Sheriff Offers Measures To Help Better Prepare Rural Schools For Threats To Campus, Lives
Jun14

Sheriff Offers Measures To Help Better Prepare Rural Schools For Threats To Campus, Lives

Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum, like most of the country, has had the safety of local school children and staff since the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. Friday, he told Hopkins County Commissioners Court he’d come up with two measures to help better prepare rural schools to respond to any threats, should they arise, on their campuses until law enforcement can arrive to assist. Hopkins...

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Possible Causes For Twisted, Curled Vegetable Leaves
Jun14

Possible Causes For Twisted, Curled Vegetable Leaves

Dr. Mario Villarino, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Hopkins County Agent, [email protected]. If the leaves on your vegetable plants are twisted or curled, the problem could be environmental, chemical, or biological. Photo: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Sometimes, all the leaves on a plant are twisted or curled; sometimes only new growth has symptoms while older leaves are normal. Damage may...

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Digital License Plates Are Now Available For Commercial Fleets in Texas
Jun14

Digital License Plates Are Now Available For Commercial Fleets in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas – Everything is going digital these days – even license plates! Eligible commercial fleet owners now have the option to put a high-tech tool on the back of their vehicles. Digital license plates can add a new level of convenience, safety, and security to fleet management. NEWS RELEASE – Tuesday, June 14, 2022 State law authorizes the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) to offer digital license plates to government...

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Marine Corps League Observes Flag Day
Jun14

Marine Corps League Observes Flag Day

A small gathering of elected officials and community members joined Hopkins County Marine Corps League Tuesday morning for a Flag Day observance on Celebration Plaza. The service began with the Marine Corps League removing head cover as a prayer was offered to start the ceremony. A prayer of thanks was given for for the men and women of the original 13 colonies who “put together the formation of this great nation and for those...

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Mitigating Heat Stress On Vegetables
Jun13

Mitigating Heat Stress On Vegetables

By David Wall, Mt. Pleasant Master Gardener Most are aware that when daytime temperatures consistently reach mid-90s and nighttime temperatures consistently don’t get below mid-70s, tomato production basically stops.  Pollen hardens and can’t be extracted.  Tomatoes lose the ability to ripen by turning red.  Unfortunately, heat stress begins as low as the mid-70s, but there are ways to mitigate it. tomatoes Most vegetables and trees...

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Hopkins County Records — June 13, 2022
Jun13

Hopkins County Records — June 13, 2022

Land Deed Transactions The following are land deed transfers filed and posted at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office from May 13-23, 2022: Record books at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office Joshua Lockwood to Bulmaro Garcia and Rosa Magodina Rivera; tract in the A Caro surveyHerbert D. Jennings and Phillis J. Jennings to Jacob W. Ray and Mallorie R. Ray; tract in the D. Padilla surveyChampions MPM LLC to SAF Properties LLC DBA SM Family...

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Two Crashes Over The Weekend Result In DWI Arrests
Jun13

Two Crashes Over The Weekend Result In DWI Arrests

Como Man Jailed On Felony DWI Warrant Two crashes over the weekend are reported to have resulted in DWI arrests. A traffic stop June 4 resulted in a felony DWI arrest while a Dike woman was taken into custody June 2 on a DWI warrant, according to arrest reports. Collision With Tree Off Of I-30 A Cumby Policeman at 1:03 a.m. Sunday, June 12, contacted the occupant of a Buick LaSabre that was driven off of Interstate 30 east into a tree...

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Mount Pleasant Woman Accused Of Resisting Arrest, Engaging In 2 Altercations With Officers
Jun13

Mount Pleasant Woman Accused Of Resisting Arrest, Engaging In 2 Altercations With Officers

June 13, 2022 – A Mount Pleasant woman allegedly resisted when officers attempted to place her into custody, then compounded her unruly behavior by allegedly engaging in two separate altercations with officers upon arrival at the county jail, according to arrest reports. Christina Nicole Anderson Cumby Police Officer Justin Talley responded at 7:54 p.m. June 12, 2022, to a report of a reckless driver on Interstate 30 east. The...

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2022 Dairy Festival Milking Contest Results
Jun13

2022 Dairy Festival Milking Contest Results

Despite a delayed start of about an hour — the Junior Dairy Show ran over, the 2022 Hopkins County Dairy Festival Milking Contest Saturday progressed almost as smooth at butter, with only a few “surprises” — but certainly not enough to completely sour the fun. The 2022 Dairy Festival Milking Contest featured all of the 2022 pageant contestants, each assigned a cow to milk. Six heifers were used, with girls assigned numbers...

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Watch for Intersection Changes at FM 69 and SH 11 in Como
Jun13

Watch for Intersection Changes at FM 69 and SH 11 in Como

NEWS RELEASE PARIS DISTRICTTim McAlavy(903) [email protected] Watch for Intersection Changes at FM 69 and SH 11 in Como June 13, 2022, PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation officials today announced that work to create a four-way stop at the intersection of FM 69 and State Highway 11 in Como, Texas, in Hopkins County is set for July 6. TxDOT will place stop signs necessary to convert this intersection to a four-way...

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