The Independence Concert, Fireworks Set on Celebration Plaza Saturday September 5!
L. to R. Sharla Campbell, Symphony League Treasurer and Linda Galligher, League President The news is out and it’s flag-waving news! The annual Independence Concert and Fireworks, put on by the Sulphur Springs Symphony League, will be held in 2020. The will be staged in the usual grand style on Celebration Plaza on Saturday September 5, 2020 during the Labor Day weekend. First cancelled by COVID-19 restrictions from it’s...
Hodges, Tippit Honored As Top Seniors At Saltillo High
Madison Hodges and Joe Tippit are recognized as this year’s top seniors at Saltillo High School. Madison (Graycie) Hodges Madison (Graycie) Hodges, daughter of Jamie Watts and Charles Hodges, earned valedictorian honors with a 3.74 grade point average. She has been active in UIL One-Act Play competition, earning Best Actress honors at District in 2019 and All Star Cast honors at District in 2020. Hodges participated in several...
Relay For Life Format Will Be Modified To Honor, Keep Survivors Safe This Year
This year’s Relay For Life format is being adapted in order to both honor and protect survivors as the community and world continues to employ health safety practices due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The format of the June 12 Relay For Life Tri-County Tx is being modified to honor survivors, while still keeping them and the community safe. “We are so sorry for the many changes this year, but we are trying to adapt to the...
Missing Sulphur Springs Teen
*Update* This missing person has been found and is safe. See Related Story Sulphur Springs Police Department is asking anyone with information about the whereabouts of missing 15-year-old Camri Leigh Propes to contact the SSPD at 903-885-7602 or Crimestoppers at 903-885-2020. Camri Leigh Propes Camri is approximately five feet-four inches tall and weighs about 100 pounds. She has long brown hair and brown eyes. She was reported to...
Deputy Arrested A Sulphur Springs Man On A Warrant
A deputy arrested a Sulphur Springs man on a warrant Tuesday afternoon. Hopkins County Sheriff Office Cpl. Todd Evans located Chaisen Jadran Chamness of Sulphur Springs at his Main Street address. He was taken into custody at 3:24 p.m. May 19. Chaisen Jadran Chamness (HCSO jail photo) Chamness was booked into Hopkins County jail for insufficient bond on a December 2019, third or more driving while intoxicated, charge. The arrest,...
Suspicious Vehicle Report On County Road 2307 Results In Controlled Substance Arrest
A suspicious vehicle report on County Road 2307 Tuesday night resulted in a controlled substance arrest, according to sheriff’s reports. Hopkins County Sheriff Office’s Deputies Chris Baumann and Zack Horne responded at 9:30 p.m. to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in an empty lot on CR 2307. A man had allegedly been spotted in the wooded area behind the lot just prior to the report, Mark Alan Hicks (HCSO jail...
Two New Positive COVID-19 Cases Reported May 20 In Hopkins County
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom at 1:45 p.m. May 20 reported two new positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed, for a total of 13 lab-confirmed cases since mid-March. Five of those individuals have recovered from COVID-19. The remaining eight cases are currently still active COVID-19 cases. One of the two new cases reported Wednesday afternoon was among the 107 tested last Friday at the mobile test collection site. Local officials...
Sulphur Springs Man Arrested For Second Time In Five Days
A 23-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested for the second time in five days and fourth time in five months he’s been jailed in Hopkins County, according to jail reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s officers received information pointing to Tyler Gerard Maloney as the suspect in a firearm theft from a residential property in that area, according to Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigator Wade Sheets. Based on evidence...
Mount Pleasant Man Accused Of Online Solicitation Of A Minor
A 69-year-old Mount Pleasant, TX man is accused of online solicitation of a minor. Jerry Ray Pittman (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Officer received a complaint of suspected online solicitation of a minor, a Hopkins County juvenile younger than 14 years of age. The offense, according to arrest reports, allegedly occurred on May 11, 2020. Through investigation, sheriff’s officers allegedly collected forensic...
2 Youth Caught In A Stolen Vehicle
Two youth caught in a stolen vehicle were arrested early Tuesday morning, according to Sulphur Springs Police reports. Daishawn Jerome Godbolt (HCSO jail photo) A vehicle was reportedly stolen from a Sulphur Springs apartment complex on May 18. Officers alleged seeing a vehicle matching the description of the stolen vehicle traveling down Como Street within a few hours of the vehicle being reported stolen early Tuesday morning....
