New APRN Joins Dr. Graves in Trinity Orthopedic Clinic
December 21, 2018 – Miss Jennifer Flowers graduated in 2016 with her Masters degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She had worked in a Pediatrics clinic while completing her degree through Nebraska’s Creighton University, and then gained experience in Orthopedics in a clinic there. She applied to Christus Mother Frances hospital to be nearer her Texas family, and was hired back in the summer. Since then, she has found her...
Man Arrested for Manufacture Delivery in DFZ Following a Controlled Buy of Methamphetamine
Derrick Matthew ‘BIGD’ Garcia Criminal Investigator Wade Sheets received information regarding a controlled buy of an illegal substance. Deputies set up at a location in the 300 block of East Shannon Road to await the arrival of Derrick Matthew Garcia, 31, of Mt Vernon. Garcia was arrested at the location where he claimed to be manager of the establishment. As the officer began a pat down of Garcia, the man told the...
Local Man Arrested on Parole Violation; and Unlawful Possession of Firearm by Felon
When Hopkins County Deputies arrested Stephen Lance Boughton, 40, of Sulphur Springs, for Parole Violation, Boughton had in his possession a bolt action 22 rifle that he claimed was a BB gun. When Boughton claimed the weapon was a BB gun, an examination of the weapon and the serial number on the weapon proved otherwise. Boughton admitted to knowing the weapon was in the room. Boughton is in Hopkins County Jail held with no bond on the...
SWAT Team Executes Warrant Search; Two Arrested
Angela Kay Doucette A narcotics search warrant executed at an apartment on Calvert Street by Hopkins County Investigators and the Sulphur Springs/Hopkins Count SWAT Team resulted in the arrest of Robert Jason Doucette, 43, and Angela Kay Doucette, 48. Both were charged with Possession Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 more than 1-gram but less than 4-grams and Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 3, less than 28-grams...
SSISD Tax Office Closed for Christmas Break
According to Sandra Gibby, Tax Assessor-Collector for Sulphur Springs ISD, the school tax office, located in the school district administration building, will be closed the following days for Christmas Break: Friday, Dec., 21st through Wed., Dec. 26th, 2018And Tuesday, January 1st, 2019
Seventeen Indictments Handed Up By Hopkins County Grand Jury
Seventeen indictments were handed up by a Hopkins County Grand Jury this week. Indictments against those arrested include: Melissa Kathleen Page was indicted for Abandon Endanger Child Criminal Negligence. Special Crimes Unit assisted Child Protective Service Agents with an investigation regarding four children ages one to four years old. All tested positive for methamphetamine. The four children were in the care, custody, and control...
Man Arrested on Warrant for Abandon Endanger Child Criminal Negligence
Christian Drew Kirby, 26, is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Abandon Endanger Child Criminal Negligence and held on a $15,000 bond. Kirby was arrested in Hunt County on a local warrant. Christian Drew Kirby He joins Tyfany Paige Kirby, 22, who was arrested in Hunt County on a drug possession charge and transported to Hopkins County Jail on a Hopkins County Warrant for Abandon Endanger Child Criminal Negligence. She had been held...
Chamber Connection December 20, 2018
Attention All Chamber Members…. Membership Directories are being prepared NOW!!! Chamber Members, we are going to print with the 2019 Membership Directory. It will be ready for distribution the first part of January, so we need you to do a few things… Please go to www.HopkinsChamber.org and click in the directory search. Please check to make sure that we have the correct information for your business. We have been trying to check...
