Jury Panel Cancelled
Jury panel summoned to appear Tuesday, January 17th at 9 a.m. in 62 District Court has been cancelled according to the District Clerk’s office.
MLK Awards on Monday Jan. 16, Everyone Welcome!
Over 100 individuals will be recognized for personal achievement, spiritual excellence and community involvement during the 2017 The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Awards Celebration. (Monday, January 16, 2017) Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 208 Fuller St., Sulphur Springs, TX, 7:00 PM. The MLK award is given to those who demonstrate Dr. King’s legacy of raising public consciousness to social justices,...
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Until 12:15 a.m. Monday morning
A thunderstorm warning for Hopkins County was issued at 11:16 p.m. Sunday and extends until 12:15 a.m. Monday. At 11:15 p.m. Sunday rainfall amounts at KSST studios had reached just over .7 of an inch of rain with more on the way. A line of thunderstorms reaching from Oklahoma to near Fairfield, Texas was moving east, northeast. The thunderstorm warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… Southeastern Hunt County in north central...
Accident at Pasture Party Results in Arrest
A pasture party on County Road 2420 resulted in a 911 call to Hopkins County Sheriff’s Dispatch regarding a hit and run accident. The call came during a traffic stop in which a deputy was already in conversation with the individual who hit a truck parked at the party and failed to stop and exchange information when the driver of the truck told him to stop. The deputy said the driver said he had consumed several alcoholic beverages at...
Dallas Man Arrested for Assault Family Violence
Responding to a call on Country Road 1142 Saturday morning at 3 a.m., Hopkins County Deputies found Michael Raynal Blackman, 22, of Dallas had fled the scene. He was found driving on FM 275 and stopped. The complainant was observed to have visible injuries on her neck, chin , and upper chest area. Blackman is in Hopkins county jail charged with Assault Family/House Member Impede Breath/Circulation and is being held on a $15,000...
Registration Open for Women With Heart Event
Heart disease claims the life of a woman every minute. It affects 43 million women in the United States and it’s estimated that 90 percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease. Women With Heart is an annual program conceived to celebrate and honor women who have survived heart disease and triumphed with the help of CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances and the Louis and Peaches Owen Heart Hospital. The...
Greenville Woman in Jail After Fighting With Court Officers
Tammy Leann Crouch, 45, of Greenville was determined not to be placed in custody at the Hopkins County Courthouse. When the Hopkins County Deputy arrived to assist court officers after being advised by a civilian that officers were fighting, he found Crouch fighting with Bailiff Henry Turner and Corrections Officer Brian Burge. She was eventually restrained and placed in Hopkins County Jail. She was arrested at court on warrants for...
MLK Awards on Monday Jan. 16, Everyone Welcome!
Cordell Jackson, Associate Minister at East Caney Baptist Church, subbed on Friday’s interview for Dr. M. Lavelle Hendricks, organizer of the annual MLK Awards and celebration. Cordell is a member of the MLK Selection Committee for the 26th annual awards ceremony. Over 100 individuals will be recognized for personal achievement, spiritual excellence and community involvement. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Ray Keck, President of...
Goals By Mario Villarino
Recently I visited two big properties related to agriculture with two different scopes and purposes. These two properties are long terms homesteads from long term residents of Hopkins County or their families. It is interesting to me that their family successors are now “coming back home” after several years of being passive or gone from their family business. They have in common a loving memory of their families’ hard work at the...
