2 Complaints On West Spence Street Result In 3 Arrests
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2 Complaints On West Spence Street Result In 3 Arrests

Three people were jailed following response by police at least twice in an hour in the 100 block of West Spence Street Wednesday evening. Sulphur Springs police first were dispatched just before 8 p.m. Aug. 28 to a complaint of a suspected intoxicated person trespassing in the 100 block of West Spence Street. Upon arrival, a patrol officer was greeted by a 27-year-old Sulphur Springs woman, who told officers she is homeless and stays...

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Wildcats Team Tennis Highlights Thursday Game Day
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Wildcats Team Tennis Highlights Thursday Game Day

Wildcats Team Tennis has an afternoon match on this Thursday, Aug. 29, game day. The Wildcats have a rematch with Bullard at 3:30 p.m. at Tyler Junior College. The two teams met in a Whitehouse tournament back on Aug. 15 and Bullard just got by the Wildcats, 10-9. The Wildcats won their last match, defeating Pleasant Grove 10-8, at the Wildcat Tennis Center last week. The Wildcats have a 2-9 season record. Also on this Thursday game...

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Marty Secord Is Coach of Frisco Wakeland, the Wildcats Opponent Friday Night At Prim Stadium
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Marty Secord Is Coach of Frisco Wakeland, the Wildcats Opponent Friday Night At Prim Stadium

Gerald Prim Stadium, located at the corner of Houston and League streets in Sulphur Springs. The Wildcats Football Team opens the regular season Friday night, Aug. 30, at 7:30 p.m. at Gerald Prim Stadium against Frisco Wakeland. The Wolverines are coached by Marty Secord. He was the first coach at Wakeland and he is the only head coach they have ever had. Like Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens at Sulphur Springs, Wakeland Coach...

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HCSO: 2 Arrested For THC Possession Following 2 Separate Traffic Stops
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HCSO: 2 Arrested For THC Possession Following 2 Separate Traffic Stops

An 18-year-old Saltillo woman and 26-year-old Alabama man were reportedly arrested for THC possession following two unrelated traffic stops by sheriff’s officers Wednesday night. Felicia Renee Valenzuela Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigator Wade Sheets arrested Felicia Renee Valenzuela of Saltillo at 9:29 p.m. Aug. 28 on Houston Street at League Street for possession of 4 grams or more but less than 400 grams of a Penalty...

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Sulphur Springs Man Reportedly Found Walking Down Road Naked
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Sulphur Springs Man Reportedly Found Walking Down Road Naked

A 63-year-old man was reportedly found walking down North Jackson Street naked Wednesday afternoon. The complaint of the naked man in the street was called in to police dispatchers around 4:10 p.m. Aug. 28. When officers arrived, they reported finding a man sans pants in the 1000 block of North Jackson Street. The man was reportedly walking toward a residence. He was reportedly instructed to put a pair of pants on, which he did,...

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Police Identify Sulphur Springs Man Accused of Leading Pursuit In Vehicle Of Woman He Assaulted
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Police Identify Sulphur Springs Man Accused of Leading Pursuit In Vehicle Of Woman He Assaulted

Terence Ramon Beachem Sulphur Springs Police have identified the man accused of assaulting a woman, taking her car, engaging in a vehicle then foot pursuit with police Wednesday afternoon as 47-year-old Terence Ramon Beachem of Sulphur Springs. Beachem was arrested at 1:41 p.m. Aug. 28 on Helm Lane at Kadi Lane by Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Jameison Hawkins and Sgt. Brandon Mayes for burglary of a habitation with intent to commit...

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Chamber Connection For Aug. 29, 2019
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Chamber Connection For Aug. 29, 2019

By Lezley Brown, President/CEO of Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce The 50th Anniversary of Stew Contest will be here before we know it! Cooks have begun reserving their spots, and it’s going to be quite a celebration. Just so you know, cook letters and entry forms have been mailed out. Your letter, if you cooked last year, should have arrived in the mail. However, if you need them, all forms are on our website at...

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Police Chase Man Driving A Vehicle He Allegedly Stole Following An Altercation
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Police Chase Man Driving A Vehicle He Allegedly Stole Following An Altercation

A Hopkins County man allegedly forced his way into two residences, engaged in a physical altercation, and lead police on a vehicle and foot pursuit Wednesday afternoon before being apprehended. He was transported to the hospital for an injury allegedly sustained during the physical altercation, according to police. Sulphur Springs police dispatchers reportedly received a report of what sounded like a gunshot being fired at a West Park...

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Coach Owens Has Media Gathering Wednesday With Season Opener Friday Night at The Prim
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Coach Owens Has Media Gathering Wednesday With Season Opener Friday Night at The Prim

Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens is still a believer in the benefits of spring football but that doesn’t mean he is any less anxious two days away from his team’s season opener against Frisco Wakeland Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at Gerald Prim Stadium. Coach Owens says spring football has allowed Wildcats’ coaches to know what their players are like and how they fit on the depth chart. Still this week Coach Owens...

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Channel 18 News:  Wednesday, August 28, 2019
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