It’s Almost Time for the Independence Day Concert!
Everyone’s getting excited about the annual Independence Concert set for Saturday July 1 in downtown Sulphur Springs! Plan to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating and claim your favorite place on Celebration Plaza for listening to the music and watching the fireworks. This year, there will be numerous restaurant vendors set up on the south side of the square with concessions, in addition to keeping their restaurants open...
Update: Arrest Made for Vandalism on Celebration Plaza
Update: CEDILLO,WESLEY LANE identified and arrested for his role in the vandalism. Update: According to Police Chief Jay Sanders, a 19-year old male has been arrested for Criminal Mischief in breaking the glass on the Celebration Plaza restroom. The glass restroom on the west side of Celebration Plaza now has two shattered windows and a barricade with police tape around it following an act of vandalism Wednesday night around 10...
Stewart Sentenced to 10 Years for Possession of Child Pornography
Richard Lee Stewart, 34, of Sulphur Springs was sentenced to 10 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Thursday in Eighth Judicial District Court according to Matt Harris, Assistant District Attorney. Harris stated that this was the maximum sentence allowed for the Felony 3 Possession of Child Pornography case. Stewart was one of two Hopkins County men arrested in June 2014 in a case developed by through the Internet Crimes...
Outstanding Junior High School Principal of the Year 2018
Cassie Bland, Principal of Como-Pickton Junior High School in Como-Pickton CISD, has been selected to represent the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals (TASSP) as as a Region 8 Outstanding Junior High School Principal of the year. TASSP recognizes outstanding principals from the twenty regional education centers in the state. As a region 8 winner, Mrs. Bland is eligible to compete for the state title of Texas Principal of...
Sulphur Springs Rotary Club Scholarship and Grant Recipients
by Savannah Owens At their meeting on June 22nd, the Sulphur Springs Rotary club gave out Senior Scholarships to 6 seniors and grants to organizations around the community. The rotary club is 12 years old, and has 66 members and 4 honorary members. The money for the scholarships and grants came from their Claws for a Cause event. The Rotary Club received 21 applications for the scholarships from all over Hopkins County. Two...
Mobile Mammography Coach Visits Sulphur Springs
Hunt County Regional Healthcare has their Mobile Mammography bus parked in the Spring Village Shopping Center in front of Dollar General today, June 22. They will be in Sulphur Springs until 3:00 pm. Similar to a blood-drive bus, this Mobile Mammography Coach is a portable way to check for breast cancer, and service the areas around Hunt County. Leah Fouse, is the bus driver and also helps with registration/paperwork, said about the...
Vehicle Accident Leads to a Variety of Charges
Morgan Lane Brown, 22 , was available for docket call Thursday morning at 9 a.m. but had to await a magistrates hearing for a variety of misdemeanor charges due to an accident the night before. Brown is in Hopkins County jail following the accident. He was to appear in Eighth Judicial District Court for a pretrial hearing on the status of legal counsel for an indicted charge of Abandon Endanger Child with Intent to Return, a Felony...
Winnsboro Man Stopped for Suspicious Activity
John Michael Lopez, 19, of Winnsboro on CR 3368, west of FM 900 at 12:21 a.m. looked suspicious to Hopkins County Deputy Amanda Weatherford. Communications reported the 1998 Toyota on a Hopkins County back county road to be out of area. She stopped Lopez for suspicious activity. He was nervous and unsure of his destination when Weatherford began questioning his reason for being on the roadway. Lopez was asked for consent to search...
Ragan Dennis is New Safe-T Advocate for 8 Counties
June 22, 2017 – Miss Ragan Dennis is an advocate and caseworker for Safe-T. She came on board following the promotion to Supervisor of Mary Ferguson, a long-time caseworker in the Sulphur Springs office. With a college background in psychology and criminal justice, Ragan is a trained professional representing Safe-T during counseling with clients, in support group meetings and awareness presentations, and through a Certified...
