SSHS Band Prepare for Patriotic Celebrations
Sulphur Springs High School band students will be performing at several veterans related events this week. Monday night (November 5) at League Street Church of Christ, the Jazz Band will play at the Wal-Mart sponsored Veterans Program. Friday (November 9) on campus, the entire Wildcat Band will play at the Veterans Day ceremony in the main gym. Then Saturday morning (November 10), after Friday night’s on field performance at...
Murder Trial to Begin Tuesday in Eighth Judicial District Court
Aaron Crum A jury is being picked Monday, November 5, 2018 and the trial is expected to begin Tuesday morning in Eighth Judicial District Court. Aaron Tyler Crum, 26, of Sulphur Springs is being tried for the Felony 1 Murder of Joshua Paul Cowling at a residence on Pampa Street in February of this year. Crum has been in Hopkins County Jail since his February 24th arrest even though his bond was reduced from $1-million to $250,000. ...
“An Evening With Mark Twain” on Nov. 10 to be a Fundraiser for the Seniors Center Building Fund
Hopkins County resident Larry V. Davis was born near Fairlee, Texas and educated at Boles Home. During high school, he traveled the country with the Boles Home Choir as a singer and public speaker. His adult career spanned from work in radio to writer to stockbroker to goat rancher. As a sideline, he developed the Mark Twain character when he was a young adult and has spent over 50 years presenting Twain’s iconic wisdom to...
Man Arrested On Warrant and for Attempting to Selling Salt as a Controlled Substance
As Sulphur Springs Police served a warrant for the arrest of James Jerome Rusheon, 47, of Sulphur Springs, they also arrested a Princeton woman, 33-year old Caitlyn Janelle Pope. The arrest took place in the Walmart Parking Lot Saturday afternoon. James Rusheon Rusheon was located by SSPD on the parking lot while he was attempting to sell Pope 12.85-grams of a substance. He claimed the substance was salt but he was trying to sell it...
Local Man Arrested for Assault Public Servant
A disturbance in the 1500 block of East Industrial drew the attention of Sulphur Springs Police. The son of Ronnie Anthony Jones, 55, told officers that Jones had verbally threatened to kill him. Jones was verbally argumentative with police as well. Jones attempted to release an aggressive dog on officers as they attempted to take him into custody. Ronnie Anthony Jones Police deployed a Taser but did not deter Jones from his...
Winnsboro Police Department October 29-November 4, 2018
Winnsboro Police arrested three, responded to two non-injury accidents, responded to 168 calls for service, issued 56 citations, and wrote 50 warnings during the report period, October 29-November 4, 2018. Melinda Garrett, 50, of Leesburg, was arrested October 30th on a Winnsboro Municipal Warrant. Jeremy Crouch, 36, of Winnsboro, was arrested November 4th on a Franklin County Warrant. Brittney Wade, 27, of Gilmer was arrested ...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report October 24-30, 2018
Wood County Sheriff’s Report, October 24-30, 2018 includes: Disturbance: 1; Thefts: 5; Burglaries: 1; Terroristic Threats: 2; Criminal Mischief’s: 0; Inquests: 1; Suspicious Circumstances: 4; Suspicious Vehicles: 8; Suspicious Persons: 6; Alarms: 5; Harassments: 2; Criminal Trespasses: 3; Scams: Frauds: 0; Abandoned Vehicles: 0; Cows Out: 22; Horses Out: 5; Welfare Checks: 10; Assaults: 2; Dog Bites: 0; Fires: 0; Noise Complaints: 3;...
