School Board Approves Grant Funded Purchase of Hot Spots As They Prepare for New School Year
Sulphur Springs School Board made preparations for the start of a new school year Monday night during their regular session. A grant written by Superintendent Michael Lamb designed to loan students’ equipment necessary to access digital technology when they are away from school was approved. Starting with the high school, 190 hot spots will be available for check out through the high school library. Five hot spots will be available...
Blackwood Quartet Appearance at Reilly Springs Community Center on August 18, 2018
During Memphis’ Elvis Week, the Blackwood Quartet of Memphis, Tennessee is on tour in Texas. The world-famous group will be appearing in Hopkins County on Saturday August 18, 2018. Elvis Presley and the Blackwood family history goes back a long way to the early Memphis gospel music scene, before Elvis became the King of Rock and Roll. As a youth attending gospel singings at the Ellis Auditorium, Elvis met his idols the...
SSISD Board Approves Personnel Changes
During their Monday, August 14, 2018 regular session, Sulphur Springs School Board approved personnel changes: Retirement Wanda Whitmore Custodian Administration Building Resignations Jim Bayuk Chief of Police Dist-wide Audra Latimer Science Teacher High School Zearlene...
SCU Investigation Results in Arrest of Local Woman
Special Crimes Unit began an investigation into the possession and sale of methamphetamine by Monica Renee Millan, 24, of Sulphur Springs. During the investigation, SCU observed Millan in the 1300 block of South League Street and made contact to arrest based on two warrants. During the arrest, she produced a clear plastic bag containing a crystal like substance believed to be methamphetamine. The substance weighed 5.47 grams including...
Gilbert Sentenced to 55 Years in Prison for Murder of Pryor
Monday at noon, 17-year old Gavin Heath Gilbert was sentenced to 55 years in prison for the murder of 18-year old Tyrese Pryor. No fine was assessed. The range of punishment for first degree murder is 5 years to life. The Hopkins County Jury had found Gilbert guilty Friday morning of last week and heard closing arguments in the sentencing phase this Monday morning. Defense Attorney Frank Long argued age and an act of passion in the...
Commissioners Proclaim 2018 Sesquicentennial Year of Celebration Honoring Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church; Nix Burn Ban at This Time
WHEREAS, We, the people of Hopkins County, in the sight of our Lord Jesus Christ, celebrate and honor His people, the former and present members of Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church of Sulphur Springs, Texas for one hundred, fifty years of service to Him; and WHEREAS, In 1868 God gave a group of innovative trailblazers, a vision to help establish a permanent place of worship, which began in Old Tarrant, Texas and was named Old...
Sulphur Springs Man Arrested for Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon After Ramming Auto
Police officers were downtown when Terence Ramon Beachem, 46, of Sulphur Springs intentionally rammed the vehicle driven by the son of his girlfriend. Beachem had made threats to assault his girlfriend and the son prior to the incident. Following the crash Beachem fled and seeing that he was pursued by police continued his flight on foot. The victim was in route to the Sulphur Springs Police Department when the incident occurred....
Free LEAP Academy Classes Offered at PJC-Sulphur Springs
Fall registration is open with Paris Junior College’s Adult Education Department for a series of free LEAP Academy classes in Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, and Red River counties. A LEAP Academy is for those who did not finish high school and need their GED or HiSET to advance their careers, want to learn English, or are interested in career pathways. The first session began on August 13 in Paris. The second session will begin on August 27 in...
