Video Presentation: 23rd Annual Lights of Life Tree Lighting
The 23rd Annual Lights of Life Tree Lighting featured the Water Oak Elementary School Kids, SSHS Jazz Band, and the CHRISTUS Physicians Choir, Santa, and Lights of Life Campaign Chairs Holly and Tanner Ragan. Meredith Caddell, Director of the Health Care Foundation, welcomed all to the event that includes luminaries provided in memory or honor of a number of individuals as well as the lighting of the tree at CHRISTUS Mother Frances...
CHRISTUS System Increases Medical Options for Citizens of Hopkins County
President /CEO Paul Harvey of CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs, guest on KSST Good Morning Show Friday. He shared exciting news about healthcare options for local citizens. His enthusiasm is, in part, about about new Health Insurance options which recently became available; Medicare Advantage A and an Exchange medical plan. These new plans, which will go into effect Jan 1, will provide complete healthcare coverage...
Local Man Arrested for Assault on Hopkins County Deputy
November 30, 2018 – A Hopkins County man placed a Hopkins County Deputy in a choke hold when the man became uncooperative in an investigation regarding a possible stolen utility vehicle. Mark Anthony Friddle When Hopkins County Deputies responded to a possible stolen side-by-side, a utility vehicle, out of Wood County, the caller said he was following the suspect vehicle on FM 2081. Deputies located the vehicle on FM 1567 West...
Hill Arrested for Child Pornography and Failure to Register
A joint investigation by Sulphur Springs Police Department and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office into an individual involved in suspected child pornography led to the arrest of Russell Dean Hill, 52, of Sulphur Springs for Promotion of Child Pornography with Previous Convictions, a Felony 1, and Failure to Comply with Registration Requirements, a Felony 3. Hill, a Park Springs Road resident, has been under investigation for...
Mayor Darla Henry Announces Wastewater Treatment Grant Bringing Improvements for Como
Darla Lewis Henry, Mayor of Como Elected in May 2017, Quality Engineer Darla Henry has approached the elected position of Mayor of Como in a similar way to her job at Flo-Serve….to make sure that the office operates according to the State’s mandates and rules, and to act on the most pressing needs first. A grant application for updating/replacing the wastewater treatment system that serves Como city residents was top of...
Alliance Bank Expands in Northeast Texas: To Acquire and Merge With First National Bank of Mount Vernon
Sulphur Springs, Texas and Mount Vernon,Texas – November 29, 2018. Alliance BancShares Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Alliance Bank, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Mount Vernon BankShares, Inc. which owns all of the stock of First National Bank of Mount Vernon, Texas. Pending shareholder and regulatory approval and...
30-Grams of Meth Found in Possession of Local Man
Under investigation by Special Crimes Unit and Hopkins County Criminal Investigator Wade Sheets, Joe Dan Whitworth, Jr., 68, of Sulphur Springs, was stopped by Sulphur Springs Police K9 Unit Officer Buddy Williams. Whitworth was found to have approximately 30-grams of methamphetamine in his possession. When the traffic stop was made at the 117 mile marker on I-30 at 10:34 p.m. Wednesday night November 28, 2018, a positive response by...
