Miller Grove News April 6, 2017
Is it just me or is the year already starting to fly by? March was just a flash and now we’re working our way through the month of April. Recent rains have made for green pastures and gardens in our corner of Hopkins County and I hope it continues well into the summer months that are approaching. Our FFA students did very well at the annual stew and auction that was held on Apr. 1. Advisor Brandon McClure said that the FFA Chapter...
Chamber Connection April 6, 2017
It’s time for the 28th Annual Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament on Friday, April 14th at the Sulphur Springs Country Club!! We are currently accepting teams for morning tee times. The teams are first come, first served, so make sure and make your reservation today! Please see our website for more information… www.HopkinsChamber.org, or call the Chamber at (903) 885-6515. Tanner Higgins Warrior Run is Scheduled for Saturday, April...
Saltillo’s annual Kerry Garmon Scholarship Event is Saturday April 8
Karen Northcutt is not only a committee member of this year’s Kerry Garmon Memorial Scholarship Dinner and Auction, she is also a Saltillo ISD graduate and basketball standout. Karen visited the KSST studios to inform listeners and viewers about the importance of this year’s fundraising event, set for Saturday April 8 in the Kerry Garmon Gym. A Chicken and Fish Fry by A.J.’s will begin at 6pm, with tickets at the...
Ten Hopkins County 4-H Members Place at District Contests
Ten Hopkins County 4-H members recently participated in District 4-H contests, which included 4-H members from 22 counties in Northeast Texas. The contests took place at North Central Texas College in Gainesville. Below are the results: Intermediate Educational Presentations: – Savannah Allen, 1st place, Beef – Eric Bridges, 3rd place, Open Ag/Natural Resources – Trinity Sickles, 3rd...
Child Pornography Found on Inmate Cell Phone
During an inventory of a cell phone belonging to Carlos Omar Casillas, 22, an inmate in Hopkins County Jail, Sheriff’s investigators found child pornography. Casillas is charged with 5 counts of Possession of Child Pornography and is being held on a $30,000 bond for each count in addition to other charges against him.
Branch Receives 5-Years in TDJC in Plea Bargain Agreement
Amy Michelle Branch, 44, pled to five years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Tuesday afternoon in a plea bargain agreement in Eighth Judicial District Court, according to Assistant District Attorney Clay Harrison. Branch was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 more than 4-grams but less than 200-grams with Intent to Deliver, a Felony 2.
Local Farm Bureau, Farmers Co-op and NETBIO Send Fencing Materials to Panhandle
Wildfires burned across the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado in early March, destroying homes, barns, fences, livestock, and tragically, several lives were lost. The fires charred more than 520,000 acres of land in the Panhandle and killed thousands of head of livestock. When word of the extent of the losses reached Sulphur Springs, the Hopkins/Rains County Farm Bureau and the Northeast Texas Farmers Co-op along with the...
