Como Pickton FFA Chapter Annual Meal and Auction Fundraiser
The students of the Como-Pickton CISD FFA Chapter were determined to have a successful “stew and auction” this Spring because they were not able to hold their fundraiser in the Autumn of 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions. The Spring event, held on Thursday March 11, 2021 was modified to become a ‘Baked Potato Supper and Auction” and it turned out great. A good crowd was already gathering inside the high school...
Cumby City Council Lifts Mask Requirement, To Finish Installing Waterline On Black Jack Road
City Employees To Be Reimbursed For Some Time Used During Winter Storm, Elected Officials Salaries To Be Reduced Cumby City Council worked through the regular portion of this week’s meeting agenda in just under 45 minutes, then spent a little over 20 minutes discussing a water line on Black Jack Road. The City mask requirement, police department Facebook page, reduction of elected officials salaries, establishing a separate fund...
Over 55 Indictments Signed During March 2021 Grand Jury Session
More than 55 indictments were signed during the March 2021 Grand Jury session, pushing those cases forward for prosecution. The charges range from stalking, assault of a public servant, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and child endangerment to felony drunk driving, money laundering, evading arrest in a vehicle, burglary and theft offenses. At least half of the charges were for controlled substance and marijuana offenses,...
Email Scam Asks TDLR Licensees To Validate Information
Texas Department of Licensing And Regulations Recommends Deleting Emails Without Clicking Enclosed Link AUSTIN – An unknown number of people appear to have been targeted with an email scam that asks them to validate their profile information with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. TDLR did not send the email, and the agency urges anyone who received it to delete the email without clicking on the link or confirming or...
Hopkins County Records – March 12, 2021
Land Transactions Raul A. Buentello and Josephine Cabreros to Josephine Buntello Revocable Living Trust, Josephine Cabreros trustee; tract in the John Clark surveySapphire Group LLC to Alejandro Nunez Resendiz; tract in the J Y’Barbo surveyBrittanie Reeves and Zachary M. Reeves to Mark Friddle; tract in the Thomas Lee surveyCorey Johnson to Lorett Koepke, David Martinez and Maria Rosa Saldivar Martinez; tract in the Jose...
Softball and Baseball on Game Day Friday, Weather Permitting
It is common for baseball and softball coaches to fret about the weather this time of the year. That’s the situation on this game day Friday (March 12) with Lady Cats’ softball and Wildcats’ baseball on the calendar. The Lady Cats Softball Team continues district play with a scheduled home game Friday against Longview. Weather permitting, there will be a JV game at 5 p.m. The varsity match will follow at 6:30 p.m....
Wildcats and Lady Cats Track Teams Place 5th at the Mount Pleasant Varsity Invitational Thursday Night
Both the Wildcats and Lady Cats Track Teams earned fifth place in an 8 team field at the Mount Pleasant Varsity Invitational Meet held Thursday evening. The Lady Cats racked up 67 points and the Wildcats had 55. For the Wildcats, Alex Flecker took first place in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:04.56. Landon Fields placed third in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 43.30. The Wildcats team of Weston Fields, Matthew Mitchell, Brady...
Wildcats Baseball Team Wins Two Games in a Hallsville Tournament Thursday
It was a good day to be a Wildcat at Hallsville Thursday. Playing back to back games in the Reich Builders Classic Thursday, the Wildcats took care of Liberty-Eylau, 11-1 and then rallied late in game two to edge by Lindale, 5-4. Against L-E, the Wildcats had a 2-1 lead after two innings but then broke the game wide open with 6 runs in the top of the third. The Wildcats added 3 more runs in the top of the fifth. Matthew Sherman, the...
2 Men Jailed On Probation Violation Warrants
March 11, 2021 – Two men, one from Cumby and the other from Cooper, were jailed on probation violation warrants Thursday evening, according to sheriff’s and arrest reports. Seth Dalton Bryant (HCSO jail photo) Seth Dalton Bryant turned himself in at 5:50 p.m. March 11, 2021, at the lobby of Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Nick Marney escorted Bryant into Hopkins County jail, where the 21-year-old Cumby man...
DPS Caught Wanted Cooper Man Returning To Truck In CR 1118 Pasture March 11
Cumby Woman Arrested Later Thursday At FM 2653 Residence Where Disturbance Initiated Additional details were released Friday regarding the incident which resulted in a multi-agency hunt for a wanted Cooper man Thursday morning. A woman was also arrested later Thursday at the residence from which Williams was reported to have fled, according to arrest reports. Steven Bret Williams (HCSO jail photo) The incident allegedly started before...
