Rains County Woman Tries to Evade Arrest, Placed on Watch by Jail Staff
A 40-year old Rains County woman is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Evading Arrest/Detention with a Motor Vehicle (a State Jail Felony) after a Hopkins County Deputy initiated a traffic stop on State Highway 19, just north of CR 1170 Tuesday. The deputy attempted to stop the motorist after noting no license plate lights. The woman moved to the southbound shoulder of the state highway and continued driving. The deputy pursued her...
Local Man Arrested on Van Zandt County Warrants for Sexual Assault
Jesus Rubio-Rodriquez, 46, of Sulphur Springs was arrested by Hopkins County Deputies at his residence in the 600 block of Main Street Tuesday. The arrest came as a result of warrants out of Van Zandt County. Rubio-Rodriquez is in Hopkins County Jail awaiting transfer to Van Zandt County Jail. The two warrants included Sexual Assault and Assault Family/House Member with previous conviction. He is being held on a total of $60,000...
Drugs, Weapon, and Driving Lead to Arrest
Sulphur Springs Police and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Officers responded to a call of an unknown person pointing a handgun at individuals on the downtown square in Sulphur Springs. Law enforcement officers were advised with a description of the vehicle and that the driver was possibly traveling to Winnsboro. A County Deputy located the vehicle and made a traffic stop. A strong odor of marijuana was coming from the inside of the vehicle....
Inmate’s Methamphetamine Hidden in Bunk Found in Cell Search
A cell search by Hopkins County Jailors and the Special Crimes Unit found Tabitha Ann Hughes, 32, a current resident at Hopkins County Jail from Malvern, Arkansas to have 14.5 grams of methamphetamine hidden in her bunk. Hughes had meth hidden in her clothing when she was checked into the jail over the weekend. Hughes was traveling with Tyler Scott Bailey, 22, of Arkansas, when they were stopped by local law enforcement over the...
NETBIO Awards Scholarships Prior to Successful Mid-Summer Sale
A good quality cattle was the trademark of the July Northeast Texas Beef Improvement Organization (NETBIO) Sale held Wednesday. The mid-summer sale exceeded the 5,000 head mark for only the second time in July, selling a total of 5,183 head of calves and yearlings. “The sale went very well and I think the shippers (sellers) were pleased with the results,” said Sulphur Springs Livestock Commission co-owner David Fowler. “We had a lot...
Early Voting Location Set; Mitigation Grant Set to Improve Certain County Roads;
Early voting for the November General Election will take place in the Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Courtroom in the Tax Office/JP Offices building on Jefferson Street. This will be the permanent location of early voting. The decision was finalized Monday morning during Hopkins County Commissioner’s Court regular session. During regular session, the county will also enter an interlocal agreement with the City of Frisco to enable a...
“Update” Adopt -A-Cop To Provide Vests for Officers; A Few Officers Remain to Be Adopted
According to Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders, only a few law enforcement officers remain in the campaign to Adopt-A-Cop and provide active shooter vests for each officer. Sanders told KSST News Monday morning that even he has been adopted. Sanders said that the campaign began on behalf of patrol officers in the city and county but had now branched out to Criminal Investigators, Cumby Police, and Independent School Districts...
Quitman Woman Charged in Two Counts of Possession of Penalty Group 1 Controlled Substances
Falyn Kathleen Henson, 28, of Quitman was nervous when she was stopped by local law enforcement Friday in an auto owned by a 41-year old Quitman man who was a passenger in the vehicle. He gave officers permission to search the vehicle. They found a number of medications that did not belong to either the driver or passenger. A bottle of liquid Promethazine-Codeine did belong to her brother who lives in Eastland. The medication had a...
