Damaged Tail Lamp Opens Door to Arrest
July 18, 2016 – A Cumby Police officer noted a damaged driver side tail lamp on a gray minivan that passed the officer Saturday afternoon around 1:30 near the 111 mile marker on I-30. A traffic stop for the violation followed and opened the door to much more. When the traffic stop was made, the driver was moving erratically in the driver’s seat and reaching into the passenger side seat. When the Cumby officer approached the...
Cumby Man Arrested for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Robert Crawford Templeton, 53 of Cumby is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Aggravated Assault With a Deadly Weapon ( a Felony 2) and is being held on a $30,000 bond after he brandished a handgun during an argument with his stepson. Hopkins County Deputies responded to a call regarding the assault Sunday evening around 6:30 p.m. on FM 275 North near Cumby. Templeton was exiting the residence when officers arrived. According to...
Hospital District Board Meets As Transitions Continue
Hopkins County Hospital District Board will meet Monday at noon in the Plaza conference room at CHRISTUS Mother Francis Hospital. The Board will receive an update on the a new office location and records to be relocated as well as take action on relocation or acquisition of furniture or equipment as appropriate and authorize a designation of an official address. The Hospital District office will be moving now that CHRISTUS owns 51% of...
PJC Sets Listening Sessions To Discuss November Ballot Measure to Extend Tax Base
PARIS, TX – Paris Junior College President Pam Anglin will hold five community listening sessions across five East Texas counties next week, as voters this November will consider a ballot measure to expand the junior college’s tax base to Hopkins, Delta, Hunt, Lamar and Red River Counties, all counties the junior college currently serves. The listening sessions are open to the public. Here is the schedule: Tuesday, July 19, 5:30pm...
Local Church Gets Creative In Wake of Pokemon Go Craze
Pokemon Go hit the app stores in the last week and sparked a new craze among all age groups. Players, or Pokemon Trainers, travel around to pokestop locations that are predetermined by Nintendo through GPS location on their cellphones. At a pokestop location, Trainers find and capture virtual Pokemon. In earlier years Niantic developed Ingress, a virtual reality game where a mass amount of players take part in an augmented...
Basics at Brunch Quarterly Meeting
On Monday April 18th, at 10:30 am Ross & Shoalmire will be holding a Basics at Brunch meeting. This is a free brunch provided by Rock Creek, and includes an informative program that will be held every quarter at the Sulphur Springs Senior Center. Elderly Law Attorneys Kristen Ishihara, John Ross, and Lisa Shoalmire will speak on different topics each meeting. They would like to invite you to listen in to this quarter’s topic...
Local Ranger Assists in DPD Shooting Investigation, Memorials
Texas Ranger John Vance, who offices in Hopkins County, has been on call since Thursday night at 9 p.m. when Dallas Police officers were ambushed. He was on alert as the drama unfolded through the night and went off duty at 3 a.m. Friday morning. However, he was back on duty in his responsibilities with the Ranger Crime Scene Team reporting to assist DPD with the investigation following all the activities surrounding the death of...
TxDOT Urges Caution on State Highway 19 North of Sulphur Springs
Texas Department Of Transportation wants Hopkins County residents to know they are aware of the pavement problem on State Highway 19 North of Sulphur Springs to the intersection of SH 19 & SH 24. TxDOT is working with the contractor who recently finished resurfacing that highway to find and implement a solution. In the meantime, TxDOT asks all motorists traveling along SH 19 to please slow down and refrain from using the shoulder...
Como Resident Arrested For Methamphetamine
Jessica Ann Darby, 28, of Como was arrested on a felony warrant Thursday. While the arrest was in progress, Hopkins County Deputies asked for and were granted consent to search her residence. In plain view was a bowl containing a glass pipe commonly used for smoking methamphetamine and two clear baggies containing a small amount of meth. She then denied consent to search further for narcotics. Deputies obtained a search warrant and...
Back to the Basics: County Roads and the Commissioners Court
by Allison Bledsoe County roads are a necessity for the rural communities that bring Hopkins County to life, but very few inhabitants know much about them and how they are maintained. We’re bringing our readers back to the basics with a quick lesson on county roads and what just exactly they entail. County roads are defined as public roads that have been accepted for maintenance by the Commissioners Court to the standards set...
