Franklin County Posts Lowest Unemployment Rate In NET Area For 7th Consecutive Month
Unemployment Rates Continue Dropping, Almost To Pre-Pandemic Levels In Hopkins County Unemployment continues to drop across the Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area to the lowest rates since the pandemic began. Franklin County had the lowest December unemployment rate in the WDA, marking the 7th consecutive month Franklin County has had the best unemployment rate. Hopkins County was a close second, with unemployment dropping to...
Meal A Day Menu – Jan. 24-28, 2022
Meal-A-Day volunteers loads packaged meals for delivery Volunteers prepare meals at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center and deliver them five days a week to Meal A Day program recipients in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. The Meal A Day Menu for Jan. 24-28, 2022, includes: Monday – Apricot Glazed Chicken Breast, On a Bed of Rice, Candied Carrots, and Broccoli and Cheese.Tuesday – Manager’s ChoiceWednesday – Meatloaf,...
Paris District Road Report for January 24, 2022
Paris District Road Report for Jan. 24, 2022 Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district from Jan. 24, 2022. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel through work zones. They should...
Florida Man Jailed For Having Drug Test Falsification Device
A 33-year-old Kissimmee, Florida man was jailed Friday night for having a drug test falsification device, a bottle of false urine, according to arrest reports. Sulphur Springs Police Cpl. Silas Whaley reported conducting a traffic stop on a Chevrolet Malibu at 9:25 p.m. Jan. 21, 2022, on Lee Street. When contacted, the driver allegedly admitted to possessing an open container. A probable cause search of the car revealed a plastic...
Barkers Stepped Down From NETEX Board, Johnson & McCullough Appointed
Earlier this week, Mickey Barker and Neal Barker each resigned from their positions on Northeast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District Board. Brad Johnson and Steve McCullough were recommended to fill those seats as Hopkins County’s representatives on the NETEX Board. Neal Barker and family, Mickey Barker Hopkins County Commissions Court unanimously approved a resolution during the Jan. 18, 2022, court session officially...
Hopkins County Records – Jan. 22, 2022
Land Deed Transfers Record books at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office Heather Lynn Caldwell-Sanders to Woodmen Properties LLC; tract in the Jaun Polvedore surveyCephis Gregory to CK Parker Enterprises LLC; tract in the Harriett Brown surveyLarry V. Davis, who is the same person as Laury Davis, and Sandra Ann Davis to Jorja Krause and Timothy Krause; tract in the John Bryan surveyTy Hawkins to Mary Anderson and Rick Anderson; tract...
HCSO: Man Jailed For Deadly Conduct
A 46-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed for deadly conduct after he allegedly recklessly discharging a firearm toward an occupied residence, according to arrest reports. Jeremy Shane Robinson (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Josh Davis and Bobby Osornio, and Sgt. Scott Davis reported responding at 11:05 p.m. Jan. 20, 2021, to what was reported as a verbal disturbance on County Road 4791. Upon...
Middle School Students Face Charges In Connection With Alleged Sulphur Springs ISD Bus Incident
SSISD Administration: Bus Driver, Monitor Are No Longer With District Following Jan. 8 Incident An incident on a school bus on Jan. 8 allegedly resulted in middle school students being injured by other students, and the bus driver and monitor are no longer in the employ of Sulphur Springs ISD, according to a release from the superintendent’s office Friday afternoon, Jan. 21, 2022. “In addition to disciplinary measures...
Work To Rehab Lee Street Slated To Begin Tuesday
After months of delays, work to improve Lee Street is scheduled to begin next week. While great news for motorists once complete, that will mean the temporary inconvenience of finding alternate routes through the area until the work is complete. According to Sulphur Springs Assistant City Manager/Community Development Director Tory Niewiadomski, street paving contractor Texana Land & Asphalt will begin rehabbing Lee Street on...
Authorities Release Names Of Children Who Perished In Moore Street House Fire
Local authorities at 11:30 a.m. Friday released the names of the two children who perished in the Moore Street house fire early Thursday morning, Jan. 20, 2022. According to Sulphur Springs Fire Chief/Marshal David James, the two little girls found deceased inside the burned More Street structure Thursday morning are 3-year-old Heaven Lee and 1-year-old Hayden Lee. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this...
