Christmas Fires at Two Local Agribusinesses Under Investigation
Sulphur Springs firefighters were called to a couple of fires Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The first fire destroyed the second floor of the old tin Northeast Texas Farmers Co-Op building near Houston and Jackson. Later firefighters were called to an 18-wheeler fire in the 600 block of Mulberry at a feed and fertilizer service. The 18-wheeler was destroyed by the fire. Cause of the fires is under...
Christmas Day Assault on Disabled Mother Lands Man in Hopkins County Jail
Decmebr 26, 2015 – A 34-year old Brownsville man was arrested in the early morning hours of Christmas Day for allegedly assaulting his disabled mother. Police were called to a residence in the 300 block of Woodcrest Drive at 2:45 a.m. Friday. Both the victim and her mother told police that they feared the threat of future violent from the man. Joshua Scott Morris was charged with assaulting a disabled person, according to...
River Flood Warning Issued for South Sulphur River
The National Weather Service has issued a River Flood Warning for the South Sulphur River in Southern Delta and Northern Hopkins Counties from 2 p.m. Friday, December 25, 2015 until further notice or until cancelled. The river should rise above flood stage by Saturday morning and continue to rise to a crest near 23 feet by Tuesday after midnight. The river flood stage is 16 feet. Do not drive autos through flooded areas. Caution is...
Filing Dates Set for May City Council Election
The city of Sulphur Springs has already posted filing dates for next May’s city council election. Filing will begin for a place on the city council ballot on Wednesday, January 20. Filing will continue until Friday, February 19. Filing will take place with City Secretary Gale Roberts on the second floor of City Hall. Seats up for election this year will be in Place 4 where Freddie Taylor is the incumbent and in Place 5 where...
Flash Flood Watch Issued for Weekend
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood watch for the eastern two-thirds of North Texas from 6 a.m. Saturday until 6 a.m. Monday. Hopkins, Delta, Rains, Van Zandt and surrounding counties are included in the watch. Rainfall will begin across the watch area on Christmas night as an upper level storm system approaches from the west. Rainfall intensities will increase on Saturday with embedded thunderstorms a possibility...
Zoning Board of Adjustments Reschedule Starbucks Sign Question
A meeting of the City of Sulphur Springs Zoning Board of Adjustments and Appeals has been rescheduled. It features property owners at 1320 South Broadway next to Chili’s who want to bring a Starbucks to town. The board will try for a quorum on Tuesday, January 12 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall. Recently two meetings of the Zoning Board of Adjustments and Appeals had to be postponed due to lack of a quorum. One member of the board has...
DPS Increasing Patrols for Both Christmas and New Year’s
The Texas Department of Public Safety will be increasing patrols around both the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The emphasis began Christmas eve and will continue through Sunday for the Christmas holiday. A news release notes patrolling troopers will be looking for drunk drivers, speeders, seal belt violators and other drivers who are endangering themselves and others on the state’s roadways. DPS Director Steven McCraw...
Expect Rain and Slight Chance of Snow During Holiday Weekend
Christmas Eve will find the wind giving Santa a light tailwind for his journey from the North Pole to Sulphur Springs although temperatures will just be in the comfortable stage for his warm red suit. Low temperature Christmas Eve will be 54. However, the jolly elf with be bringing more winter-like weather to the region. Christmas Day will find a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms increasing to 60% Friday night, 70% Saturday, and...
Sheriff’s Department Seeks Funding for Blood Hounds
In hopes of getting some financial support from the Hopkins County Commissioners Court, Sheriff’s Department Corporal Walt Kimmel put on a demonstration of his bloodhounds Tuesday behind the Sedalco Construction Building on Houston Street across from the new jail. The dogs have already been out three times to aid Sheriff’s Office cases. Kimmel, the department’s dog handler for the bloodhounds, said the dogs are only used...
Thunderstorm Creates Power Outage
As of 6:40 a.m. Wednesday morning, 92 Oncor customers were without electrical power. Power is expected to be restored before 8:30 a.m. The outage was caused by a severe thunderstorm that passed through the area until 6:45 a.m. Cloud to ground lightning, hail, and high winds along with heavy rainfall highlighted the thunderstorm warning for the Sulphur Springs and eastern Hopkins County area at 6:15 a.m. FEC reports no customer outage...
