a multi-county burglary investigation. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Chief Criminal Investigator Lewis Tatum says three recent Hopkins County burglary cases have been cleared with the arrest of the man. One occurred in the western part of the county and two on the east side off of FM 71. Tatum recovered a large trailer and a tractor...
Arkansas Man, 47, Contacts Local Minor’s Family When Relationship Fails
Timothy Darren Cameron, 47, of Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas currently resides in Hopkins County Jail on a $50,000 bond following his arrest in Arkansas. He is charged with sexual assault of a child. According to Rusty Stillwagoner, Chief Investigation Officer with the Sulphur Springs Police Department, Cameron met a local 15 year old female on Facebook in June and developed relationship. They made personal contact in July in...
District Attorney Ramsay Wants Kuhl Sentence to Send a Message to Pedophiles
District Attorney Will Ramsay comments on the sentencing of Franklin Coy Kuhl, Jr.: On February 1, 2014, Franklin Coy Kuhl, Jr., 49, took a young girl who had just days earlier turned 14 to a motel in Hunt County where he had sex with her. During the trial, the state presented evidence that the relationship between Mr. Kuhl and the child had been ongoing for some time. Text messages were produced between the Defendant and the victim...
Kuhl Sentenced to Life in Prison
Just before noon Wednesday, October 07, 2015, a Hopkins County jury sentenced Franklin Coy Kuhl, Jr. to life in prison. The sentence came after the jury began deliberation shortly after 10 a.m. Around 11:15 a.m., the jury sent a note to 8th Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt requesting State’s Exhibits 9-17. The exhibits included a video from the Motel 6 in Greenville where Kuhl, aged 50 at the time of the offense in February,...
Juror Replaced in Kuhl Trial
Tuesday afternoon the jury hearing evidence in the sentencing phase of a trial in 8th Judicial District Court found itself with a new face on the panel. One of the three alternate jurors was seated in the box and only two alternates remained. 8th Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt announced that one juror had been removed for having formed an opinion regarding the case and having shared that opinion with another juror. It was...
Water Pressure, Police Cruisers, Sanitation Service on Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday Agenda
The Sulphur Springs City Council will be an executive session at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday before a regular meeting at 7 p.m. They will be meeting with an attorney concerning pending litigation. Any decision on the matter will be made during the open meeting. Monday morning City Manager Marc Maxwell discussed the agenda items with KSST News. Other actions for the city include a water supply contract with Shady Grove Water Supply #2. Maxwell...
