Wood County Sheriff’s Report June 14-20, 2017
June 14th Deputies were dispatched to CR 1973 near Yantis, at approximately 9:45 a.m., in reference to a welfare check. When they arrived, everything was good. Deputies were dispatched to FM 778 near Quitman, at approximately 11:44 a.m., in reference to a welfare check. The individual was responsive and cooperative. Deputies responded to a suspicious person on CR 1885 near Yantis, at approximately 1:21 p.m. The area was searched, but...
Mobile Mammography Coach Visits Sulphur Springs
Hunt County Regional Healthcare has their Mobile Mammography bus parked in the Spring Village Shopping Center in front of Dollar General today, June 22. They will be in Sulphur Springs until 3:00 pm. Similar to a blood-drive bus, this Mobile Mammography Coach is a portable way to check for breast cancer, and service the areas around Hunt County. Leah Fouse, is the bus driver and also helps with registration/paperwork, said about the...
Vehicle Accident Leads to a Variety of Charges
Morgan Lane Brown, 22 , was available for docket call Thursday morning at 9 a.m. but had to await a magistrates hearing for a variety of misdemeanor charges due to an accident the night before. Brown is in Hopkins County jail following the accident. He was to appear in Eighth Judicial District Court for a pretrial hearing on the status of legal counsel for an indicted charge of Abandon Endanger Child with Intent to Return, a Felony...
Winnsboro Man Stopped for Suspicious Activity
John Michael Lopez, 19, of Winnsboro on CR 3368, west of FM 900 at 12:21 a.m. looked suspicious to Hopkins County Deputy Amanda Weatherford. Communications reported the 1998 Toyota on a Hopkins County back county road to be out of area. She stopped Lopez for suspicious activity. He was nervous and unsure of his destination when Weatherford began questioning his reason for being on the roadway. Lopez was asked for consent to search...
Ragan Dennis is New Safe-T Advocate for 8 Counties
June 22, 2017 – Miss Ragan Dennis is an advocate and caseworker for Safe-T. She came on board following the promotion to Supervisor of Mary Ferguson, a long-time caseworker in the Sulphur Springs office. With a college background in psychology and criminal justice, Ragan is a trained professional representing Safe-T during counseling with clients, in support group meetings and awareness presentations, and through a Certified...
Chamber Connection
Congratulations Jaci Reed on becoming the new Dairy Festival Queen! What a wonderful end to the Dairy Festival week! Hopkins County is fortunate to have so many dedicated people working to make the Dairy Festival such a success. The Chamber is thankful to the Dairy Festival for working tirelessly in all that they do! Corner Grub House is now offering delivery during lunch hours Corner Grub House, located at 113 Gilmer in Sulphur...
The EDGE for Middle School Athletes
For a second year, the Sulphur Springs Athletic Department is offering The Edge for middle school athletes. It is a four week program taking place Monday through Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. each day until July 6. It began on June 12. The Edge for middle school athletes does not have endurance work like gassers, hill climbing and 100 yard dashes featuring in The Edge for high school athletes. It’s focus is more on...
A Chat with Tom Sellers Celebrating Alliance Bank’s 90th Birthday
by Enola Gay President and CEO of Alliance Bank Tom Sellers paid a visit to the KSST Morning Show to share a bit of Alliance Bank history with listeners and viewers. You can see read the history and view historic photos on the bank website, alliancebank.com. In brief, the bank’s birth was during the Depression era, when in 1927 it was chartered by two of the largest shareholders of First State Bank which had closed for...
