Soccer Bi-District Double Header in Princeton Friday; Games Will be Heard on KSST
There will be a Lady Cats and Wildcats’ soccer bi-district doubleheader on this Friday game day. The Lady Cats play Royse City at 6 p.m. and then the Wildcats face Lovejoy at 8 p.m. Both games are at Princeton. The Lady Cats and Wildcats are both home teams. The Lady Cats are hoping for a good run in the playoffs like they had last year. Royse City was a third place finisher in their district while the Lady Cats finished second...
Two Dead, 18 Injured in Semi/Bus Accident Near Talco; Four Transported to CHRISTUS Sulphur Springs
Four Mt Pleasant athletes were transported to CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Thursday night around 10:45 p.m. following a semi-truck/Mt Pleasant school bus accident on State Highway 271 near Talco. One coach and the driver of the semi-truck died and another is in critical condition. Eighteen student athletes riding on the bus were injured. Four were air lifted to area hospitals. The semi-truck crossed over the median, side-swiped...
Wrong Direction on One Way Cumby Street Results in DFZ Arrest
Raymond Edward Dafft, 51, of Commerce was driving his Toyota in the wrong direction on a one way street in Cumby when a Cumby law enforcement officer saw him. Dafft presented the officer with an expired driver’s license and a records check showed the license suspended. Dafft gave consent to search the vehicle and the officer found a small white plastic container on the passenger’s side with two different types of pills. Both are...
Warrant Served for Animal Cruelty; Large Amount of Meth Found
When the Special Crimes Unit served two warrants on Juan Manuel Rodriguez-Aguilera, 48, of Sulphur Springs, marijuana and methamphetamine were in plain sight. A search of the room found an even larger amount of methamphetamine and two sets of digital scales. Rodriguez-Aguilera is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 more than 4-gram but less than 200-grams ($30,000 bond), Possession...
Theft at Dollar General; Man Flees Police a Second Time
Sulphur Springs Police responded to a call in reference to a theft at the Dollar General store on South Broadway Thursday. There they found Christopher Leon Huddleston, 38 of Sulphur Springs in possession of the stolen property. As officers sought to make the arrest, he ran from officers. They quickly caught him. Huddleston is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Evading Arrest Detention with Previous Conviction and his being held for...
Woman Stabs Boyfriend in Chest
Sulphur Springs Police Officers were called to the 100 block of Van Sickle Street in reference to disturbance. There they found the boyfriend of Christina Anne Serafino, 25, had a stab wound in chest area. Serafino admitted stabbing him. Serafino is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon/Family Violence. It was also found that she had two misdemeanor warrants as well. One for Possession of Drug...
Laborer Arrested for Fake ID, Methamphetamine
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigators received information of methamphetamine located at a local motel in Sulphur Springs. A search warrant was obtained and a search of room 204 at the location led to methamphetamine, a glass pipe, and fake social security cards along with fake permanent resident cards located with the social security number and other identifying information for Juan Carlos Gomez-Rodriguez, 26. Gomez-Rodriguez was...
Bake Sale Benefit for Shanda Beck Vaughn on March 25, 2017
A Bake Sale Benefit will begin at 10am on Saturday March 25, 2017 along the sidewalk in front of Caps and Flasks and across from Muddy Jakes, corner of Main and Davis Streets in downtown Sulphur Springs., Texas. There will be chocolate pies, buttermilk pies, Pina Colada cake, Coca Cola cake, candies, cupcakes, brownies and many other specialty treats prepared to benefit the local resident. Shanda Beck Vaughn has been diagnosed with...
The Mighty Pecan By Mario Villarino
The pecan tree (Carya Spp) is a common often beloved commercial and landscape tree in Hopkins County. Native to Texas and Northern Mexico, the pecan trees have provides shade and nurture to our region for centuries. George Ray McEachern, extension horticulturist from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension stated: “ The pecan is the official state tree, it can be grown in every area of the state and it is a part of Texas tradition....
