Commissioners To Work On Budget; Consider Contracts, Inter-local Agreements At Monday Meetings
Hopkins County Commissioners Court has held work sessions every day this week, meeting with other county staff and officials to begin developing a county budget for the upcoming fiscal year. By midweek, it’d become apparent that the biggest needs are for the fire and sheriff’s departments, and county roads. The court members have continued working in an effort to soon have a proposed budget ready. The commissioners are...
Suspicious Activity, Noise Complaint Result In Intoxication Arrests
Complaints of suspicious activity and loud noise resulted in two Sulphur Springs residents being arrested Friday in separate incidents by police for public intoxication Friday. Sulphur Springs police responded just before 4 a.m. Friday, July 12, to a complaint of loud noise heard in the 1200 block of North Jackson Street. Officers reported the 51-year-old resident had been warned previously to keep the noise down and to stay inside...
2 Arkansas Men Jailed For Marijuana Possession
July 13, 2019 – Sulphur Springs Police Interdiction Officer Cleve Williams arrested two Arkansas men late Friday night on a felony marijuana possession charge. Treontay Quadre Jiles Williams reported stopping a Dodge Charger at 11:35 p.m. at mile marker 112 on Interstate 30 east for a traffic violation. The SSPD officer reported finding both the driver, 24-year-old Treontay Quadre Jiles of Texarkana, Arkansas, and the passenger,...
SSPD: Bogata Man Found With 3.3 Grams Of Meth During Traffic stop
Wesley Mills A 58-year-old Bogata man was arrested after allegedly being found in possession of suspected methamphetamine possession a during a traffic stop Friday morning. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Adrian Pruitt reported the driver of a white Chevrolet pickup he’d stopped at 9:11 a.m. Friday in the 400 block of South Moore Street to be extremely nervous. While talking to the driver, Pruitt noted in arrest reports, he...
Hearts of Life – CeCe Needs a Home
Hearts of Life – CeCe Meet CeCe! CeCe is a 3 year-old Shepherd/Pyrenees mix. He is a very loving, very playful, and very big pup! He is always happy to see you and loves giving big hugs! His adoption fee is $100.00 which includes all previous vetting, neuter and rabies shot. Please contact us by phone at 903-439-5019, email at [email protected], www.facebook.com/heartsoflife or Petfinder.com!
Soccer Registration Will End July 22nd
Registration for the Sulphur Springs Soccer Association will end July 22, 2019. We have divisions for ages 4-18, though all age groups may not make. The child must be 4 years of age on December 31, 2019 to be eligible. (Verification of age will be needed for 1st time players, or players absent for more than 1 year) The cost of fall registration is $60. We have some easy and convenient ways to get the kiddos signed up. You can visit...
Sulphur Springs Man Arrested On Felony Vehicle Burglary Warrant
Jeremy Randall Hill A 28-year-old Sulphur Springs was arrested at 3:39 p.m. Thursday, July 11, on West Shannon Road on a warrant for burglary of a vehicle with two previous convictions, which enhances the charge to a felony offense. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman and Special Crimes Unit Sgt. Joe Scott were reportedly made aware of the outstanding warrant for Jeremy Randall Hill’s arrest, located him in the 1600...
Alleged Car Thief Served With 10 Additional Debit Card Abuse Warrants
Michael Allen Coker A 51-year-old Sulphur Springs man arrested May 28 in a stolen car with another man’s debit card was served Thursday afternoon, July 11, with 10 additional debit card abuse warrants for offenses alleged to have occurred on May 28, according to arrest reports. Michael Allen Coker was first arrested Tuesday, after Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper William Gillentine discovered the silver Chevrolet sedan...
‘Skins, Skulls and Tracks’ is Theme of Nature Programs at Cooper Lake State Parks
Park Superintendent Steve Killian shows skunk, bobcat and coyote hides and a beaver tail for a program on Cooper Lake’s wildlife Did you know we have TWO Texas State Parks in our back pocket? We do! Doctor’s Creek Unit and South Sulphur Units are separate state parks which share a 20,000 acre lake. Entrances and roadways, facilities, activities and staff are separate. According to Complex Superintendent Steve Killian,...
Catch Amanda Pruitt on Celebration Plaza July 13, Reece Malone/Kelsi Key to Open the Concert
Amanda Pruitt Country musician Amanda Pruitt will perform on Celebration Plaza on Saturday night July 13. Opening act will be 15-year-olds Reece Malone and Kelsi Key whose band ‘Salvation from Sundown’ often appears on Amanda’s tour. Reece Malone and Kelsi Key Pruitt has roots in Rains County and now lives in Nashville where she has gained a reputation as one of the hardest working women in the country music...
