Nation and State Flags Lowered to Half Staff Honoring Victims of Shooting at Santa Fe High School
U S President Donald Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott have issued proclamations that U S and Texas flags, respectively, are to be lowered to half staff until sunset May 22, 2018. The proclamations were made following a shooting at Santa Fe High School in Galveston County. In President Trump’s proclamation, he stated, “Our Nation grieves with those affected by the shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas. May God heal...
“Branded” Ranch Rodeo in it’s Tenth Year Helping Through Community Seeds and Cowboy Churches
The “Branded” Ranch Rodeo has become a local tradition because it offers great rodeo action and raises money for individuals and families in need in Hopkins, Hunt and Rains Counties. The non-for-profit rodeo puts it’s proceeds to use through Community Seeds, a non-profit outreach organization based in Lone Oak, Texas. Also, four Cowboy Churches get behind the event, providing teams and helping with food, music and...
Video Presentation: SSHS Honors and Awards Program 2018
With more scholarships expected to be presented to members of the Class of 2018, Sulphur Springs High School Honors/Awards Program recognized those who have already been named to receive scholarships and those who have received awards. The assembly took just over an hour as Principal Derek Driver, staff, and members of various civic, military, business, financial, and educational institutions made presentations (see video below). The...
Arkansas Man Arrested by Cumby Police for Unlawful Possession of Firearm
When the Cumby Police Officer conducted a Terry frisk on Emmitt Riley, 60, of Monticello, Arkansas, following a traffic stop, the officer found a bag of marijuana sitting atop a derringer pistol in Riley’s front right pocket. The smell of marijuana emitting from the auto had led to the Terry frisk. Riley, a convicted felon, was charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, a Felony 3. He is in Hopkins County...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report May 2-8, 2018
Wood County Sheriff’s Report for May 2, 2018 to May 8, 2018.: Disturbance: 3; Thefts: 5; Burglaries: 0; Terroristic Threats: 0; Criminal Mischief’s: 2; Inquests: 0; Suspicious Circumstances: 5; Suspicious Vehicles: 10; Suspicious Persons: 1; Alarms: 6; Harassments: 1; Criminal Trespasses: 0; Scams: 1; Frauds: 0; Abandoned Vehicles: 1 ; Cows Out: 11; Horses Out: 6; Welfare Checks: 6; Assaults: 0; Dog Bites: 3; Fires: 0; Noise...
Friday is Last Day for Early Voting in May Primary Runoff
Numbers for Republican voters increased Thursday as 168 voted early in the May Primary Runoff election. Ten Democrats voted in state-wide runoff elections. Total votes for the first four days: Republicans 589; Democrats 39. Early voting in the Primary Runoff Election continues until 5 p.m. today, Friday, May 18, 2018. Early voting takes place at the Justice of the Peace Courtroom, 128 Jefferson Street in Sulphur Springs. Tuesday, May...
Odell Sentenced to 10 Years in TDCJ
May 18, 2018 – In a revocation of probation conducted Thursday in Eighth Judicial District Court, Jimmy De Odell, 60, was sentenced to 10 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The District Attorney’s office was able to prove that, after being released from jail on February 7th of this year, Odell had later fired a crossbow bolt through his ex-wife’s window on February 20th. It was just one more act in a...
Tira News May 18, 2018
By Jan Vaughn Regina Payton visited with her mother Martha Payton this past week. She arrived on Wednesday afternoon. Martha reports, “We decided to try our skill at power washing the house, screens, windows and lawn furniture, which was easier than expected. Brad Payton came on Thursday afternoon with a beautiful bouquet of red roses for Mother’s Day, so naturally we put him to work also. By the time evening arrived we decided to...
