Update: Diesel Spill In Miller Grove Reportedly Larger Than Originally Estimated
Some Aquatic Animals Found Dead, Officials Report State authorities reported Friday afternoon more diesel was spilled in the Miller Grove area near Turkey Creek Thursday evening than originally estimated, and some aquatic life has been affected. Friday morning, the 6-inch pipeline rupture was estimated to have pumped about 8,000 barrels of petroleum into Turkey Creek Thursday. However, shortly after 1 p.m. Friday, the State of Texas...
Cumby Police: Humble Man Arrested For Possessing Methamphetamine
Michael Lee Harper Cumby Police Sgt. Ray Embro arrested 36-year-old Michael Lee Harper of Humble at 1:19 a.m. Friday after finding suspected methamphetamine in the car he was driving. Embro reportedly contacted Harper after noticing he failed to signal when turning the Crown Victoria he was driving into Valero gas station. When asked for a driver’s license, Harper reportedly handed Embro an ID card and claimed he’d pulled...
SSISD Receives 2 Acceptable Bids For Fore Street House Constructed By CTE Students
This ranch-style home constructed on Fore Street by Sulphur Springs High School career and technology students over the course of two years. The 1,550 square foot farm-style house constructed on Fore Street by Sulphur Springs High School students should have a new owner soon. Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees on Monday accepted the two bids, in rank order, submitted for the house, according to Sulphur...
Gilmer Street Closed Friday From Linda Drive To Spence Street For Water Line Repair
Motorists traveling in “midtown” along Gilmer Street toward or from downtown should make note of a road detour while a water line is being repaired. “While RK Hall Construction was repaving Gilmer Street one of our water lines which crosses Gilmer near Schlotzsky’s ruptured. Rather than just repair the broken pipe, we decided to replace it all the way across Gilmer. We have had to break up the concrete on 3...
Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel Meeting
Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel have announced their next meeting and program. Tuesday, October 8 at 10:00 amLocation: The Oaks B&B, 516 Oak Ave, Sulphur SpringsProgram: Blake Cooper, Director of Friends of Texas Public Schools, will share information regarding this advocacy group that supports public schools and those who teach and work in them. Friends of Texas Public Schools also supports the needs of retired school...
Hopkins County Court-at-Law Judge Appointed to Mental Health Task Force
Hon. Clay Harrison Clay Harrison, who took office on January 1, 2019, as the Hopkins County Court-at-Law Judge, was recently appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas to serve on a task force created by Senate Bill 362 to address emergency mental health issues across the state. The order appointing Judge Harrison was signed on October 1, 2019, by the nine justices of the state’s highest court. “Our county works hard in these tough...
Helpful Programs for Seniors Coming Up October 8 and 10
A free Health Expo for Senior Citizens is planned on Tuesday morning October 8 at League Street Church of Christ. “Medicare Choices for Seniors” on October 10 at the Seniors Center is a free educational program which will offer information necessary for making choices about 2020 health care coverage.
‘Walk to Remember’ Reaches Terrific Tuesdays Goal!
Tammi and husband Jim Reardon gather finals donations for T-shirts and tickets that will go toward the total for the 2019 goal of $10,000 For the first time, Celebration Plaza hosted the annual “Walk to Remember” which annually raises money for the Terrific Tuesdays program in Sulphur Springs. What is Terrific Tuesdays? It is a Respite Care Program for anyone with Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Senility, Stroke and any other...
Winnsboro Woman Accused of Assaulting Hopkins County Jailer
Marlene Abbott Johnson One of two Winnsboro women arrested in Como on a drug paraphernalia charge ended up with three additional felony charges after methamphetamine was allegedly found in her mouth by a member of the jail staff, who she also was accused of assaulting. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Russell, Deputy Chris Baumann and Investigator Wade Sheets reportedly stopped a Nissan Sentra at 4:04 p.m. on State Highway...
